prunus mahaleb ("sainte lucie") from a small yamadori

[clem]

hello, i collected this tree with my best friend in 2007. I didn't take photo, but it was like this (virtual) ->


Here is the tree in 2010 after 3 years in the ground , potted in a Bonsai pot ->


In 2011 ->


2013 ->


2015 ->


2018 with flowers and a new pot ->


july 2019 ->


A few days ago, i repotted it ->


The nebari is good (imo)->



With sphagnum moss on the soil ->

 

[clem]

with sphagnum moss on the soil ->


At first, my goal was to do something like that in the future (virtual) ->


But my friends in forum advised me to keep this virtual for the future ->


So i'll keep this last (prostred) virtual for the future

 

[Woocash]

Lovely progression. I like the second virtual too. Might be tempted to aim for even more of a dropped branch as well to fulfil the ghostly feel even more. Nothing beats the dark cragginess of a prunus‘ bark to make a tree look haunted.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

I like it with the apex still in place. Nice tree, great base, bark, and trunk movement. But the lime sulfur makes the Shari too bright and a bit distracting.

 

[clem]

I like it with the apex still in place. Nice tree, great base, bark, and trunk movement. But the lime sulfur makes the Shari too bright and a bit distracting.

hello, you're probably right ! the wood has a lot of cracks and it is quite fragile so i prefer to keep it "safe" with a lot of lime sulfur. I also protect the tree from the rain during most of the year.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

I prefer this virtual. In addition to the bark and shari, key features of this tree are flowers and fruit. The more upright virtual allows a better display of flowers and fruit.

It is important to make use of the better traits of a tree. No point in making a flowering tree so sparse that it looks like a juniper.

 

[clem]

Ok thanks for your reaction. There are also prunus mume with a prostrate look ->


I think it is more a question of personnal préférence

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

True, Personal preference is key. The above example looks good even to me.

 

[clem]

Some news. The repotting of this spring ->



The tree doesn't grow very much, since 2 years, in this very small and flat pot. So i transpotted it in a japanese training pot this summer (in the beginning of July) without cutting any root ->


I hope the tree will grow more in this training pot for the next coming years.
Here is the virtual of the future project ->

 

[Trueblackpercula]

Ok thanks for your reaction. There are also prunus mume with a prostrate look ->
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I think it is more a question of personnal préférence

I think this is an amazing looking Bonsai. wow

 

[Pitoon]

That's a really nice tree!

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

This tree has certainly acquired some wonderful character over the last 14 years, since 2007. The increased vigor from moving it to the training pot will give you what you need to make the next step, what ever direction you take this. It is a lovely tree. Hope you post a photo of it in bloom in spring 2022.

 

[clem]

thanks for encouragements. I hope that, with time, the bark of the 2nd half of the tree (above the shari) will become more mature/cracked like an old prunus mume...

 

[clem]

Hi,
A few days ago, i repotted this tree in a deeper pot because it was getting weaker and weaker, year after year, in the previous flat pot..

 

[Gabler]

Hi,
A few days ago, i repotted this tree in a deeper pot because it was getting weaker and weaker, year after year, in the previous flat pot..

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I like the look of the new pot better than the old. Hopefully, the tree agrees.

 

[clem]

I like the look of the new pot better than the old. Hopefully, the tree agrees.

Thanks, i like it too

 

[clem]

Hello, some news.. Yesterday, I shortened a too big and long right branch. A new shoot will form a new branch in the future.

The long right branch, with the shoot ->


The tree before cutting the branch ->


The tree after ->