Sweetgum Work

[tmpgh]

I did some work on my sweetgum today. I got this tree from Zach at Bonsai South last summer and did nothing with it but let it grow. Today I wired it, reduced the roots and repotted. This is the first time I've worked any tree this hard before, so, I have my fingers crossed that I didn't kill the thing.

After taking the photos, I put the tree back into winter storage in case we get another arctic blast and mulched it for insulation.

Wish me luck!

 

[small trees]

I'm excited to see how this progresses. These grow near me and I have a few small ones that I've collected and am growing out now. I actually took one of the smaller ones and wrapped wire around the base in order to induce some nice base flare while layering. I'm treating them more as learning/project trees, but they do have potential to be very pretty trees.



The fall colors are beautiful and yours seems to have short internodes for the species. Good Luck!

 

[tmpgh]

I'm afraid that this tree didn't make it through winter. I've got one bud that broke on the trunk below all of the branches. All branches appear to be dead. I will wait it out and see if any more buds break or if I am wrong about the branches, but sadly, I am not optimistic.