Potentilla bunjin - turned upside down

[davetree]

Here is a potentilla I have that has been thru a lot. It originally was a branch on a big multi trunk tree in a big pot. After some major trauma due to a storm I think, it was turned into a bunjin with a sister tree that did not survive the ex wife. This pic is from 2012.

 

[davetree]

As it turned out, this tree would fly like a kite in a bad storm. It got blown across the yard a few times, and last spring during repotting it just kind of fell over and gave up the fight. I tried to keep it upright with a number of devices, but it wasn’t in the cards. I let it do it’s thing for a few years. Here it is in the same pot, I just trimmed it and it’s ready for styling. Also a close up of the trunk and deadwood, and a shot of the pot which has a neat crack in it. I have a Sara Rayner pot for it but I kind of like the old cheap pot that suffered along with the tree. I may try to preserve the pot.

 

[0soyoung]

last spring during repotting it just kind of fell over and gave up the fight. I tried to keep it upright with a number of devices, but it wasn’t in the cards.

Even wired into the pot??

Regardless, you should forget the story and just enjoy the accolades for such a creative design of a potentilla!

 

[sparklemotion]

Looks like the tree (and gravity) had a better idea for the design. I love it.

Do you think that filling the cracks in the pot with a 2-part epoxy would work?

 

[Potawatomi13]

Looks so much better after change! Small green weed with tiny flower heads in pot is to be eradicated. Very insidious/difficult to kill off. Clover like weed almost as bad.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Gnarly tree as its history aged it right along with it. I too love the pot which suffered the same fate. I hope you can repair the inside of the pot to prevent it from crumbling. And keep the integrity of the weather/storm beaten pair.

 

[davetree]

It wasn’t the wiring to the pot that was the problem. The deadwood started to break off of the trunk, and the skinny trunk could not support the tree. I used heavy wire and supports but looked like crap. As it is the deadwood is just hanging there. I need to figure out how to attach it.

 

[stedy]

If you try to patch the pot, do it from the inside. The crack accents the crack on the tree.

Do try to save all the dead parts, but have a backup plan. In my limited experience, it *will* eventually break off. There is a lime solution (I think it is) used to make jin. Personally, I don't Iike the bright color, but I understand it 'hardens' the dead wood.

Bottom line: HUZZAH!

 

[misfit11]

If you try to patch the pot, do it from the inside. The crack accents the crack on the tree.

Do try to save all the dead parts, but have a backup plan. In my limited experience, it *will* eventually break off. There is a lime solution (I think it is) used to make jin. Personally, I don't Iike the bright color, but I understand it 'hardens' the dead wood.

Bottom line: HUZZAH!

I'm guessing he addressed these issues by now since this post is almost five years old. It does make me curious though. How's the tree looking now, Dave?

 

[Potawatomi13]

Huh! Really like pot but seems is no fan of freezing weather. Likely would present self better turned 180 degrees if surviving past 4/5 Winters.