Spring Beech
This one was re potted over a couple weeks ago. I had to sort the roots out and removed quite a few bits of heavy root, while making sure to cut back to smaller roots further back....
I had wanted to have the tree looking more upright like this
2016-04-06_06-03-03 by
Bobby Lane, on Flickr
But after a look at the roots, i decided the tree along with the roots, would be better suited to a slanting style
2016-04-26_03-35-34 by
Bobby Lane, on Flickr
2016-04-26_03-35-24 by
Bobby Lane, on Flickr
Here you can see the strong right sided anchor root holding the tree in place, giving the tree visual stability, crucial to slanting/windswept. there were also some cuts made in the nebari/base and these were packed in with Spagnum moss, maybe new roots will form where i want them...
2016-04-26_03-36-15 by
Bobby Lane, on Flickr
2016-04-26_03-36-35 by
Bobby Lane, on Flickr
2016-05-01_06-21-02 by
Bobby Lane, on Flickr
The tree today, some of the top moss was removed and the pot topped up with soil, i was able to plant the tree deeper after removing some heavy roots, where the soil is mounded around the base is where ive left spagnam moss to induce new roots.
Although im very content with the base as it is, the tree has a sinuous movement which transmits right through the base IMO.