BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
Thanks everyone, will do an update later in year, hope to get more density. i am a fan of trees with twin apex, i would only remove one if they start to cause inverse.
Hm.. I find that tilia will close wounds, but that you need quite a bit of topgrowth for bigger cuts. Why did you not leave it in the ground for another seasons to get the chopsite close down a bit more?
(At the same time I am wondering what my tilias in the ground look like.. Should go to my growing plot the next weeks and do some maintenance.. )
Yeah, I'd be thinking about taking back some of the branches a bit. Bottom left branch, maybe reduce the secondaries to about half their current length (assuming there are buds in the right places). That will give better taper and closer-in ramification. Maybe do something similar to the ones on the right that don't fork into secondaries yet., ill likely go in at some point and reduce the current silhouette slightly
Nice base on this tilia Bobby. I like the short stout trunk. I recently got one that I am enjoying although have not put any work into yet. I love the red winter coloration of the buds. Leaves on mine have reduced quite well since it is an older tree and well established by now as a bonsai.
I wish to see more of them here in the US!
Cheers Mach. that will be the plan with this one now, just to let it establish in this pot for a long while. im with you on the red buds, they're very pretty to look at and also the lime green leaves in summer. the autumn colouration is good too.
if its the same one, i remember seeing yours on mirai, i'll be looking forward to seeing you put your own stamp on it, thats a nice tilia.
Hi Bobby. Yes it is the Mirai tilia. Still getting to know each other but hopefully soon I will start a thread on it. It seems a wonderful species for bonsai. As you mentioned the yellow color is great in autumn and buds back incredibly well.
Not to digress or highjack your thread but my observation of you guys in Europe, in particular England, is that there is a propensity to working with deciduous species. Would you say this is correct? I wonder if this has to do in part with your natural surroundings? I cannot but think that this must to some degree influence us on our bonsai choices.
@TomB has a pretty varied mix of deciduous and conifers. maybe Tom can shed a little more on this...