Aged branch burst fourth
Winters fragrant soft flower
Spring is in the air
I don't have an Ume to enjoy but I have this scroll of the ume bursting fourth under winter moon. Beautiful trees this time of year thanks for sharing.
Hi Smoke, you have very nice scroll. I like it.
Very nice. It's nice to see a bloom at this time of the year. Thanks for sharing, it makes me look forward to when spring comes to my neck of the woods.
Thanks,
Ray
a very nice ume specimen, love the mature bark.
eric
Hi Ray and Eric, thanks for your kind words.
Hi Bonhe,
I just noticed that you are in Zone 11
How hard is it to keep an Ume in that zone? I'm in Zone 9 and thought that it would be difficult to keep an Ume here let alone Zone 11.
Hi Bonhe, nice ume!!! I know you had this tree for a long time already, but how do you keep it alive in zone 11? Is it all white flower?
Some critiques though if you don't mind. The pot color might be too strong contrast for such delicate flowers. May be a lighter blue, or green, or brown color pot would be better. I would suggest planting it in the middle of the pot too, or even a little more to the right side.
Thanks for sharing the ume!
Si
Hi Ryan and Si, thanks for comments. Si, I don't mind your critiques. It's a learning process for me. Yes, I need to change its position in the pot in the next repotting.
How to keep it alive and blooming in my area? It is secret
Even my teacher was also surprised when I brought it to him. This is a story: when I got it from one of my old friends in 11/2007, it had few flowers in 2/2008. Then I let it stayed in the full sun all Spring and Summer 2008 (Attention: I placed it in the east side of the garden, that means it only received the morning sun). About 7/2008, its leaves started to be burnt badly and dried off. I thought it died at that time, but surprisingly, it had very few flowers in 2/2009. Last year, I realized that it didn't like full sun in my area even in the Spring time, so, I placed it under the landscape tree which provided scattered sunlight through its leaves from 5/2009. It result was that my tree still had a green leaves up to 12/2009 and I had to remove its leaves!
I think because its leaves were still good all summer, it produced enough energy for this year flowering show. Besides that, I have been changing its soil every year. My teacher told me that never reused the old soil since it liked the new soil. This morning, before I got to work, I took picture of it. It's having more flowers. I think I will have an excellent year
Bonhe