Hartinez
Masterpiece
I collected this tree in spring of 22. Left it to grow that year and last year and repotted this spring. It’s grown very well all season. I trimmed back some aggressive shoots to promote some growth in lower branches. Recently I decided to clean up the live vein and deadwood. There were so many layers of bark. It’ll still need some work over the years but it’s at a hood point.
I collected this tree because I liked the upright nature of the tree. Felt a lot like what I see in big half dead juniper. Large sections grow out for decades, then die in favor of lower shoots. Same thing happens again and again over many decades. I tried to keep some of the smaller dead twigging as well to show branches and trunks that died 100 hrs ago, and branches that died 3 years ago.
Aim is to keep tree up right and style the foliage up, out and eventually down. Im not going to overly twist the branching and will use the twigging and dead branches as indication of how this tree was growing for inspiration. Over time I will still create a nice domed top with low hanging branches, just after following a pattern for a while.
I will need to address the base more, perhaps by planting lower in the pot, or by coming up with a creative way to pot it up.
Here is the tree as it stands and some shots from when it was collected.
Before the clean up
At collection
I collected this tree because I liked the upright nature of the tree. Felt a lot like what I see in big half dead juniper. Large sections grow out for decades, then die in favor of lower shoots. Same thing happens again and again over many decades. I tried to keep some of the smaller dead twigging as well to show branches and trunks that died 100 hrs ago, and branches that died 3 years ago.
Aim is to keep tree up right and style the foliage up, out and eventually down. Im not going to overly twist the branching and will use the twigging and dead branches as indication of how this tree was growing for inspiration. Over time I will still create a nice domed top with low hanging branches, just after following a pattern for a while.
I will need to address the base more, perhaps by planting lower in the pot, or by coming up with a creative way to pot it up.
Here is the tree as it stands and some shots from when it was collected.
Before the clean up
At collection
