another haul of hornbeam....this crate has been growing together a few years and the roots had escaped into the ground...
one of the workers had to hack it free with a spade.
after that i went in with my saw and tamed the root ball, separated the trees for easy transportation
all of these have good nebari and decent movement.
what happened to the bigger one from this haul?
10 months on, its been root pruned and repotted into a bonsai pot then slipped into another bigger pot. left to grow, wired, left to grow, clipped back and the main trunk has been deeply hollowed out, we can have a better look in winter
Today
there isnt much taper in the main trunk and this tree is extremely vigorous up top to the detriment of a few of the low branches on the right,
but ive been constantly trimming shoots in the crown.
the hollow top will prevent this area from thickening up even more or at least slow it down. im thinking of creating a split that opens the back of the hollow up. a
shallower pot will help the base to widen in the process, gradually.
ive already started a small split here,