The Tree Thread

[Paulpash]

Some Sunday Carvery today on a Hawthorn stump. It has a good twisty base and I've just added a little carving to add to some I did a year ago. The boring bits of growing trunk sections are done now. On to the fun bit of turning it into a bonsai.

 

[Paulpash]

Big Cryptomeria in development. A little carving, foliage reduction and establishing a last apical section. More jins and deadwood to come in future. For now though, keep it hairy, keep it strong, just like Junipers. Bonsai aren't made in a day.

 

[thumblessprimate1]

Crape Myrtle

 

[TomB]

That's a beast!

Scots pine after about 5 hours development work this week. About 75cm tall. Wiring it makes me appreciate my shohin more!

 

[leatherback]

Grwing out a koio no mai prunus. Before and mid winter trim

 

[TomB]

... windswept hawthorn .... crappy phone photo. .... I'll take a better photo ...

 

[Paulpash]

Some light root work on a big Maple with Makita Die Grinder and a kick ass bit. My reciprocating saw would not cut through the fused root mass under the trunk.

 

[TomB]

Some light root work on a big Maple with Makita Die Grinder and a kick ass bit. My reciprocating saw would not cut through the fused root mass under the trunk.

Do you bother sealing big root cuts like that before potting it up?

Root pad of hawthorn I repotted today - only needed a little pruning saw for this one

 

[Paulpash]

Do you bother sealing big root cuts like that before potting it up?

Root pad of hawthorn I repotted today - only needed a little pruning saw for this one

Nope, it'll be reet. Escallonia Project.

 

[TomB]

Some cleanup work on my potentilla today. The wire is to support a branch I’m growing out to turn into a long jin.

 

[sorce]

It's going in the shohin thread after I wire it!

Sorce

 

[thumblessprimate1]

The light rain was perfect for my recently potted quince.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Really nice Martin. Flowers and pot go great together. Still sporting winter colors here. Red tones on the ‘Kinsai’.

 

[BunjaeKorea]

Don't you wish your bonsai was big like mine

PS: No beer cans so a Dutchman has been added for size comparison.

 

[Paulpash]

Spindle (Euonymus Japonica). Great bark and carved last year. Selling this one to make space - anything around £275 for the work I've put in. 23 inches high and 7 inches thick at the base. UK only too big to post.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254508583996 or pm me

 

[SniffingKrylon]

A couple trees from group members in this months meet.

 

[Paulpash]

Silver Birch from a seedling finally transitioned into a pot by Erin. Chopped the last of the thicker roots off from collection today. I'm not going to wire until I'm happy it's growing strongly hence the misplaced branching from Winter cutback. The tree is around 2ft tall.

Roots combed out post chop


Tree in an Erin pot. The extra bit of depth should keep it happier - it loves moisture.

 

[n8]

Silver Birch

Pretty tree. Nice bark!

Chaenomeles 'Kuro koji' throwing some pretty flowers. Potted in October, branches will be bent down after flowering.

 

[TomB]

Shohin sized birch, Betula pubescens, repotted today. There’s a good nebari which I’ve covered a little to encourage more surface roots. The pot is a bit visually heavy for it right now, but will balance better when it’s in leaf. When it’s growing strongly I’ll go in and do some more structural pruning. Some or all of the right hand side branching may vanish.

 

[Housguy]

Cork Oak



One more big cut back to get the canopy lower should do it.