BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
Early stages, from hedging stock, i picked up this tree in spring, chopped down from a much larger tree....no styling yet, its naturally grew into a dome shape
i know many would of air layered the hell out of this, but i think the material is pretty straight and i already have a lot of hornbeam material and its cheap and very easily attainable
2017-03-27_10-30-36 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20170323_162454 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20170325_151147 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
this was the first stage, but wasnt happy that it didnt look great from the side where was chopped, so took it down to a powerful stump, its credible from most sides now, but will be far better after some styling over winter
2017-03-27_12-05-50 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
took a while to recover but grew strongly eventually with some TLC
IMG_5073 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_5078 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_5084 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_5087 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_5089 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
the live vein around the hollow is already forming, this will add character in time as it fattens
IMG_5090 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
i know many would of air layered the hell out of this, but i think the material is pretty straight and i already have a lot of hornbeam material and its cheap and very easily attainable
2017-03-27_10-30-36 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20170323_162454 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20170325_151147 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
this was the first stage, but wasnt happy that it didnt look great from the side where was chopped, so took it down to a powerful stump, its credible from most sides now, but will be far better after some styling over winter
2017-03-27_12-05-50 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
took a while to recover but grew strongly eventually with some TLC
IMG_5073 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_5078 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_5084 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_5087 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_5089 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
the live vein around the hollow is already forming, this will add character in time as it fattens
IMG_5090 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr