Did someone say "Literati"?

[Adair M]

When you say need to replace the soil after 3-4 years how much are you talking about? Bare root to the core? Just around the edges? One side at a time again?
The question relates to trees established in your Boon mix already not transitioning into it.




Nice tree, I like it and what you've done. For some reason I was curious how it would look with left branches trending up and right trending down. So I scratched at it a bit to see and got this far. View attachment 135488

Wireme, after I took the picture, we did pull the right lower branch down, almost exactly as you have it.

I found a literati of Shinji Suzuki that I like a lot, and I may try for something like this:

 

[sorce]

I filled it with water so my Egret could go fishing!

Poor bird!

Probly still ain't caught nothing.

http://www.npr.org/2016/10/27/49840...s-micro-fishers-focus-on-the-species-not-size

Sorce

 

[augustine]

Adair, Beautiful pine, what is it?

 

[Nybonsai12]

Nice tree. I really like literati white pines. Very rare in US as well.

 

[my nellie]

... ...I found a literati of Shinji Suzuki that I like a lot, and I may try for something like this:... ...

Your Pine is very similar to this, if I may say.

 

[Waltron]

here's a few that I come back to and study from time to time.

 

[Adair M]

Adair, Beautiful pine, what is it?

My tree? It's a Zuisho Japanese White Pine I purchased from Julian Adams. He is pretty much the only source for them that I know of.

He started this one as an airlayer. So, it's on its own roots.

Zuisho and Kokonoe are relatively easy to airlayer. Most other Pines are difficult. These will also grow by cuttings, but the success rate is very low: maybe 5%.

Traditionally, these were propagated by grafting onto JBP. But what they've found is that after about 60 years or so the grafts fail. The growth rate between the stock and scion are different, and the sap line breaks.

This tree, being on its own roots, shouldn't have this problem.

The tree will look much better when the bark roughens up. it's already stated down by the nebari. It starts when it gets to about 20 years old.

 

[namnhi]

here's a few that I come back to and study from time to time.

Less is more!

 

[defra]

Curious for an update on this one !

 

[Cypress187]

flamingos

Did you know there are more plastic flamingo's than real flamingo's

 

[just.wing.it]

Did you know there are more plastic flamingo's than real flamingo's

Especially since the Venezuelan people had to hunt them all down for dinner, now that socialism has gripped the nation...very sad indeed....used to be a thriving oil rich nation. Horrible to watch.