BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
European Hornbeam from hedging nursery stock, picked up march 2018
reducing at the nursery to make it more manageable
20180320_121723 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20180320_122923 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20180320_124031 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
A lot going on
20180320_160303 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
starting to uncover a very good nebari, it took two days to get through the top soil properly. I didnt have to reduce the bottom half of the soil again
20180320_220505 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
The plan with this material is to build a tall tree will minimal big cuts, no unnecessary chops, pruning wounds that will be healed in a few years...this section was a bit of a dilemma(the left trunk), to start with there were four emerging at the same area, the blue dot is where i removed the first offender, cutting at the green line would of left a big gaping wound visible from the front, but would also result in a very natural looking flow where the trunk splits into two and both branches flow left
20180320_205808 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
so i went with the yellow cut, less intrusive although i think the branch looks a little awkward now with the abrubt movement, but i think it will work as the tree fills out, no unnecessary scars is the plan here.
concaved the wound slightly and sealed all wounds with cut paste
20180321_103501 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
this is the main trunk where i started some small reductions and began trying to get some gradual taper
20180321_145247 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20180321_145833 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
the right trunk has probably the biggest wound on the whole three, being so high up this should heal over, there is a lower leader that could potentially be a new apex once it thickens, for now the transition and scar would be too abrubt
20180321_102819 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
all bar branches were removed, dont want problems in the future. i choose the branches that leave the smallest wounds,
20180321_100906 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20180321_101053 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
took two days to get the root ball like this, was like digging for treasure with a fine tooth comb. i could of got it into a shallow bonsai pot. but development and wound healing is key so it went into a training tub. i still had to cut around the edges some more...
20180321_175048 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20180321_175008 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
I call it the Four brothers, the youngest is hiding behind his big brother atm :grin:
20180322_211437 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
ah there he is
2018-03-22_10-25-05 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
2018-03-22_10-22-38 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
2018-03-22_10-20-36 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
the nebari is outstanding imo
2018-03-22_10-23-36 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20180322_204537 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
the plan now is the let the low bits fatten up and keep the top in check
there is some subtle taper in the trunks that i think can be enhanced with careful pruning and development. some may say to chop lower for better taper. but i see no point. because there is no visible bulges or bad inverse on the tree. just needs time now
ps
I began working this tree around about the time i watched Ryan neil dissecting a field grown Tilia on a bonsai mirai stream, so i'd say there was some influence from watching that, especially in the way i sealed all the cuts on the tree and where to make chops....
reducing at the nursery to make it more manageable
20180320_121723 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20180320_122923 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20180320_124031 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
A lot going on
20180320_160303 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
starting to uncover a very good nebari, it took two days to get through the top soil properly. I didnt have to reduce the bottom half of the soil again
20180320_220505 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
The plan with this material is to build a tall tree will minimal big cuts, no unnecessary chops, pruning wounds that will be healed in a few years...this section was a bit of a dilemma(the left trunk), to start with there were four emerging at the same area, the blue dot is where i removed the first offender, cutting at the green line would of left a big gaping wound visible from the front, but would also result in a very natural looking flow where the trunk splits into two and both branches flow left
20180320_205808 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
so i went with the yellow cut, less intrusive although i think the branch looks a little awkward now with the abrubt movement, but i think it will work as the tree fills out, no unnecessary scars is the plan here.
concaved the wound slightly and sealed all wounds with cut paste
20180321_103501 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
this is the main trunk where i started some small reductions and began trying to get some gradual taper
20180321_145247 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20180321_145833 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
the right trunk has probably the biggest wound on the whole three, being so high up this should heal over, there is a lower leader that could potentially be a new apex once it thickens, for now the transition and scar would be too abrubt
20180321_102819 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
all bar branches were removed, dont want problems in the future. i choose the branches that leave the smallest wounds,
20180321_100906 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20180321_101053 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
took two days to get the root ball like this, was like digging for treasure with a fine tooth comb. i could of got it into a shallow bonsai pot. but development and wound healing is key so it went into a training tub. i still had to cut around the edges some more...
20180321_175048 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20180321_175008 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
I call it the Four brothers, the youngest is hiding behind his big brother atm :grin:
20180322_211437 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
ah there he is
2018-03-22_10-25-05 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
2018-03-22_10-22-38 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
2018-03-22_10-20-36 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
the nebari is outstanding imo
2018-03-22_10-23-36 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20180322_204537 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
the plan now is the let the low bits fatten up and keep the top in check
there is some subtle taper in the trunks that i think can be enhanced with careful pruning and development. some may say to chop lower for better taper. but i see no point. because there is no visible bulges or bad inverse on the tree. just needs time now
ps
I began working this tree around about the time i watched Ryan neil dissecting a field grown Tilia on a bonsai mirai stream, so i'd say there was some influence from watching that, especially in the way i sealed all the cuts on the tree and where to make chops....
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