The Tree Thread

[Brian Van Fleet]

Nice! All of them! But it's that litterati in the bottom left corner that really excites me!

@Nebari ... Don't forget your photo!
Chojubai quince.

Man, I need to pull some weeds out there...

 

[Random Usr]

@Nebari ... Don't forget your photo!

You've lost me, Brian. What photo do you mean?

 

[jriddell88]

You've lost me, Brian. What photo do you mean?

Photo with a post...go back and start at page 1!!

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

You've lost me, Brian. What photo do you mean?

I put a link to the OP above. Any post on this thread is to include a photo of one of your bonsai...now you owe 2!

 

[Random Usr]

Photo with a post..

Oh-oh! Sorry! I forgot!
Maybe this will rectify things?

Hibiscus, Colutea, Nightshade

 

[Adair M]

It doesn't stay at the back of the bench ALL summer...

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Wow, that puppy looks fried! I guess what's alive will be good for a bunch of blooms!

 

[leatherback]

I hate how I love the trees that are popping by!

It doesn't stay at the back of the bench ALL summer

What happened?


5 years from overgrown topiary 7ft 'bonsai'

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

I hate how I love the trees that are popping by!

What happened?

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5 years from overgrown topiary 7ft 'bonsai'

Some people don't like Ume in leaf. Mature trees' leaves curl in summer. It's a sign they're going to bloom in the following Winter. His has that look, but its compounded by looking like it wants more water. Here is my Ume. Leaves curling, but not fried:

 

[Adair M]

Some people don't like Ume in leaf. Mature trees' leaves curl in summer. It's a sign they're going to bloom in the following Winter. His has that look, but its compounded by looking like it wants more water. Here is my Ume. Leaves curling, but not fried:
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No, doesn't need water. Isn't fried. In fact it has two of Boon's water sprayers dedicated for it. It's just what it is. The leaves curl up. Look absolutely awful. Which is why I say it's a "back bench" tree all summer.

All while I was working on my trees, Yenling83 was working on his cookie cutter tree:



Turned out pretty well!

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

No, doesn't need water. Isn't fried. In fact it has two of Boon's water sprayers dedicated for it. It's just what it is. The leaves curl up. Look absolutely awful.

Doesn't matter whose sprayers are dedicated to it, this area looks dried out. Maybe it's the photo.

 

[Nybonsai12]

wow, so many great trees in this thread.
Here's mine, looking a little disorderly compared to a few months back.

 

[Adair M]

Doesn't matter whose sprayers are dedicated to it, this area looks dried out. Maybe it's the photo.
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Thanks for your concern, but the sprayers hit it from both sides. The soil stays damp.

I did wire the entire tree and repositioned some branches, which may have turned some upside down, or something.

I'll call Paul and ask if he can look at it.

Thanks.

 

[BobbyLane]

Fantastic thread, full of great trees and inspiration for all differing tastes...

Here's my Chinese Elm Broom, at its densest so far since ive owned it...
IMG_1039 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_1042 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr

 

[Adair M]

Thanks for your concern, but the sprayers hit it from both sides. The soil stays damp.

I did wire the entire tree and repositioned some branches, which may have turned some upside down, or something.

I'll call Paul and ask if he can look at it.

Thanks.

Paul says it's just fine. If anything, too wet.

Oops, forgot to post a tree last time. So here's two:





I spent some time with the pressure sprayer cleaning the deadwood, and then while the wood was still wet, painted with full strength lime sulfur. When you apply lime sulfur with the wood wet, it soaks in more, and doesn't have that "painted" look.

 

[Vance Wood]

It doesn't stay at the back of the bench ALL summer...

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I don't doubt what you are saying about this tree. Hopefully I will remember next year to ask you how well this guy is blooming.

 

[Don Blackmond]

Kaho

 

[Adair M]

I don't doubt what you are saying about this tree. Hopefully I will remember next year to ask you how well this guy is blooming. View attachment 108512

No worries, Vance. You won't have to remember to ask. I'm sure I'll be putting up pictures!

Here's what it looked like this same time last year:



Even worse than this year!

And here it is last January in bloom:

 

[LanceMac10]

wow, so many great trees in this thread.
Here's mine, looking a little disorderly compared to a few months back. View attachment 108482

Kaho
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Ooohhh.....these are real nice!! this one is a little less so...but I like it. Crap picture...

 

[jriddell88]

The infamous "foemina", in its un-natural habitat...now thats cookie cutter boys

Started some clean up ,this one usually takes me about 2 days or so lol, needs some wire too. It will be repotted next spring ,it's been about 3 or 4 years .but I'd really like to do something a little different when I repot try to give it a bit more demension and a bit more of an interesting perspective, I still enjoy her though



I usually trim in place this ones about 70 pounds wet. And here's some more friends watching me trim. I moved the nest around the garden as they started hatching !