CWTurner
Omono
I connected with a demolition contractor who was tearing down a bank building recently. They allowed me to take a dozen or so shrubs (PJM Rhodo, Yew, some sort of creeping Juniper) and a couple of Blue Spruce that grow in a mound. I bonsai'd the Juniper and one Yew.
The big Spruce was actually two plants growing together in a mound about 10' x 5' and 4 foot high. I chopped my way into the more interesting looking one and ended up with this:
The contractor did a real nice job pulling out the shrub and putting it aside for me. Here it is (my dad holding it upright for me) after I got it almost bare rooted:
Surprisingly, there were no heavy roots to cut, and the soil came away easily in 10-15 minutes. If I had to guess, I'd say that I got more than 50% of the roots.
Now to find a pot.
I'm not kidding. My original intention was to use this for my landscape, but the small root mass has me thinking that I'll plant it in a grow box and see if it lives. Better pics of the structure tomorrow.
CW
The big Spruce was actually two plants growing together in a mound about 10' x 5' and 4 foot high. I chopped my way into the more interesting looking one and ended up with this:
The contractor did a real nice job pulling out the shrub and putting it aside for me. Here it is (my dad holding it upright for me) after I got it almost bare rooted:
Surprisingly, there were no heavy roots to cut, and the soil came away easily in 10-15 minutes. If I had to guess, I'd say that I got more than 50% of the roots.
Now to find a pot.
I'm not kidding. My original intention was to use this for my landscape, but the small root mass has me thinking that I'll plant it in a grow box and see if it lives. Better pics of the structure tomorrow.
CW