The 5 to 10+ Year Progression Thread

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I'll keep drip, drip, dripping these old progressions until they're all done. I certainly hope others will do so as well, and that newbies and such who might benefit from studying these progressions will be drawn or directed here over time.

A Japanese Larch, which I believe originally from John Hinds as part a half dozen or so he had raised and then sold to Dan Robinson to sell at Elandan Gardens, where I acquired it. The progression goes from 2007 to 2015. One of my all-time favourite trees to work with and look at, BTW - enjoy!

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Wow, I really dig this one
 

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@Brian Van Fleet Thank you for sharing this progression!

Quick question, in some of the photos of your maple it looks like the tree might have been a graft (maybe it's just the part of the trunk that gets he most light?)? if it is a graft, it is great to see (in your second last photo, for example) that this can be healed so beautifully albeit over the span of 16 years
It’s not a graft, just how this cultivar barks up. I’ve grown several air-layers from this one, and they’ve all done the same.
 

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Great progressions! Thanks. This one is exactly he sort of progression that I think the younger/newer folks can learn a lot from: The simple - but profoundly impactful - "re-vision" of tree's position between pix 2 and 3 is the sort of creative stroke of genius that anyone can do if they have the eye, and your photos here will give them the eye to look for such things in the future. Spectacular tree! Again, thanks.
 

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... ...Once again, I think folks here who are just getting started - and even us more experienced folks - can get a great deal of inspiration and education to see how it's done, and the sort of transformation they can make with even questionable-looking starter material from all sorts of sources.
I hope many others - if they (or their computers) kept a photographic record of such progressions, will post them here on this thread for the edification of newer folks.
Many thanks to all members participating up to now!
I do hope more will respond, too.
 

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Firstly, thank you for sharing the progression of these nice trees of yours.
Laurus Noblis or Bay Laurel- 2011-2018
Secondly, do you find the leaves of Laurel can reduce their size?
Thank you.
 

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I playfully call the first photo below, "Mr. and Mrs. Shimpaku" a 'wedding" photo taken in in 2015 that marks the end of the progression photos for the two trees, which appear below in their own separate progressions. Mrs. Shimpaku's progression starts in 2007, and I don't recall her background. Mr. Shimpaku's progression starts in 2009 when I met him as starter material at Dan Robinson's Elandan Gardens.

I hope the dual histories/progressions thing works for you. Enjoy!

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Firstly, thank you for sharing the progression of these nice trees of yours. Secondly, do you find the leaves of Laurel can reduce their size?
Thank you.
They do reduce as you can see in the photo. Some are even smaller. I'm still playing with pruning periods. The nodes can be 1/8" (3mm) apart.
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A simple three-photo progression of a Cryptomeria mame/shohin I acquired at a little garden nursery and first styled and photographed in 2007. The progression ends November 2013 with the tree in gorgeous fall colours - one of my favourite little photographs! Enjoy!

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Itoigawa Shimpaku from Evergreen Gardenworks. Possibly my favorite tree.
2010, as purchased, 2011 styled with Peter Warren, 2012 change of plan, 2013 wired by Owen, 2014 wired by me:
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2015 through 2018; wired twice again. Last shot is current:
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Rmj 5 yearer. Pics are 2013, 2015 and 2018. Last two same time different light.
Oooo ... Nice! You can't beat the Western American yamadori conifers for sheer rugged beauty! Nicely done!
 

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Itoigawa Shimpaku from Evergreen Gardenworks. Possibly my favorite tree.
2010, as purchased, 2011 styled with Peter Warren, 2012 change of plan, 2013 wired by Owen, 2014 wired by me: 2015 through 2018; wired twice again. Last shot is current:
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Whoa! That sure came a long way in a hurry! Kudos!
 

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Common Boxwood collected Urban Yamadori in November 2012 from a much larger hedge.
From 2012 through 2014 I worked on getting in a smaller pot and keeping it thriving.
A. Mother Plant Nov 2012.JPG B. Shohin Boxwood 3.16.2013.JPG C. Shohin Boxwood 3.17.2013.JPG G. Shohin Boxwood 8.26.2014.JPG

2015 through 2018 the canopy has been the focus but it still hasn't reached the potential I think it has.

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This is another rare and unusual little beauty I found at one of those little mom-and-pop middle-of-nowhere garden nurseries in the rural expanses of the Puget Sound area - a Spanish Lavender. Photos span only 2007-10, a little short of 5 years, but hey ... I had it still until shortly before I left the States seven months ago, but can't seem to find more recent photos. The full-bloom photo and the final photo are two of my favourites. Enjoy!

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