BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
I picked this one up for a few quid from a hedging nursery. the material is quite young but i think it has a future as a tall and slender tree and of course the training tub its in will see it develop well, i started out with some basic structure work, chopping back bits here n there for taper and movement, this was the first idea..
20180206_211334 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20180206_211236 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20180206_211205 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_6481 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
Too many straight lines. i feel the tree had great movement, a nice curve in the trunk but then the trunk line shoots up abruptly and i thought this didnt look very natural....the tree could be improved by using the lower right branch as the new leader and bending it, by bending the new leader, the sinuous movement in the lower trunk could be completed and flow into the apex. taper and movement dramatically improved...
IMG_6496 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_6497 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_6499 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
how the tree could look in the future
26281587948_cda7fe8ba8_o4 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
potential for a broom maybe, but i prefer the taller look for this material
26281587948_cda7fe8ba8_o by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
theres some roots at the surface that i think will improve with development so everything has been covered with spag moss
20180206_171939 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
i didnt tease out all the roots on this material like i usually do, i find that nursery trees can sometimes take long to recover when treated like this and sometimes grow slowly for the first season. instead i just raked out the surface, cut around the sides a little and sliced the entire pot bound cake of roots in half and placed new soil all around and into a slightly bigger training pot.
20180206_211334 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr20180206_211236 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr20180206_211205 by Bobby Lane, on FlickrIMG_6481 by Bobby Lane, on FlickrToo many straight lines. i feel the tree had great movement, a nice curve in the trunk but then the trunk line shoots up abruptly and i thought this didnt look very natural....the tree could be improved by using the lower right branch as the new leader and bending it, by bending the new leader, the sinuous movement in the lower trunk could be completed and flow into the apex. taper and movement dramatically improved...
IMG_6496 by Bobby Lane, on FlickrIMG_6497 by Bobby Lane, on FlickrIMG_6499 by Bobby Lane, on Flickrhow the tree could look in the future
26281587948_cda7fe8ba8_o4 by Bobby Lane, on Flickrpotential for a broom maybe, but i prefer the taller look for this material
26281587948_cda7fe8ba8_o by Bobby Lane, on Flickrtheres some roots at the surface that i think will improve with development so everything has been covered with spag moss
20180206_171939 by Bobby Lane, on Flickri didnt tease out all the roots on this material like i usually do, i find that nursery trees can sometimes take long to recover when treated like this and sometimes grow slowly for the first season. instead i just raked out the surface, cut around the sides a little and sliced the entire pot bound cake of roots in half and placed new soil all around and into a slightly bigger training pot.
