cockroach
Chumono
An interesting penjing, I like the idea of the waterfall. Also, the removable top is convenient.
So cool. I've thought about stuff like this for bonsai but I didn't know it was allowed. It reminds me of the home where i grew up.
I saw this beautiful display online a year or so ago and saved the image.
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After contemplating setting up something reminiscent of this, I started looking for a suitable pot. Once I found the pot, I looked at the trees I have been prepping.
This is how the elm I used looked at the end of last season.
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I bought two small fukien tea trees at the middle of the season last year and developed them this year to the point where I could use them. I added mondo grass as an accent, used balsa would and bonsai wire for the fence. The ground cover is what is called "Taipei Grass" in Chinese and the plant lining the fence is a popular ground cover plant here. I will see if I can find the name.
The end result is this:
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I will let it grow out and develop more. The fukien on the right will be allowed to grow an extra inch or two taller to help with perspective.
Any and all comments welcome.
I am looking for "good wood" to use. I can easily age the wood myself which will not be a problem. I am thinking of using a hard wood and the adding something like lime sulfur that has been tinted with coffee or tea for an aged effect.Time for some of that all new "eat it up" favorite...
Reclaimed wood!
This thing looks so Old now!
A replacement fence had better look the part!
Your care for this is impressive!
Sorce
Thanks. I hope to have it looking farm-like again this season.Cockroach, you have made an amazingly detailed and beautiful planting! I like that you showed your inspiration photo and how you planned your work.
Agree with Sorce: this can easily be mistaken for ....how can I say it.... a place in the "real world".
I love it. Thanks for sharing.
It really is one of my more "fun" plants. Even overgrown it has whimsical aspects to play on.My first time seeing this, very cool. I've been thinking of giving penjing a try. Just looks like fun.
Choose plants that grow similarly. The little hedges I have grow really fast compared to the trees and get trimmed about 4-5 times for every minor trim of the trees. I could have used serissa or azalea for the hedge.Any insightful lessons learned from this planting that you had not dealt with or thought of before? @cockroach
Very neat planting. I like the picture of the grass turning brown on the back. Reminds me of home in summer ?
You got to. Penjing are almost like grown up fairy gardens.Real nice dude !
Never seen this one before!
it inspires me to remember to try a penjing sometime too !
This is lovely. Looks very rustic!I saw this beautiful display online a year or so ago and saved the image.
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After contemplating setting up something reminiscent of this, I started looking for a suitable pot. Once I found the pot, I looked at the trees I have been prepping.
This is how the elm I used looked at the end of last season.
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I bought two small fukien tea trees at the middle of the season last year and developed them this year to the point where I could use them. I added mondo grass as an accent, used balsa would and bonsai wire for the fence. The ground cover is what is called "Taipei Grass" in Chinese and the plant lining the fence is a popular ground cover plant here. I will see if I can find the name.
The end result is this:
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I will let it grow out and develop more. The fukien on the right will be allowed to grow an extra inch or two taller to help with perspective.
Any and all comments welcome.
So cool. I've thought about stuff like this for bonsai but I didn't know it was allowed. It reminds me of the home where i grew up.
I have already noticed this with the elm roots. There was a thicker root growing toward the left back fukien tea which I used shears on and chopped off a 1cm section so it would not heal and keep growing and buried the remaining end section. It's all but gone now.Its not that it’s not allowed as much as it is about competing root systems. Some tree roots are more invasive than others. Over time the more invasive root system is going to choke out the weaker system. If you can get two species to play nice with each other, maybe it could work. Sometimes there is a reason you don’t see things.
I have wanted a small pond in the scape for ages but haven't for a few reasons. I saw someone try it but the plants (they used moss) sucked it dry in in hour or so.In our climate, mosquitoes would have a field day and my garden already looks like Heathrow Airport in the evenings.I like the fence. Reminds me of the pasture we had growing up. Put some cows, and a couple horses in there, and a couple ponds, just like home.