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Good day all,
I hope everyone is well.
Just a little back story, I recieved a Black Monkey Thorn Bonsai about 5 years ago from my friend and I loved the tree, but unfortunately I went away and didn't have anyone to look after it, I tried everything (dripper systems) to keep it alive while I was away, but alas it did not make it. Ever since then I've been quite afraid of getting another one and spent all my time growing roses and I'm loving it.
That is until recently...
A bought a tree on a whim, a Bougainvillea (pale purple in colour) in fact, and thought it would look great climbing behinded my roses on the wall and I'm almost positive it would of. Alas, I decided "what the hell" and bought a bonsai pot. That was 5 days ago and now I have two new trees (Juniper Skyrocket and Lemon Cypress) wired up and in "training" pots as they were both 1 meter and 70 cm tall.
Reason for this forum is I am obviously a complete novice (probably could tell by the tree selection) and wanted to see if maybe there were any suggestion about styling and what you think of what I have done. The idea is to take a bit away from the cypress and juniper but from what I read they don't back bud and have very fragile root systems and will get them in to bonsai pots slowly.
Bougainvillea : I've gone for a sweeping look. It looks a bit weird but want to try make it bushy at the top with a "sweep" to the left.
Juniper Skyrocket (More pale in colour) : honestly not sure, probably chose the wrong plant and the trunk splits into two. I tried separating all the branches to get a more open look. The issue with this is that it grows to the sky as constant wiring will need to be done.
Lemon Cypress (light green in colour) : sort of the same issue here from my resource, where there isn't a huge amount of information, is it advised to keep as much foliage on as possible and slowly bring it down. I also just tried to keep everything super open. Apparently they grow like wild fire.
Anyway, sort of a show and tell and maybe hopefully get some advise from all you wonderful people.
As much as I want to keep these plants alive and super healthy and beautiful they were all on special and I was to learn as much as I can about them before investing as a more traditional tree and making something spectacular.
Thank you for reading my super long thread
Much love from South Africa!
I hope everyone is well.
Just a little back story, I recieved a Black Monkey Thorn Bonsai about 5 years ago from my friend and I loved the tree, but unfortunately I went away and didn't have anyone to look after it, I tried everything (dripper systems) to keep it alive while I was away, but alas it did not make it. Ever since then I've been quite afraid of getting another one and spent all my time growing roses and I'm loving it.
That is until recently...
A bought a tree on a whim, a Bougainvillea (pale purple in colour) in fact, and thought it would look great climbing behinded my roses on the wall and I'm almost positive it would of. Alas, I decided "what the hell" and bought a bonsai pot. That was 5 days ago and now I have two new trees (Juniper Skyrocket and Lemon Cypress) wired up and in "training" pots as they were both 1 meter and 70 cm tall.
Reason for this forum is I am obviously a complete novice (probably could tell by the tree selection) and wanted to see if maybe there were any suggestion about styling and what you think of what I have done. The idea is to take a bit away from the cypress and juniper but from what I read they don't back bud and have very fragile root systems and will get them in to bonsai pots slowly.
Bougainvillea : I've gone for a sweeping look. It looks a bit weird but want to try make it bushy at the top with a "sweep" to the left.
Juniper Skyrocket (More pale in colour) : honestly not sure, probably chose the wrong plant and the trunk splits into two. I tried separating all the branches to get a more open look. The issue with this is that it grows to the sky as constant wiring will need to be done.
Lemon Cypress (light green in colour) : sort of the same issue here from my resource, where there isn't a huge amount of information, is it advised to keep as much foliage on as possible and slowly bring it down. I also just tried to keep everything super open. Apparently they grow like wild fire.
Anyway, sort of a show and tell and maybe hopefully get some advise from all you wonderful people.
As much as I want to keep these plants alive and super healthy and beautiful they were all on special and I was to learn as much as I can about them before investing as a more traditional tree and making something spectacular.
Thank you for reading my super long thread
Much love from South Africa!
Thank you so much for sharing that because is helps a lot and need to realise that slowing down and enjoying the process really isn't a bad thing at all.
