Dav4
Drop Branch Murphy
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I spent all morning looking for earlier pics of this one...no luck. This is another tree I picked up at New England Bonsai gardens 4-5 years ago. tree sat in a California back yard for probably 20 years without repotting or meaninful shaping, before moving to New England. The soil was a solid brick, the straight, lichen-covered branches were unbendable, and most of the growth was out at the ends. Still, it offered a trunk with nice taper and shape. I made the old back the front, removed and jinned many of the branches, and re-potted with a significant planting angle change. Because the soil was so hard and the tree was not healthy, I couldn't aggressively work the roots. I basically treated it like an azalea, sawing away the bottom and sides of the root ball and hammering a screwdriver through the brick like soil to open it up a bit, then slightly over potted it. That was three years ago, and the tree has grown quite well (despite contracting spider mites last year). I re-potted last week into a smaller pot, removing the last remnants of compacted soil and exposed more of the nebari which had been previously hidden. The shari, which was created 2 years ago, was widened slightly, as well. I will let this one recover for a bit, then wire out later this year. Comments are welcome.
Dave
*Edit* I was able to find a picture from 4 years ago, after its first styling by me.
Dave
*Edit* I was able to find a picture from 4 years ago, after its first styling by me.
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