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Imperial Masterpiece
Calligraphy in Horticulture.
Photography not too shabby, either.
Great image.
Photography not too shabby, either.
Great image.
Planting slightly forward...interesting concept there.I played around with placement: setting it off-center in a round pot just looked like a mistake; and to balance the left movement with right placement made the whole composition look like a rookie error. Centering it left/right supports the visual tension of the unbalanced foliage. I did place it slightly forward to make the pot appear smaller.
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Was the name ever mentioned? British Soldier Lichen.Mine is redder. Is that a word?View attachment 140238 I love this stuff. And the name.
YESYESYES!The subtleties of the pot thought....
The subtleties of the foliage....
I would guess there's about 100 subtleties you have to conquer to get this RIGHT THERE....
An excellent challenge of attention to minute details...
Brian,Repotted in March, and pruned back in May when it was growing strongly:
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Brian, The pot is exceptional.Repotted into a nanban-style container. Not special, but definitely more fitting. @thams see the British soldiers?
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The original apex you may be referring to was never intended to be part of the design. It was an escape branch that was allowed to grow to strengthen the tree after it was collected in Japan. Once the tree was growing strongly, I cut it back to encourage growth closer to the trunk that could be used in the final design. I never want the foliage to be higher than the ribbon deadwood feature...that is the star of the show. Here is a recent shot after I pruned it back last week.Brian,
Just came across this thread and found it very interesting. Would be great to see its progression today.
I did have a design question about cutting off the original apex. Did you consider bending it to continue the movement, or was it just a decision to reduce the tree overall?
Brian, That makes even more sense ( knowing your work, I knew it would ). The way the live vein meanders around, how do you trim it down to keep it from looking too rough ( I have a few areas on mine that I am afraid to trim for fear of leaving scars that could take years to clean up )?The original apex you may be referring to was never intended to be part of the design. It was an escape branch that was allowed to grow to strengthen the tree after it was collected in Japan. Once the tree was growing strongly, I cut it back to encourage growth closer to the trunk that could be used in the final design. I never want the foliage to be higher than the ribbon deadwood feature...that is the star of the show. Here is a recent shot after I pruned it back last week.
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Oh it was mentioned. Missed it. I miss a lot of things.Repotted into a nanban-style container. Not special, but definitely more fitting. @thams see the British soldiers?
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Just finished spring pruning ( preparing for fall workshop with Bjorn).Brian,
Just came across this thread and found it very interesting. Would be great to see its progression today.
I did have a design question about cutting off the original apex. Did you consider bending it to continue the movement, or was it just a decision to reduce the tree overall?
I have a similar literati that I want Bjorn to help me with as well.
Regards,
Leonard
You will have a great time working on your tree with Bjorn. Please be sure to start a new thread so you can share it’s progress on it.Just finished spring pruning ( preparing for fall workshop with Bjorn).
The epitome of MAKind of a cool shot in a moment of solitude at show setup:
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Brian,Kind of a cool shot in a moment of solitude at show setup:
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