Woocash
Omono
Very nice. I rarely seem to see many formal brooms and I am intrigued. Is this a good idea for a collected “beanpole” or is it only really best to start from younger stock or nursery stock?
Zelkowa #1
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MrWunderful
Omono
Really nice Walter. Do you know if this was field grown at any point? Or mostly container grown?
Walter Pall
Masterpiece
This was always in a bonsai pot. It is older than one thinks and these as prepared raw material are VERY expesnive (close to 2 grand a piece). It is probabyl near impossible to make this strict quality from a collected tree, I think.
Walter Pall
Masterpiece
Zelkowa #1 - update after full defoliation and hedge pruning - second flush
Walter Pall
Masterpiece
Zelkowa #1 - update after second Hedge Pruning
Mara of dragon clan
Mame
Thanks for the lesson
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Gorgeous tree! Thank you for sharing.
Mikecheck123
Omono
Noob question: is formal upright the preferred style for zelkova? Most professional level trees that I see have trunks going straight up.
Walter Pall
Masterpiece
Surre, it is the way this species grows naturally.
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BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
Its getting better, lovely.
Forsoothe!
Imperial Masterpiece
Because the purpose of this site is an educational/discussion creature, I would like to discuss placement of trees in pots here. To wit:
The conventional wisdom is to shift a tree to one side or the other in an oval pot, preferably the left side. While I can see the need and wisdom of that in a tree that is not equilateral, it looks funny here, especially the shifted left view. It has been recently repotted and now that the canopy is smaller it works badly. Earlier, when the tree had a canopy that overhung the pot, which it is not supposed to do, it looked fine.
All of my trees overhang the edges of the pot, if for no other reason than to make the pot look smaller in comparison. And, they are all about in the center of the pot unless they are not equilateral in which case they are shifted to center the canopy over the pot. Tell me I'm wrong.
The conventional wisdom is to shift a tree to one side or the other in an oval pot, preferably the left side. While I can see the need and wisdom of that in a tree that is not equilateral, it looks funny here, especially the shifted left view. It has been recently repotted and now that the canopy is smaller it works badly. Earlier, when the tree had a canopy that overhung the pot, which it is not supposed to do, it looked fine.
All of my trees overhang the edges of the pot, if for no other reason than to make the pot look smaller in comparison. And, they are all about in the center of the pot unless they are not equilateral in which case they are shifted to center the canopy over the pot. Tell me I'm wrong.
BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
The tree is in training it isnt a final pot.
thought it was pretty clear the pot is bigger than the tree
thought it was pretty clear the pot is bigger than the tree
Walter Pall
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Walter Pall
Masterpiece
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
What a nice tree, it looks like many that line roadsides here, the naturalistic realism is there!
Killer nebari...Killer Autumn color display.
In my humble opinion, that is not the pot for this one....
Killer nebari...Killer Autumn color display.
In my humble opinion, that is not the pot for this one....
ShadyStump
Imperial Masterpiece
Won't argue, but it is an awesome pot!
Could use a more rugged looking tree to match the rugged looking pot, but then I'm not the master.
hinmo24t
Masterpiece
great tree.
inspiring me to not hardcut my kousa dogwood because of multiple top branches, reverse taper...maybe ill see how it goes and keep something down low
just in case i want to down the line.
inspiring me to not hardcut my kousa dogwood because of multiple top branches, reverse taper...maybe ill see how it goes and keep something down low
just in case i want to down the line.
AlainK
Imperial Masterpiece
Red is a difficult colour to make for ceramics.
It's a very "nice" pot in the sense that it is "a kind of a rare pot".
Does it look nice ? Well, it's OK.
But I think it doesn't fit the tree at all. It's not even "kitsch", it's bad taste. I think the tree is wasted by this totally anedequate pot. Sorry for my sincerity Walter, but that's what I think. Nice pot, nice tree, but the two together is to me a complete no-no...
It's a very "nice" pot in the sense that it is "a kind of a rare pot".
Does it look nice ? Well, it's OK.
But I think it doesn't fit the tree at all. It's not even "kitsch", it's bad taste. I think the tree is wasted by this totally anedequate pot. Sorry for my sincerity Walter, but that's what I think. Nice pot, nice tree, but the two together is to me a complete no-no...
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Dang....I was trying to be nice...Red is a difficult colour to make for ceramics.
It's a very "nice" pot in the sense that it is "a kind of a rare pot".
Does it look nice ? Well, it's OK.
But I think it doesn't fit the tree at all. It's not even "kitsch", it's bad taste. I think the tree is wasted by this totally anedequate pot. Sorry for my sincerity Walter, but that's what I think. Nice pot, nice tree, but the two together is to me a complete no-no...
