The Tree Thread

[PeaceLoveBonsai]

Engelmann spruce, before & after.

First shot is from a few years ago.

 

[bdmatt]

japanese boxwood

 

[Fidur]

Pink dixie

 

[TomB]

Cornus mas.

 

[TomB]

Prunus spinosa.

 

[Paulpash]

Cotoneaster

 

[SantaFeBonsai]

Pomegranate
After




Before

 

[parhamr]

Engelmann Spruce mother-daughter yamadori from the Cascades.


I think this was its third wiring. I need to do more detail work.

Seems like it might benefit from a bigger pot.

 

[Marco B]

Engelmann Spruce mother-daughter yamadori from the Cascades.
View attachment 464601

I think this was its third wiring. I need to do more detail work.

Seems like it might benefit from a bigger pot.

Looks like they are arguing?

 

[RJG2]

Looks like they are arguing?

** Mother-teenage-daughter

Edit: Forgot where I was...

Weigela in progress

 

[badatusernames]

Big crape, sloppy wiring…. It’s a start. Going into a box next year…. More carving to do…

 

[parhamr]

Dwarf Scots Pine literati. It’s part of a large batch I got in 2017, so it’s about 8 years old. I’ll continue to remove branches over time as I finalize its design and build out a few pads. It’s pretty thick — that’s 4 awg on the trunk

 

[Shima]

** Mother-teenage-daughter

Edit: Forgot where I was...

Weigela in progress

View attachment 464607

View attachment 464608

Interesting...These look pretty good together.
I'm undecided about these 2 Christmas berry's. They're all leafed out now; quite bushy. And the soil line will be lower, showing the thick connection wider base. So a separating cut would be obvious. Here's a quick and dirty shot. BTW this is the species John Naka said we should concentrate on but I see very few here.

 

[River's Edge]

So a separating cut would be obvious

Yes, but over time with healing and successive work, not so obvious. Planting angles and front selection could avoid and almost eliminate any concern from separation scars.
Leaving one with two tree's, both with powerful bases and interesting movement. Not a bad starting point.

 

[Shima]

Yes, but over time with healing and successive work, not so obvious. Planting angles and front selection could avoid and almost eliminate any concern from separation scars.
Leaving one with two tree's, both with powerful bases and interesting movement. Not a bad starting point.

True...All this has been considered. But under the media between the stumps is a horizontal mass as thick as the trunks and a cut would be obvious and not possible to hide. Probably will end up separating and not raising to reveal more base. All this is why yamadori are so challenging. I'll take a current shot Monday.

 

[TomB]

English elm, Ulmus minor, with holllow trunk.

 

[Cajunrider]

Ilex vomitoria that will be my tiny Christmas tree this year. After Christmas it will undergo big changes

 

[Shima]

True...All this has been considered. But under the media between the stumps is a horizontal mass as thick as the trunks and a cut would be obvious and not possible to hide. Probably will end up separating and not raising to reveal more base. All this is why yamadori are so challenging. I'll take a current shot Monday.

As promised, leafed out.

 

[Shima]

Does anyone think they should remain a couple?

 

[Potawatomi13]

Does anyone think they should remain a couple?

Hear, Hear.