Some Sort of Fir Progression
- Thread starter grouper52
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daygan
Chumono
I like it 
edprocoat
Masterpiece
Very nice, looks like something you would see in some Bonsai display. Was it mostly this shape or have you done a load of work to it already, I assume the latter as it seems like a specimen right now.
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Looks like subalpine fir, A. lasiocarpa. Beautiful foliage on this species. Nice material you've got there.
A buddy from your part of the world sent me one a few years ago. Grew very well but got a terrible form of needle cast every spring. That was before I had a proper arsenal of pesticides. Alas, it died after a few losing battles.
A buddy from your part of the world sent me one a few years ago. Grew very well but got a terrible form of needle cast every spring. That was before I had a proper arsenal of pesticides. Alas, it died after a few losing battles.
grouper52
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No, edprocoat, I just did a small amount of tweaking last year - mostly it came like this, a natural.
Amkhalid, it may very well be a Sub-alpine, as you say, but the foliage is significantly different in person from the only other tree I've had that was billed as a Sub-alpine - enough so that I didn't want to declare it such. It may simply be a variant, or due to the harsh and somewhat unique area in which it was growing.
Amkhalid, it may very well be a Sub-alpine, as you say, but the foliage is significantly different in person from the only other tree I've had that was billed as a Sub-alpine - enough so that I didn't want to declare it such. It may simply be a variant, or due to the harsh and somewhat unique area in which it was growing.
grouper52
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Giga
Masterpiece
Have to say that a nice tree
edprocoat
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Its getting even nicer looking !
Good Job.
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Good Job.
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grouper52
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Thanks, all. It's almost too full and a bit gangly now, not to mention that it might look less dense if I get the old fall leaves out of it before I take the next photo of it.
These trees tolerate trimming just fine this time of year, so I might get 'er done in the next week or two and repost.
Si Nguyen
Omono
Spectacular tree Grouper! Thanks for updating the story.
I wonder if you could try something unconventional. Since you will be doing some foliage work anyway, why don't you try removing all the tiny needles that are pointing downward or side way. In other words, just keep a few upward pointing needles in every clump. I think it could look like a miniature white pine. I tried this with a dwarfed Alberta spruce years ago. It looked pretty good for a while, but it eventually died because of the heat in Southern California. You might have better luck.
Cheers!
I wonder if you could try something unconventional. Since you will be doing some foliage work anyway, why don't you try removing all the tiny needles that are pointing downward or side way. In other words, just keep a few upward pointing needles in every clump. I think it could look like a miniature white pine. I tried this with a dwarfed Alberta spruce years ago. It looked pretty good for a while, but it eventually died because of the heat in Southern California. You might have better luck.
Cheers!
edprocoat
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