Where is our tree Cypress?What are those small fern looking weeds?
How you keep them small? Aren't ferns huge? You know the species?Those small "fern looking weeds" are.. FERNS! .
Tree thread = all posts include a photo...How you keep them small? Aren't ferns huge? You know the species?
Little shimpaku Pom pom I worked. Sorry about the jins, they will look better down the road I promise!
It really depends on the tree. With lots of fine structure I leave a pair of leaves on every branch-let. If the tree needs growth, same thing. If I plan to show it, I leave some leaves on and remove them as soon as the new buds come out. If I have to repot to revive a tree, more leafs stay. If I need to weaken or strengthen a certain part of the tree, I leave more or less leafs for a headstart and/or cut them in half. If it is a first potting after collecting, I take all leafs off. If it is the second repotting, I leave leafs on. If I need backbudding, I leave the leaf to which I cut back. To reenergize a tree, I first cut the leaves in half and wait for the new buds to emerge and repot then. That is foremost the best and safest spring technique to achieve great vigor and backbudding.
Best,
Dorothy
I tell you how- NEGLECT! Just ignore them and treat them like unwanted weeds! Damn near killed them when I repotted that sucker... I did an ok job on the repot I think EXCEPT I mounded it too high when I put it back in the pot. I wanted a good layer of soil to give it some room to grow and get vigorous, but I might have gone a little overboard! Next time- a couple years from now- I will bring it back down. Seriously though, I don't do any special"training" of the ferns and have no clue what type they are... Look just like little Boston ferns like I have hanging on my front porch but I have deff never seen those so small.How you keep them small? Aren't ferns huge? You know the species?
What are we looking at here Dorothy? I like it a lot!
How about another Spirea:
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