coh
Imperial Masterpiece
Sure looks like flowering quince (chaenomeles). Nice specimen in either case.
Chris
Chris
Curious question... I wonder also on these type of trees would a clip and grow process work as well ??? I read where Brian at the beginning of the post suggested wirring and putting alot of bends in. But, wondered, seeing that they appear to have a tendency to grow rather straight, if taking an approach of cutting at various nodes to change direction would help ??? Such as this
View attachment 28083
Obviously, not trying to diagree with you Brian, just currious ???
Here is a shot of one of my C. Quinces in the ground, hopefully you can see both the grow and chop trunk-building method, and the sacrifice shoots being used to thicken what will become final branches...really eager to get this one in a pot...but every additional year in the ground exponentially improves the quality. Maybe in 2 more years I'll pot it.
Sorry to stomp on your thread Judy...but Bjorn Bjorholm posted these on his FB page and they seemed relevant here.
Thanks to Bjorn for posting these!
Judy, as I looked at the first photo what jumped out at me was, can the angle of planting be tilted just a bit to the right? I think this might work wonders visually. The tree seems a little off-balance right now, which makes the left-hand trunk look straighter than it is. All in all, I think this is very nice material and will make a great bonsai in a couple more years.Here it is in winter mode.
I'm very happy with the right trunk and the angle and flow on it. The left trunk, I fear, I may have not chopped low enough. I worry that the chop is too obvious, and the branch is angled too much to the left to begin with.
I also don't know if the branches should mirror directions, or reverse and repeat, if you know what I mean.
But it grew a great amount, I had to cut the top 8" of the longest branches, to get it to sit in the greenhouse where it overwinters. The last pic is where it started in the spring after the chop.
I welcome any comments or suggestions.
Thanks for all the interest!
Something else I'd be tempted to do...take your big trunk splitter and split the trunks a bit, just about 1/4 of the way down and spread them out just a little bit with a wedge of wood or dowel. It would add some interest and age to the tachigi and give the right trunk just a bit of movement. Follow the natural divide, just down to the old branch scar, or barely past it...