The Tree Thread

Djtommy · Dec 1, 2020

This little red pine is the tree I have longest here.something like 7 years.
its been growing in this thing I made for it ( not sure how to call it) for the past 5 or so years. growing slowly but barking up. Getting kinda interesting I think.
Need to find or build something better to plant it in

Djtommy · Dec 2, 2020

zelkova with a way to go.

TomB · Dec 2, 2020

Tonight's work: cleaning up a couple of shohin.

I was hoping this little wild rose clump would have hips on it at this time of year, but they all dropped after flowering. I'll change the fertilising regime next year to see if that makes a difference.

TomB · Dec 2, 2020

Second shohin I worked on tonight: native Dogwood, Cornus sanguinea. The branches on this go an attractive red colour in the winter.

leatherback · Dec 2, 2020

TomB said:
Second shohin I worked on tonight: native Dogwood, Cornus sanguinea. The branches on this go an attractive red colour in the winter.

that sir, is gorgeous!

deshojo maple, because I must share in this thread

TomB · Dec 2, 2020

Thank you. This is it as-collected in July 2016. Nice colour on your Deshojo.

leatherback · Dec 2, 2020

TomB said:
This is it as-collected in July 2016.

That is really amazing. Hope mine will look so convincing too in 2 years time. Right now, it is just a joke, compared.

Djtommy · Dec 2, 2020

TomB said:
Tonight's work: cleaning up a couple of shohin.

I was hoping this little wild rose clump would have hips on it at this time of year, but they all dropped after flowering. I'll change the fertilising regime next year to see if that makes a difference.

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After flowering when it’s forming hips you need to withhold on fertilizing I think.
it’s same for many other species that form this as they get strong from fertilizing and they discard making seeds as they are likely to survive Anywayz. Or at least that’s how I think of it.

A maple still deciding whether to turn red or just shrivel up.

Vance Wood · Dec 2, 2020

Here is one of my oldest trees, a gift from my father in 1982. It is a Mugo Montana. All nursery trees here, three species. The triple trunk is Mugo Montana, the middle in the back is Tyrolean Mugo,(30Yrs) and the far right is Mugo Mops (20yrs)

TomB · Dec 3, 2020

Djtommy said:
After flowering when it’s forming hips you need to withhold on fertilizing I think.
it’s same for many other species that form this as they get strong from fertilizing and they discard making seeds as they are likely to survive Anywayz. Or at least that’s how I think of it.

Thanks - how long after the hips form would you leave it before giving fertiliser? A month or so? (which would be late summer). I didn't fertilise this year until after the hips had started dropping off.
It’s been suggested the fruit drop might have been due to potassium deficiency (I didn’t fertilise at all until after flowering), so I was planning to give it some potash in the spring.

Shot of the greenhouse to make the post legal:

Djtommy · Dec 3, 2020

TomB said:
Thanks - how long after the hips form would you leave it before giving fertiliser? A month or so? (which would be late summer). I didn't fertilise this year until after the hips had started dropping off.
It’s been suggested the fruit drop might have been due to potassium deficiency (I didn’t fertilise at all until after flowering), so I was planning to give it some potash in the spring.

Shot of the greenhouse to make the post legal:

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To be honest I don’t know myself. As far as roses I go, I only have 1 which I bought a few days go but I have a nanakamado which also makes red berries after flowering and when the Tree dropped all of them I was told it’s because I fertilized to soon. i was told this is valid for other species that get berries too. Which I don’t have a lot off.

a Chrysanthemum bonsai

MACH5 · Dec 3, 2020

Acer palmatum in refinement phase paired with a Yamaaki container (first generation).

TimberLakers · Dec 3, 2020

MACH5 said:
Acer palmatum in refinement phase paired with a Yamaaki container (first generation).

That is a really nice looking tree.

Here is a slightly less refined Acer buergerianum I scooped last month.

Carkybones · Dec 3, 2020

Zelkova

BobbyLane · Dec 4, 2020

Beauty and the beast...

Flowerhouse · Dec 4, 2020

BobbyLane said:
Beauty and the beast...
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"Tale as old as time...."

Tiny Juniper "Old Gold."

misfit11 · Dec 4, 2020

Wild Plum. @PaulH is from this area and calls them Mirabel Plums so that's what I'm going with.

TomB · Dec 4, 2020

Really nice tree @misfit11

Tonight's work: adjusting the branches and a bit of thinning on this shohin Scots pine. The wiring's a bit messy but it's put the branches where they need to be for now, it's a couple of years of being shown in any case. I hate wiring small pines, especially with copper. Job for next year is to continue canopy development, and hopefully reduce the needle size a bit.

TomB · Dec 5, 2020

From my smallest Scots pine to my biggest: I think this will be the next one to be tidied up and wired. I've been putting it off for a while because it's going to need quite a bit of work I think.

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Paulpash · Dec 7, 2020

Cherry Plum (Prunus Cerasifera) progression over 4 years (1 year to assess health before training). It was ripped up by a hedging / fencing crew and discarded as a stump in a lane local to me. 3 grafts in situ, 1 more prepped and tied in for early next year.

First picture, according to Google photos, is 8th February, 2016 and the other today. A fabulous species that responds really well to bonsai techniques.

The Tree Thread

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Omono

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The Treedeemer

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Lord Mugo

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