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I had a similar project a few years back that the gardners threw out in the winter because it had no leaves on it.... :( They thought it must be dead if it didn't have leaves...

It's been raining so I didn't even notice that I had a tree in full bloom in the corner of the back yard, until I saw some pink in the corner of my eye and went to investigate. It deserved to be out on the back deck for a few days. Here's how it looked back when I got it from Brent as a 2 in...

This is a nice thread, with notes of outcome/progress. It's helpful to see this type of follow through and updated photos. I had one question in looking at the leaves on your most recent photos. It's obviously late in the season, and so the leaves should look crappy, or be falling off... but I...

A year after I got it, I pruned the roots hard, like you see in the photo. The white stuff under the trunk base was root hormone by the way. But since then I've been lazy and have potted it up every couple years without pruning much. I need to rework the roots soon... I'll post a fall pic. The...

Update on a crab I purchased as a seedling in 2012 from EG. I'm trying to pay more attention to it and I think the ramification is a lot better since 2018. Best, Ian 1 year after purchase: Next year I barerooted it: 2014: 2018 looking a little more grown up: 2021 last month wiring. Sorry...

I had a borer once in a pine, and I was able to follow it along it's tract by probing a hole where sap was oozing. The bark lifted a little and revealed a shallow tunnel that I followed until I found the little bugger. So I'd recommend removal if that's what it is. You should be able to probe a...

Just working on ramification! Always exciting with a crabapple yo get another branch fork! Ian

Winter fruit, Ian

I reread your post from the top and it’s totally confusing. I still can’t tell which pictures are yours and which aren’t. Let’s hope I’m better at bonsai than reading a forum post

It looks exactly like the scale I've had on my bristlecone pine. I'd make sure you treat for that. Ian

"Personally I’d try to get a couple of them a little more compact. Just my 2 cents. :)" -Colorado My thoughts exactly! Been working on ramification. They're a little easier than quince to ramify but only barely... Will see if I can find time to wire a bit more and cut the branches back that...

My collection of crabapples this spring. Enjoy! Ian Malus Oekonomierat Echtermeyer Malus Torongoides Malus Sieboldi 'x' #1 Malus Sieboldi 'x' #2 Malus Tina Malus Louisa Malus Mary Potter #1 Malus Mary Potter #2

Thanks Osoyoung, you were right. Aphids. There are both early seeds and flowers on the plant.

Just moved in to a new house in December. There's a large Acer atropurpureum planted. I'm used to Acer palmatum bonsai trees and never seen wet sticky leaves and seeds in spring. Just noticed that all over this landscape atropurpureum specimen that everywhere there are seeds (and I suppose...

Malus louisa

Here’s a quince (Minerva) Ian

Love it. Thanks for sharing your experience and your hard work. Nice little tree. Ian

Nice work! I love not seeing the fungus! I hear you about the year before set up for the fungus issue. Last year I wasn't that careful with fungus and I had a whole lot of it. This year I'm being very careful but I think it's starting already. I'm also in California with a lot of rains last...

I’ve tried the Van Grow technique. What you do is cut the branch off completely, and then grow the snot out of the tree above it and voila! The wound heals over.

I like crabapples that have the white and pink combination look. There are others that are all pink/red. This one is Mary Potter from evergreen Gardenworks.

How about spend a couple years working this tree, learn from it, maybe kill it. Maybe it gets better. Do that for a few more years with a few other trees. Then about 5-10 years down the road if you're into it buy better stock and work that. Otherwise you might kill the better stock you bought...

I like the tree. If it were mine, I’d probably work on making the apex transition super smooth (remove the sacrifice,) then choose only one of the branches where you have two or three at a node. Then just work on ramification. I’m fine with a more slender tree sometimes. This tree already has a...

“ The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner, now I am the master. “ -Darth Vader

Wow, old thread... but not that old. Interesting to see how people wrote back then!