My Ume I'm showing at BIB this weekend

[Adair M]

bringing it in to moss it up. I call it the pink dragon. I'll get a better picture when it's set up at the show.



Mossing underway:



The flowers are timing it perfectly for the show this year.

 

[Woodland Spirit]

Awesome

 

[YukiShiro]

very nice, something different

best regards
Herman

 

[Dav4]

What...no grey pebbles?? It's not ready for the show without grey pebbles, Adair!

Beautiful ume, by the way. Perfect timing is right!


One more thing...Channel 11 just did a live shot at Tallulah Falls at 6:30 Am...snow and sleet, my man!

 

[GrimLore]

Looks great - picture at the show please! Safe travels as well, we canceled a local get away this weekend - rough out there

Grimmy

 

[sorce]

Thanks for the flower show!
You're welcome for the weather!

Gloomy weather makes the flowers that much more enjoyable!

Be safe!

Sorce

 

[fredtruck]

Very nice ume. Give us a little info...where you got it, how long you've had it, and where you got that wonderful pot. Thanks.

 

[JudyB]

That is a very nice way to wake up, by seeing this tree first thing in the morning. Thank you Adair, it's a lovely tree. So big! One thing I noticed that could use some refinement though is the carving. To me it looks too manmade. (would be hilarious if it turns out to be natural... )

 

[Cadillactaste]

Lovely! What amazing character it has!

 

[LanceMac10]

Great, great tree.....
I like the first photo. It looks like you just helped deliver a foal!
Sans the mess.....
Really nice, great character.
Maybe a little trunk-splitter cuts towards the end of that long deadwood feature?
Pop a cork on some good vintage and enjoy!

 

[Vin]

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What about the other junk on the tables behind it? Must be stuff you're throwing away? I'm sure someone would take them off your hands

Seriously though, the Ume is wonderful!

 

[Adair M]

Oh there's lots of junk lying about here and there!

We've prepared 75 trees for the BIB show. Today is set up. Show tomorrow and Sunday.

 

[Adair M]

A bit of history on the tree: I've only owned it a year. I bought it from a BIB club member a year ago. I believe it was grown originally by Jim Gremel. It was I the pot when I bought it, so I take no credit for that.

Here's a couple pictures of it when I purchased it;







I shortened the left trunk considerably in May. And wired it:

 

[Lazylightningny]

Mama Ume!! Nice one! Thanks for sharing

 

[Adair M]

Then last October, I carved it a little:



I admit to being a complete noob at carving. My first attempt, really. And it's really nice material, so I didn't do very much.

You don't lime sulphur Ume, you let it turn black naturally. You can stain it black with India ink, but I just let it go natural.

There will be more refinement to the deadwood to come. It looks pretty good for a first attempt, I think.

The flowers will forgive my poor carving!

 

[JudyB]

My first attempt, really. And it's really nice material, so I didn't do very much.

This is a smart way to approach it. Believable carving isn't so easy and takes time to learn! Good job so far, and the tree is really nice material indeed.

 

[jquast]

Looking forward to seeing this in person on Sunday!

 

[Adair M]

The flowers will make this a "show stealer", but there's a camelia is that's equally nice, if not even better!

 

[Adair M]

This is a smart way to approach it. Believable carving isn't so easy and takes time to learn! Good job so far, and the tree is really nice material indeed.

Judy, I used one of Grahm Potter's "terrier" carving tools on this. Wow! It really cuts wood quickly. And it gets all over you!

I probably should have taken a blow torch to it to burn off the sharp edges. I wanted to see how it weathered first.

 

[Vin]

A friend of mine has been trying to get me to dig up my landscape Ume and use it as bonsai. I've pretty much sloughed it off but your tree is starting to make me think twice about it.