The Tree Thread

[thumblessprimate1]

Flowering quince in Shuuhou. Anticipating lots of flowers.
I repaired broken pot with JB Kwikweld.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Night shot of the Ume wired out and ready for spring.

 

[leatherback]

Hmm Lovely image Brian.

One of my mume, after a repot this weekend now showing off some flowers:

 

[TomB]

That's looking really good.
My little clump has flowered too...

 

[TomB]

Tonight’s repot. Shohin Acer palmatum work-in-progress, ground layered over the last year from one that wasn’t really working. Plenty of room for root development in this pot, it will probably go into a more realistically-sized pot next year.

 

[SantaFeBonsai]

 

[Forsoothe!]

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You need to give us the history of these bad boy!

 

[ihaveaspaceship]

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That is a very nice looking tree.

Here is a Coast live oak that was taken after a re-potted a month back or so. These trees seems to be industructable.

 

[parhamr]

I did a little bonsai presentation and group activity at work last week. I brought in four sapling Scots Pine on which I had applied 6-gauge wire.

I instructed my coworkers to twist up the trees as tight as they could, in the direction of the wire, without tearing the bark. None of them snapped the trunk or tore the bark! (I did, ha!) Later in the night I tightened up the bends to this state:

 

[SeanS]

Not the whole tree, but really like these shots of my maples in the morning sun rise

 

[n8]

Picked up this Japanese Beech from a lady in Sacramento over the summer. A few big trunk scars (and more on the back) that I re-cut to help heal over. I'll take a look at those this spring. I'm very happy with the branch placement and think it'll look real nice after a few years of ramification. I'm not in an ideal area for beech, but it's survived in Sacramento for several years after being imported from Japan.

I think I'd also like to try some root grafting to improve the nebari. Do I need Japanese Beech seedlings for that? Or will European/American work?

I did some wiring last weekend to get a few branches improved. Here's a picture from today.

 

[Paulpash]

Fuji Cherry - next few seasons should see the silhouette complete.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

The sun finally came out, and of course it was 27f this morning. Still made for a few good photos.
Japanese Maple, Yamaaki pot:

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Ume, Sam Miller commissioned pot.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Ginkgo biloba, vintage Heian Kouso pot.

 

[parhamr]

One of my Bigleaf maples is now in an inexpensive Chinese training pot. It’s time to slow down the growth and to refine the branching.


Process pics:


Interruption for root porn:


Continuing to clean it up:

 

[TomB]

Ginkgo biloba, vintage Heian Kouso pot.

I really like that one. Must look stunning with yellow leaves in autumn.

Today's work: repotted my Cornus mas (dogwood).

 

[TomB]

Also photographed this one, as I’m shopping for a pot for it tomorrow. Scots pine, slightly above shohin size.

 

[atlarsenal]

I did a little clean up and got this little Chinese Elm in a pot this morning.

 

[Housguy]

Utah Juniper, owners first pic of it after we dropped it off to him.
Some dead wood shots of a Utah as well.