The Tree Thread

[Shogun610]

Korean Hornbeam , in a Iker round. A tiny human , 1 year old, checking it out .

 

[BobbyLane]

This Copper Beech is the result of an air layer from last season.
the layer didnt produce much root, but the tree appears healthy enough, suffered a little sun burn the past couple weeks.
its not been trimmed at all, ill leave it to grow again next season to build up some root power. theres lots of dormant nodes on the bare sections you see, I imagine they will either pop in spring or if i cut it back next summer

 

[badatusernames]

Korean hornbeam

 

[Fidur]

A cotoneaster horizontalis, (compact variety, I don't know its name).

 

[BobbyLane]

I picked up this Beech tree for £10.99. the plan was to find a green Beech with a good tree structure that could be layered/ground layered as they tend to have poor roots.
it has a good structure, when i got home i discovered that the roots were decent enough to keep and work them over time.
The shape is there, could possibly take a tiny bit more off the top and use those thinner shoots as apex

 

[BobbyLane]

Here it is again in an oversized pot for development, most of the rootball is intact apart from removing surface mass to uncover roots and a little bit off the bottom. Its going towards a natural image, maybe a park tree.
hoping to get some back budding by end of season

 

[BobbyLane]

Here's a bonus Beech im working on, some of the buds are just swelling, after it was defoliated in the heatwave. has a very good root spread, building great taper and movement

 

[tmonda53]

Second shohin I worked on tonight: native Dogwood, Cornus sanguinea. The branches on this go an attractive red colour in the winter.View attachment 342640

Update picture on the Dogwood???

 

[leatherback]

Update picture on the Dogwood???

Please observe the rules of the thread. Each post to have an original image of one of your own trees!

Hornbeam, stump removal:

 

[Cajunrider]

Here's a bonus Beech im working on, some of the buds are just swelling, after it was defoliated in the heatwave. has a very good root spread, building great taper and movement
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Beautiful tree. I am following your tree with this.

 

[BobbyLane]

Beautiful tree. I am following your tree with this.

I would pick my keepers and remove unwanted growth that just takes energy from my keepers, youll be suprised how fast branches thicken up when you stay on top of that. or thin the clusters by keeping just the strongest shoots at each point and decide on what tree you want then.
it might look nice with a basal branch on the left, plus will help flare the base over time. the shoots coming from right front, wont be needed at all imo.

Close up of Elm forest, its a bush now

 

[Colorado]

Tiger Bark Ficus

 

[BobbyLane]

This Ficus was gifted to me in spring, as a large S shaped monstrosity. It suffered the wrath of my serrated tool and is now looking a bit presentable. It had a bit of root work at that time. Tough little bugger

 

[leatherback]

Bin-to-almost-bonsai

2018


2022

 

[Ryceman3]

Pines…JBP…

 

[Colorado]

Black Hills Spruce

 

[SniffingKrylon]

This one hurts, I loved this buttonwood but it’s branches all died except for one. Honestly this is the greenest it’s been in about a year. Grew some new shoots from where I cut its old leader that died. Might cut it back to that first branch on the right and start some sort of literati project. Bonsai has still been rough lately.

 

[Paulpash]

Juniper rework...
First branch on the left thinned


Pads overly dense now - light and air needs to penetrate


Tree fully thinned


Close up view of the thinned pad from above



Final image, trunk, shari and pot cleaned up and a bit of wire.



I developed this tree from thin, raw garden centre material. Here's it just dug up from my grow beds.

 

[BobbyLane]

Yew in training, I just need a lot of back budding before further work really. its been fun so far...

 

[BobbyLane]

Here it is again in an oversized pot for development, most of the rootball is intact apart from removing surface mass to uncover roots and a little bit off the bottom. Its going towards a natural image, maybe a park tree.
hoping to get some back budding by end of season
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An update on that nursery beech that was planted in a training pot end of July.
I did get some back budding..and a second flush in places
also a little leaf burn from the heatwave we had. but overall, no notable adverse reactions from the summer root work....
I may reduce further and it could possibly go in the ground.