Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Surprisingly, it's not too bad, in a mica pot and nothing but fine roots under the soil level!
Yaupon Holly
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Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
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Omono
That one in the blue pot is Really beautiful Brian! Wish I could add my name to the list 
But I can see why you're considering keeping it though
But I can see why you're considering keeping it though
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Well, 2.5 years and several sessions later, it's starting to take shape.
In 2013 I sawed off some pretty big branches, and let it grow until summer of 2014:
And in the fall, I very hastily pruned and wired it:
By Spring 2015, it was filling in again:
In late summer, the wires were nearly buried:
It took a while, think I found them all, and pruned it back just a little:
Starting to like the back quite a bit:
Next spring I'll prune it pretty hard again and let it run. The right side is a little loose, and it should tighten up well over the next year.
In 2013 I sawed off some pretty big branches, and let it grow until summer of 2014:
And in the fall, I very hastily pruned and wired it:
By Spring 2015, it was filling in again:
In late summer, the wires were nearly buried:
It took a while, think I found them all, and pruned it back just a little:
Starting to like the back quite a bit:
Next spring I'll prune it pretty hard again and let it run. The right side is a little loose, and it should tighten up well over the next year.
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Giga
Masterpiece
very nice! short time and they look great!
JoeR
Masterpiece
Can you drastically prune all hollys or can you only do it to yaupons?
Such as the ones found in the wild?
Such as the ones found in the wild?
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Better shot...
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
Do you get berries on this ever? Would look wonderful with berries I think...
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Nope, but it would be cool.
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
Hey, saw the bad weather down your way, hope you are safe tonight. Looks very scary.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Tornado on the ground just a couple miles away. Doesn't seem to have caused much damage, but did kinda make grilling Christmas steaks a soggy endeavor. All good though, thanks.
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
Glad to know, What a crazy weather year!
markyscott
Imperial Masterpiece
garywood
Chumono
Scott, you are correct and the confusion begins with cultivars. Typically landscape shrubs "clones" are propagated for a specific reason. In the case of this one - nana- the trait happens to be dwarf. This cultivar also happens to be male. Confusion reigns when seeing some Yaupon with fruit and others not. It just depends on the sex of the sport or chance seedling.
markyscott
Imperial Masterpiece
That's really interesting. So all nana's are male? If so, I'll stop waiting for fruit to appear on any of mine.
Scott
garywood
Chumono
Scott, if you are into a little voyeurism
When they bloom in the spring look closely at the flower. May need magnification. Male flowers have no pistil but "lots" of stamen.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
You gonna have to stop these lay ups for SorceScott, if you are into a little voyeurism
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
You get stamen after hammering the trunk a bit.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Thanks Mike!
I was being guarded close.
Nice assist Smoke.
Here my current problem......
If it wasnt for the Dr. Seuss ass Smoke like Avatar it wouldn't be so bad.....ignoring it doesn't make it go away.......and of COURSE it has to be Good trees and Everyone has to go tell BVF how nice his new camera is..... And my only concern is for the little poops.....small as they are.....who is picken em up?
See that ERIC? OH......you almost made it on the screen but HELL no.....all this Christian / Jewish / Muslim updating is completely taken over ............
Maybe this should be in the Chest clearing thread....Im gonna pop a snot bubble on my screen on purpose!
Sorce
I was being guarded close.
Nice assist Smoke.
Here my current problem......
If it wasnt for the Dr. Seuss ass Smoke like Avatar it wouldn't be so bad.....ignoring it doesn't make it go away.......and of COURSE it has to be Good trees and Everyone has to go tell BVF how nice his new camera is..... And my only concern is for the little poops.....small as they are.....who is picken em up?
See that ERIC? OH......you almost made it on the screen but HELL no.....all this Christian / Jewish / Muslim updating is completely taken over ............
Maybe this should be in the Chest clearing thread....Im gonna pop a snot bubble on my screen on purpose!
Sorce
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
well...at least he can go outside. Really cold here. Like I remember 5 or 8 years ago. Supposed to be 27 here tonight and for the next few days. Thats pretty cold for here.
