october
Masterpiece
Hello everyone...
Part 1
I purchased this tree from Lowes almost 3 years ago. It was a yellow tag Fall special. I think it cost me about $8. I first noticed it's very elegant and gracefully curved trunk. Very rare for a young arborvitae.
I decided to do an informal upright. I decided I would wait the years it would need to mature. A friend of mine saw the pic of it and before I said anything, she said, nice literati. I was like...hmmmm I was actually going for a long term informal upright. However, maybe the tree would ultimately be better suited for a literati. So, with a tilting of the pot and some wiring, it was on it's way.
Here is the 3 year progression.
Pic 1, the tree after being taken out of the can, trimmed and the pot tilted. Unfortunately, I do not have a pic of it before any work was done.
Pic 2, the tree grew very well over the next year and gained quite the amount of new foliage.
Pic 3, the following year, the tree was trimmed up to get some basic shape.
Pic 4, I believe that same season, the tree was put into it's first bonsai pot after being in a grow pot for 2 years. You can now see the direction where the tree is headed more clearly.
Continued........
Part 1
I purchased this tree from Lowes almost 3 years ago. It was a yellow tag Fall special. I think it cost me about $8. I first noticed it's very elegant and gracefully curved trunk. Very rare for a young arborvitae.
I decided to do an informal upright. I decided I would wait the years it would need to mature. A friend of mine saw the pic of it and before I said anything, she said, nice literati. I was like...hmmmm I was actually going for a long term informal upright. However, maybe the tree would ultimately be better suited for a literati. So, with a tilting of the pot and some wiring, it was on it's way.
Here is the 3 year progression.
Pic 1, the tree after being taken out of the can, trimmed and the pot tilted. Unfortunately, I do not have a pic of it before any work was done.
Pic 2, the tree grew very well over the next year and gained quite the amount of new foliage.
Pic 3, the following year, the tree was trimmed up to get some basic shape.
Pic 4, I believe that same season, the tree was put into it's first bonsai pot after being in a grow pot for 2 years. You can now see the direction where the tree is headed more clearly.
Continued........