Ash - Fraxinus angustifolia

Julio-Rufo

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Basel, CH
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8a
This one is a difficult tree.

I acquired it around 10 years ago as raw material. Unfortunately, during the first years the tree almost died and lost all the crown and most significant branches.

I almost left it as impossible material. These are pictures from last year:

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As the trunk and bark has quite some character, this year I decided to repot it into a nicer pot and try to do something with all the suckers that kept the tree alive:

There are almost not branches coming from the thick trunk, so the crown will have to be rebuild using some of the available thin trunks.

The new pot is by Rolf Hiltz.

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Lets see how it develops!
 
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To call ash "advanced material" is an understatement.

The compound leaves and propensity for branches to die back would give me fits. I hope you can turn this tree into something amazing and I can learn something from you in the process!
 
To call ash "advanced material" is an understatement.

The compound leaves and propensity for branches to die back would give me fits. I hope you can turn this tree into something amazing and I can learn something from you in the process!
Definitely, not an easy species. The way they drop branches is really annoying. That is what caused me to leave it “alone” for around 8 years.
I hope I can develop a nice tree in the following years, just its trunk is worth the effort.

I will be happy the share it here!
 
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To call ash "advanced material" is an understatement.

The compound leaves and propensity for branches to die back would give me fits. I hope you can turn this tree into something amazing and I can learn something from you in the process!
The angustifolia is a South european species, makes small leaves with regular pruning and also ramifies decently well, is probably the best species of Ash for bonsai
 
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