My Korean Hornbeam.

[Dav4]

This is a Korean Hornbeam I picked up on sale a few years ago, mainly because it was in a nice handmade pot that, alone, was worth more then what I paid. The tree itself had an OK base with a bit of taper but not much else. I re-potted it 2 years ago mainly to get it out of the muck it was in. I really didn't do much with it until this past winter where I significantly reduced the apex/shortened the tree and wired some of the branches for shape. The buds just started to move so I re-potted again, and removed some ugly rootage at the same time. It's in another nice handmade pot now. This is my first KH and I know it will never be a stunner, but I'm beginning to like it now.

 

[tmmason10]

I like it Dave. Few more years and I'm sure it can be a nice tree.

 

[Dav4]

Thanks Tom. It's another summer sell down sale tree...maybe the last one I purchased.

 

[JudyB]

I like the direction this is going, the branch placement is nice, and you got some good wiring started. Thanks for posting it.

 

[Dav4]

Thanks Judy. In my 14 years of bonsai, I have worked mostly with conifers. I've certainly had my fair share of deciduous trees in pots at one time or another, but they have mostly been in a continual state of being a pre-bonsai (read that as trunk or nebari development in progress). This KH is really the first deciduous tree I've had that is past that stage, meaning I can start working on branching and ramification. We'll see how I do.

Dave