My own winter silhouettes show in IE!!

[bonhe]

Good stuff! I need to add a big pomegranate to my collection someday.

Thank you. I think if you want to find the giant pome, you need to look for it in Southern Cali. In LA, I saw lot of big pome planted as a landscape tree.
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[Giga]

Wow you really have some nice material, that pomegranate has me drooling all over the place.

 

[milehigh_7]

Super awesome!

 

[bonhe]

It is little cool here this morning. I looked at this crepe myrtle and saw its final image is getting closer!

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[bonhe]

It is not winter yet!
I brought this crape myrtle out this afternoon to do some work!
Before.


After removing some branches and trunk.


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[sorce]

It is not winter yet!
I brought this crape myrtle out this afternoon to do some work!
Before.
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After removing some branches and trunk.
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Ballsy Bonhe.

I like it!

Sorce

 

[bonhe]

Thank you Sorce. Its name is " Salsa Dancers"
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[bonhe]

Another small crape myrtle which just finished working this am.
Before.


After

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[BonsaiButler]

really like the elm, I think it has a very nice feminine silhouette.

 

[bonhe]

Thank you BonsaiButler.
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[bonhe]

Those pomegranates are preparing for dormancy.


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[bonhe]

But those 3 gals still want to stay awake, alert!!!



This ficus never lost its leaves in my area's winter!


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[ColinFraser]

Let me find out something for my avatar.

Any luck?

 

[bonhe]

Hi ColinFraser, thank you for reminding. Just update avatar!
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[ColinFraser]

Hi ColinFraser, thank you for reminding. Just update avatar!
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Awesome. Hello

 

[bonhe]

Happy Thanksgiving.
It's cold here now. Some of my trees have turned yellow.
Pomegranates.




Flowering pear tree


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[bonhe]

Liquidamber orientalis is still in green. This morning, I cut its top down because the trunk, right below it, grew to desired size. This tree has been trained with cut and grow technique. Its trunk base diameter is about 20 cm. I made 4 cuttings out of the one removed this morning.
Before.


After


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[JudyB]

I like the shape of your crapes. Nice and light. Do you worry about doing late cutbacks before the leaf drop there in your clime? I would worry that it would try to push new growth...

 

[bonhe]

I like the shape of your crapes. Nice and light. Do you worry about doing late cutbacks before the leaf drop there in your clime? I would worry that it would try to push new growth...

Thank you JudyB.
No, I don't worry about it. They won't send out the new growth until next spring.
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[bonhe]

I like to elaborate JudyB' s statement for whoever is new to this hobby. If the new growth comes out when it is cold, the cold temperature will kill the young tender parts of the tree. It means the tree unnecessarily lost its energy and this situation may lead to the tree's death.
The plants will go into winter dormancy when air temperature goes down less than 50 degrees F in about 7 days and the day length is shorter. The parts of the plant above the ground will go to sleep but the root system is still awake during dormancy. Prior to pruning in the end of the Summer, one must make sure that the new growth will not push out in Fall or winter after pruning. I always closely follow the prior 2 week- weather broadcast to decide which work I can do on the tree such as pruning, transplanting. When I see the nighttime temp. has been constantly below 50 degrees F, it is the time to perform those work on my trees.
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