As you wish October, since I really enjoy looking at your trees
Thuja occidentalis (arborvitae) collected last spring. So far the only work done on it has been working on peeling bark away from dead areas, reducing thick branches that will never backbud, and spreading out the young branches that will form the crown to encourage strong growth. It will be repotted next year - thuja grow roots like no conifer ever should! However it takes a long time to figure out what parts of these old thuja are dead, and what parts are alive.
Dwarf Japanese Yew, 6 years from nursery stock. Four of those years were spent on root reduction to get it in a pot. This year's only goal is letting the roots get further established. Minimal pruning will be done, but it will probably receive a wiring (its second) in the late summer or fall. I love the new growth on yews
This picture is about a week old, I have since peeled the bark and bleached the deadwood, so it looks quite different today. I am really taking my time with this tree, as I consider it a rare find.
One of this year's collected thuja that has taken on some nice colour. If it grows well this summer, it will be dramatically cut back in August. Basically the whole foliage mass on the far left is useless.