First attempt at windswept.
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Wires_Guy_wires
Imperial Masterpiece
I've been bitching about cascades and windswept a while ago, so I also want to admit when I think it's done alright. Nice one!
Calnicky
Mame
Nice! lots of good movement. I have a Little Leaf Linden I should do this with. What's the species?
I went on a critique of trees once with Boon (at a PSBA conference in Olympia) where he criticized a windswept DECIDUOUS. He said that because deciduous lose their leaves in the winter when the winds start blowing, you would really only see a coniferous tree as a windswept in nature. But perhaps you would see a "wind blown" which is a tree in the moment of the wind blowing through it's leaves.
Still, I think windswept is a great form for any tree.
I went on a critique of trees once with Boon (at a PSBA conference in Olympia) where he criticized a windswept DECIDUOUS. He said that because deciduous lose their leaves in the winter when the winds start blowing, you would really only see a coniferous tree as a windswept in nature. But perhaps you would see a "wind blown" which is a tree in the moment of the wind blowing through it's leaves.
Still, I think windswept is a great form for any tree.
LindaPat
Mame
It’s J Maple that grew up randomly in my yard, then I did my first air layer on it. Didn’t take on one side, and i’ve often thot of tossing it, but it was my first air layer! I guess i’ll have to put a fan on it when the leaves come in! For that moment “when the wind blows” as you say.
Calnicky
Mame
I have a couple of those yardadori JM's and they're actually coming along nicely after being planted out again in a raised bed for a couple of years. I'll look for pictures of them when in leaf.
Shibui
Imperial Masterpiece
Good choice of style with the material available.
Branching looks good bare but not sure how they will all go when crowded with leaves.
I also would not have considered making windswept with Japanese maple as, to me, they are naturally a tree of the sheltered valleys and tend to hate wind. I guess somewhere in the world there are some windswept Japanese maples but I've never seen one for real.
Branching looks good bare but not sure how they will all go when crowded with leaves.
I also would not have considered making windswept with Japanese maple as, to me, they are naturally a tree of the sheltered valleys and tend to hate wind. I guess somewhere in the world there are some windswept Japanese maples but I've never seen one for real.
giventofly
Mame
Very nice, keep posting the progress
BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
Nice attempt!
windswept/windblown hawthorn and beech are quite common here in windy, highland areas where the weather stays very harsh
windswept/windblown hawthorn and beech are quite common here in windy, highland areas where the weather stays very harsh
Mike Corazzi
Masterpiece
Might consider making the chop area raggedy and chewed up looking.
