The Tree Thread

[AppleBonsai]

Lil cutie putting on a show...

 

[misfit11]

Spectacular broom @NorthTXacer ! I see lots of people attempt this style but few are able to deliver. Very nice

Oak-style Boxwood

 

[Paulpash]

Did some cleaning up and lime sulfur work on this Euonymus. Fab bark. Put it up for sale on ebay today - space....the final frontier. One of the few broadleaf evergreens I've worked.

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[Cadillactaste]

Looking through photos... haven't shared this one in awhile. Thuja rock planting. One of the few conifers I have.

 

[leatherback]

Thuja rock planting

I do not like it.. Guess my affiliation of hours as a kid trimming hedges for neighbours stops me from liking anything Thuja

some cleaning up and lime sulfur work on this Euonymus

Hard species to work with I find. All it wants to do for me is throw more buds everywhere. But close cuts.. Nah, that will take a generation. Guess that's also your experience, and the reason for the deadwood?

Mine after winterwork this season, applying the "van Meer technique" in the top after a reduction in height. Originally a stump found in a growers wastepile in 2015:

 

[leatherback]

Originally a stump found in a growers wastepile in 2015:

 

[Cadillactaste]

@leatherback... Fare enough. I lived growing up mostly on a farm. Until my grandma died. Then I went to live with my mom. So no hedge phobia.

But you made me laugh. So thank you. Laughter is priceless...

Photo of my wisteria in bloom...

 

[Paulpash]

I do not like it.. Guess my affiliation of hours as a kid trimming hedges for neighbours stops me from liking anything Thuja


Hard species to work with I find. All it wants to do for me is throw more buds everywhere. But close cuts.. Nah, that will take a generation. Guess that's also your experience, and the reason for the deadwood?

Mine after winterwork this season, applying the "van Meer technique" in the top after a reduction in height. Originally a stump found in a growers wastepile in 2015:
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Mine's the evergreen version. The deadwood I put in to contrast with the bark plus it had a scar at the front.

Shot of the benches with the sunlight breaking the tops of the trees. Makes me feel good

 

[Paulpash]

Night shot: Blackthorn after grafting on 3 branches and using a side branch to compact the apex and give better taper. I hope it'll flower soon.

 

[atlarsenal]

@atlarsenal - I would like to see how the sweetgum turn out. The landscape trees have wonderful autumn color, most as bonsai have had difficulties with getting proportions right.

Sorry to be 11 months late on this reply. It's funny I found this while searching more sweetgum info. The sweetgums pushed a little growth of stored energy and then fizzle and died.

Here's a big winged elm I collected close to same time.

 

[ihaveaspaceship]

A few snips and some wire on one of my black pines.

 

[Tulsabonsigh]

Cryptomeria finally sees a real bonsai pot.

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How much do you want for this one??? Is it closer to the top or bottom of your price range???

 

[Paulpash]

How much do you want for this one??? Is it closer to the top or bottom of your price range???

I wasn't aware I'd offered it for sale. As you're in the US and I'm in the UK, it's moot anyway. Cotoneaster to keep with the rules of the thread.

 

[Tulsabonsigh]

I was

I wasn't aware I'd offered it for sale. As you're in the US and I'm in the UK, it's moot anyway. Cotoneaster to keep with the rules of the thread. View attachment 281736

I was responding to the cryptomeria that was for sale posted above. Sorry for the miscommunication

 

[Tulsabonsigh]

I was trying to respond to the cryptomeria that was posted for sale above. Sorry for miscommunication

I was

 

[leatherback]

@Tulsabonsigh the rules of this thread are to post a picture of one of your trees with every post.
You owe the thread 3 trees

Acer ginnela that I have been growing out for the last years

 

[Tulsabonsigh]

I still owe one more lol. Boxwood I dug out of my flowerbed and eastern red cedar from the highway right of way

 

[Tulsabonsigh]

Ming aralia I bought that I’m trying to keep alive

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Ming aralia I bought that I’m trying to keep alive

How do you keep your trees from tipping over? They’re all sideways.
Ume, Sam Miller pot:

 

[Tulsabonsigh]

I can’t figure out how to make them straight!!!

How do you keep your trees from tipping over? They’re all sideways.
Ume, Sam Miller pot:
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