Wee willow progression.

wireme · Mar 23, 2016

Getting antsy for spring, looking over some tree pics.
This willow I've posted in a couple willow threads before but thought I'd give it a thread itself.

Pics are spring 2013 before and after spring pruning. 2014, spring, 2015, fall. I hope for a slightly more organized and developed image by midsummer this year.

sorce · Mar 23, 2016

Man...since the first BSC I have had you and Wee confused sometimes.

Good thing I got it figured.

Dirtbag Rover!

Chainsaw Corvette!

@BK Bonsai If I'm not mistaken....this tree has been grown in a hammock...upside down!

Sorce

aml1014 · Mar 23, 2016

Nice willow! Here's my smallest willow, he was rooted in the pot and cut low.
Sorry about the blurry pic, I'll get a real camera some day.

Aaron

wireme · Aug 6, 2016

I've been taking pics as I go.
Springtime it looked like this.

Then I did this.

A little while later it looked like this.

So I did that.

More to come...

wireme · Aug 6, 2016

This morning had this.

Moved around a couple bits I've been meaning to move around, didn't seem to do the image any favours there, maybe in time.

Then I did this. I've been trying to set the tree up to be ready for this move this summer. We'll see in a few days how I did.

Wee weeping willow coming up soon!

AJL · Aug 6, 2016

What species is this? I must try the upside down treatment on my willow.I guess its to encourage weeping shoots!?

wireme · Aug 6, 2016

AJL said:
What species is this? I must try the upside down treatment on my willow.I guess its to encourage weeping shoots!?

Yeah, just gives a very temporary weeping style to the tree. It's been years since I tried it last. I seem to remember it took about 3 days for the young shoots to bend upwards. Then it only lasts a couple days when returned upright. It's just for fun, could be done for a show though if a person wanted..,

I don't know the species, it was labelled artic willow, it looks like a dwarf form of Salix exigua to me.

sorce · Aug 7, 2016

This right here is my I love Wireme!

A man with NO box to need to think outside of!

Nananananananananananananananana

Bat tree!

Holy shoots Batman!

Sorce

wireme · Aug 12, 2016

sorce said:
This right here is my I love Wireme!

A man with NO box to need to think outside of!

Nananananananananananananananana

Bat tree!

Holy shoots Batman!

Sorce

Thanks Robin!
Ha, you're like a trusty sidekick here!

So this is where we're at after however long it's been now. Interesting to see the lowest twigs turn sooner than the upper ones for some reason. It's all a bit slower than I remembered though.

sorce · Aug 12, 2016

Nice!

Keep going!

I really like the pot, moss, lil accent, and trunk.

I'd like to see it wired...
Maybe even nonweeping.

Either way...it poses a pleasing image!

Thanks for the update!

Sorce

wireme · Aug 19, 2016

.......

wireme · Aug 27, 2016

And today...

The upper tips are still way slower to pull down than the last time I did this.

Once they all get there I'll remove the guys for a pic, see if things stay in place or not.

Next year will try to do a better job wiring in spring and will time the pruning and hanging a little differently, it will just get better I hope. Still a fun little weeping willow though. I do also like it just fine in the upright form too, this is just fun.

Giga · Aug 28, 2016

One f the beat willows I've seen on here and it's a wee one

Cypress187 · Aug 28, 2016

Nice moss also, and the 2 accent weeds.

wireme · Aug 28, 2016

Giga said:
One f the beat willows I've seen on here and it's a wee one

Thank you!

I'm quite pleased with the progress myself. Willows are not highly recommended as material, I understand why and even agree in general. I'm starting to think this particular species is quite good though, especially for wee trees.
I saw a nice one in a nursery the other day, a bit of actuall size to the trunk even. It was only $20 and I was feeling to broke to buy it!
Silly, I should go back.

wireme · Aug 28, 2016

Cypress187 said:
Nice moss also, and the 2 accent weeds.

Thanks, the weeds are pure happenstance but I like them too.

wireme · Sep 17, 2016

I threw a couple wires onto the branches most obviously out of place and here we are.

Probably this is the best this tree will get for the season now. Maybe I will tweak a couple more twigs still.. Maybe not.

petegreg · Sep 18, 2016

Wow, this is a cool little tree. Nice progression in one season, indeed. I love the red coloured bark on the branches.

wireme · Sep 18, 2016

petegreg said:
Wow, this is a cool little tree. Nice progression in one season, indeed. I love the red coloured bark on the branches.

Thanks!
I've been looking forward to trying the upside down weeping trick on this tree for a few years now. I'll probably just work on development of a couple portions of the tree next year and try it again the following year. I'll time it a bit differently next time, hang it sooner in the season. It's been 2 years since a repot it would be nice if I can expose some nebari soon.

augustine · Sep 19, 2016

How do you water when it's upside down?

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