GerhardG
Mame
Hi All
I've googled with no results, has anybody seen a good camphor tree bonsai?
Few months ago I bought a camphor tree at a nursery close-out.
It had a kink in the trunk about 2" above the roots like the grow tip broke off when it was very young and a branch kept going.
I bought it because it was very cheap and I can't resist green bark. I've since seen mature trees and I know that doesn't persist, but the big trees are impressive.
Anyway, I figured it could work if it back bud right at the kink, which it did after I started chopping back branches at the top.
I gave this new leader some time to grow, and then decided against all reason to get it out of the nursery bag.
It was a rootbound mess, I was forced to literally rip out handfulls of roots and ended up with a very nice spread of the uppermost roots.
I didn't expect it to survive, but it did and actually grew very well in the new soil.
They way I summed up this tree I was planning on using the classic chop and regrow to develop the trunk and induce taper, it was a good start....
Unfortunately I had to move, space for bonsai was limited so for the 2nd time in 2 years I had to decide which trees I had to keep, and the camphor missed the cut.
I now regret that decission and I want to get another tree and start again.
But first I want to know if it's not maybe a huge waste of time......
It's a beautiful tree, seems to not mind root work and it back buds.....
Opinions please
Thank
Gerhard
I've googled with no results, has anybody seen a good camphor tree bonsai?
Few months ago I bought a camphor tree at a nursery close-out.
It had a kink in the trunk about 2" above the roots like the grow tip broke off when it was very young and a branch kept going.
I bought it because it was very cheap and I can't resist green bark. I've since seen mature trees and I know that doesn't persist, but the big trees are impressive.
Anyway, I figured it could work if it back bud right at the kink, which it did after I started chopping back branches at the top.
I gave this new leader some time to grow, and then decided against all reason to get it out of the nursery bag.
It was a rootbound mess, I was forced to literally rip out handfulls of roots and ended up with a very nice spread of the uppermost roots.
I didn't expect it to survive, but it did and actually grew very well in the new soil.
They way I summed up this tree I was planning on using the classic chop and regrow to develop the trunk and induce taper, it was a good start....
Unfortunately I had to move, space for bonsai was limited so for the 2nd time in 2 years I had to decide which trees I had to keep, and the camphor missed the cut.
I now regret that decission and I want to get another tree and start again.
But first I want to know if it's not maybe a huge waste of time......
It's a beautiful tree, seems to not mind root work and it back buds.....
Opinions please
Thank
Gerhard