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Omono
Nice!
We need close-ups of the good features man. Give us the money shot!
We need close-ups of the good features man. Give us the money shot!
Nursery going out of business purchases
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Lars Grimm
Chumono
Ask and ye shall receive.
QUINCE
Here is the base. It is pretty wide with a lot of suckers so I should have a lot to work with. I plan on repotting and pruning back hard later this month.
This is the naturally contorted branch structure.
HAWTHORN
I think this will make a really nice tree. There is a bit a scar in the mid trunk which adds interest. I think I will chop at the trifurcation and use the left or right branch as the apex. Perhaps something similar to Harry Harrington's Hawthorn (although smaller) http://www.bonsai4me.com/AdvTech/ATHawthornInformalBroomProgressionSeries.htm
BLACK LOCUST
This guy is really exciting. Check out the natural trunk movement and branch structure. Also, I just found out that it is a native to eastern US. The challenge will be the compound leaves, but I have read it may be possible to reduce them down to just 2 or 3 pairs. Ohh, and apparently it is also toxic so beware!
Lars Grimm
Chumono
Well after much deliberation, I went back to the nursery and decided to buy a large chinese elm yatsubusu. It is probably 8 feet tall but it is horizontally oriented.
Here is it loaded into the UHaul
It had grown through the bottom of the pot at the nursery so we had to dig it up. I dug a small hole and mulched it in place when I got home as I was worried about out of season 'transplanting.' I also cut some of the long shoots to reduce transpiration.
Here is a close up of the trunk.
Here is the root base.
If it looks good come spring, I will probably air layer above the first bigger branch and then transplant the trunk and native base the following year to a box with bonsai soil. There are so many decent sized branches >1" that I think I have enough to make a decent sized forest in the future from the top!
Here is it loaded into the UHaul
It had grown through the bottom of the pot at the nursery so we had to dig it up. I dug a small hole and mulched it in place when I got home as I was worried about out of season 'transplanting.' I also cut some of the long shoots to reduce transpiration.
Here is a close up of the trunk.
Here is the root base.
If it looks good come spring, I will probably air layer above the first bigger branch and then transplant the trunk and native base the following year to a box with bonsai soil. There are so many decent sized branches >1" that I think I have enough to make a decent sized forest in the future from the top!
Soldano666
Omono
Nice finds
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Omono
Nice haul man!
I particularly like the black locust. They ARE indeed dangerous. Them pointy zig zag branch. Ready for a knife fight
I particularly like the black locust. They ARE indeed dangerous. Them pointy zig zag branch. Ready for a knife fight
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