Ugly trees.

[Lorax7]

Y’all aren’t even trying. You want ugly? I’ll give you ugly. My recently harvested yardadori air layer.

 

[Velodog2]

What even is that? And why?

 

[Lorax7]

What even is that? And why?

Mulberry. My intent is to eventually make something non-ugly from it, if I can.

 

[Velodog2]

Oh. It doesn’t look very happy about it.

 

[Lorax7]

Oh. It doesn’t look very happy about it.

It might be having a bit of a temper tantrum because I cut through its trunk with a saw yesterday. However, I’ve saved it from a life of obscurity, so hopefully it will cheer up. It had previously been destined to grow forever in the shadow of the much larger evergreen tree that it sprouted beneath. Now it has a chance to experience the sunshine unfiltered.

 

[stevek]

Oh I got UGLY! So ugly I will take its clothes off so to speak with why I find it ugly with closer or better angles of the "UG"!
My one sided roots Virginia Creeper...sometimes I ask myself why I even keep it. If I ever had to thin my collection this would be one of the first to go.
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I wanted a pyracantha...can't get them around me. Wanted something with character. The roots are a mess...but sort of pulls it off. But no beauty contest it would ever win.
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The messed up base...that is rolling to the beat of its own drum. I would rather have this...than boring though. But not pretty.
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Can't get any uglier than this right now...the Tamarix that died back from arctic cold in my landscape. Only has one live vein running up the trunk.
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It's just...soooo...raw....undeveloped.
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Forgot to touch on the Amur Maple...photos explain why it hits this list. It only has one live main branch.
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The stub of the dead branch makes a great anchor. Potted in the only thing those roots would fit into. *Need more pots!

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I would switch the twisty root thing with the maple. I think the trunk coming outa the moon pot would look great. then trim down the maple to shohin size. i'll take everything I've seen, but i'm blinded by love. sk.

 

[Cadillactaste]

I would switch the twisty root thing with the maple. I think the trunk coming outa the moon pot would look great. then trim down the maple to shohin size. i'll take everything I've seen, but i'm blinded by love. sk.

Twisty root thing? You mean the pyracantha on the right? I appreciate your advice. But I don't see it as a cascade. The maple was planted wrong...but it died this year...not sure if it was from waking really early. I didn't change the greenhouse temps for one tree. When it went outside...I didn't have leaves on my trees yet in landscape. I think it cooked...beyond what it could take.

 

[stevek]

yes, I didn't know what it is. but I would think just planted at the same angle, or just tilted a little more to the left, not a semi or full cascade, with the trunk coming out of the high lip of the moon pot would give the roots and trunk a story and reason for the shape. I don't know the sizes of each, so it might not work. just something to talk about. to bad about the maple. sk.

 

[Smoke]

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SORRY!!!

Under the proper guidance this could be made even uglier!

 

[Smoke]

That's what she said.

spit my beer all over the monitor

 

[LanceMac10]

Under the proper guidance this could be made even uglier!

Ol' Ann Margret still lives!!!

 

[Smoke]

Ol' Ann Margret still lives!!!

I had to arm wrestle Elvis for a shot at that.....Ann was never that ugly....I always gravitated towards the older women....I like um in their sexual prime!!!

 

[Smoke]

This one from the fourth post is really moving on the ugly train.

 

[MichaelS]

We all got them.
Don't lie.
I have a few.
Put pictures of them here.
I'll start.
An American elm.
It was collected 4 years ago.
Then I airlayered the bottom 4 inches off last year.
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Why is this ugly? I like it. In fact I think it's perfect material! (maybe the lower U branch could come off)

 

[W3rk]

So a repotting lower, 180 spin, and some pruning and we go from ugly to a ‘characterful’ semi-cascade.
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This is super gnarly and not remotely ugly in my book.

 

[Velodog2]

This is super gnarly and not remotely ugly in my book.

Ah my work here is done ... thanks. It was tho. The before pic looked like squidward with a few legs missing.

 

[Cadillactaste]

yes, I didn't know what it is. but I would think just planted at the same angle, or just tilted a little more to the left, not a semi or full cascade, with the trunk coming out of the high lip of the moon pot would give the roots and trunk a story and reason for the shape. I don't know the sizes of each, so it might not work. just something to talk about. to bad about the maple. sk.

Food for thought...needs a repot next spring. Not sure about the size off hand. But the crescent Erin pot is disinfected and put away. So...Will play with it possibly. Doesn't hurt to toss one in a pot for a look see.

 

[Starfox]

 

[Carol 83]

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At least the flowers are pretty.............

 

[Starfox]

I guess there is that. lol