The Tree Thread

[Hartinez]

Decided last year I’d try a completely different styling on this juniper. Influenced by the Montezuma cypress owned by Sam Tan. I missed the mark, but it’s an interesting tree none the less. Trying to force a style a bit here. At repot I did put this decent composition together though. I feel I def removed to much to start not leaving enough to fill things out or to add Jin work.
End of summer last year

Last fall


Now

 

[Coach_]

Decided last year I’d try a completely different styling on this juniper. Influenced by the Montezuma cypress owned by Sam Tan. I missed the mark, but it’s an interesting tree none the less. Trying to force a style a bit here. At repot I did put this decent composition together though. I feel I def removed to much to start not leaving enough to fill things out or to add Jin work.
End of summer last year


What kind of Juniper is this? Looks very similar to grey owl

 

[BobbyLane]

@Sansokuu @bentke466 Since youve both landed in the TREE THREAD, you both owe tree photos, according to the thread rules.

Here's an Oak cutting taken almost 3 weeks ago, and bagged up in S moss. Some slight extension. Bagged it back up after watering...
all these leaves were just buds...
Fingers crossed!

 

[Gabler]

@Sansokuu @bentke466 Since youve both landed in the TREE THREAD, you both owe tree photos, according to the thread rules.

Here's an Oak cutting taken almost 3 weeks ago, and bagged up in S moss. Some slight extension. Bagged it back up after watering...
all these leaves were just buds...
Fingers crossed!
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I’ve been messing around with a lot of oaks lately, and I haven’t managed to strike a single cutting, let alone root an air layer, even when those air layers are re-cut and left on for multiple years. Apparently it’s possible. I’m eager to see what I’m doing wrong.

Here’s a stick in a pot to satisfy the thread requirement. It’s a Quercus palustris. I’ve fertilized it like crazy this spring, and I’m seeing some good initial extension of shoots in the upper crown of the tree. I know I moved it to a bonsai pot prematurely, but I’m seeing gradual progress thickening those primary branches nonetheless. The end goal is an informal shohin broom. It’s currently just over a foot tall from the soil line (roughly 1/3 of a meter).

 

[BobbyLane]

I’ve been messing around with a lot of oaks lately, and I haven’t managed to strike a single cutting, let alone root an air layer, even when those air layers are re-cut and left on for multiple years. Apparently it’s possible. I’m eager to see what I’m doing wrong.

Here’s a stick in a pot to satisfy the thread requirement. It’s a Quercus palustris. I’ve fertilized it like crazy this spring, and I’m seeing some good initial extension of shoots in the upper crown of the tree. I know I moved it to a bonsai pot prematurely, but I’m seeing gradual progress thickening those primary branches nonetheless. The end goal is an informal shohin broom. It’s currently just over a foot tall from the soil line (roughly 1/3 of a meter).

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Are you bagging the cuttings, theyll need humidity, even better if you have a green house like Peter chan...
Ive seen evidence oak can be layered..

Beech air layer made yesterday for thread

 

[TomB]

Here's an Oak cutting taken almost 3 weeks ago, and bagged up in S moss. Some slight extension. Bagged it back up after watering...
all these leaves were just buds...
Fingers crossed!

I don't think I've ever seen an oak grown from a cutting before. Will be interesting to see if this works.

Deshojo.

 

[AJL]

Are you bagging the cuttings, theyll need humidity, even better if you have a green house like Peter chan...
Ive seen evidence oak can be layered..

Beech air layer made yesterday for thread
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I did manage to air layer and root a Quercus robur but then I killed it by carelessly handling it when I transplanted it

 

[AJL]

 

[BobbyLane]

Beech repotted

 

[Hartinez]

I did manage to air layer and root a Quercus robur but then I killed it by carelessly handling it when I transplanted it

Hey AJL. Per the rules of thread. Every comment should come with a picture of one of your trees. Good or bad, you gotta post a pic

Some recent landscaping I’m doing at my new house. Repurposed pavers for the path and pillars, added landscaping perennials. I also recently seeded some blue gramma grass seed. Pillars are for the trees!

 

[RJG2]

Hey AJL. Per the rules of thread. Every comment should come with a picture of one of your trees. Good or bad, you gotta post a pic

Some recent landscaping I’m doing at my new house. Repurposed pavers for the path and pillars, added landscaping perennials. I also recently seeded some blue gramma grass seed. Pillars are for the trees!
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It's pretty, but good thing the trees are there, otherwise I'm cutting that corner!

Desire paths... https://g.co/kgs/SWkBmc



I just realized I need to take updated pictures of my trees... Most everything I have is from last year.

 

[Clicio]

A little Shimpaku Kishu, cascading with no style... Yes, needs a trim, but it will have to wait for the next Spring.

 

[BobbyLane]

some beeches here in the UK are really going for it while many havnt even opened yet. Beeches are often the slowest, some dont get going until the first n second week of May here.
On top of that, enthusiasts all over the UK are experiencing very slow starts for many species like elm, hawthorn etc. quite a few people have had trees not wake up at all.

 

[TomB]

enthusiasts all over the UK are experiencing very slow starts for many species like elm, hawthorn etc.

A couple of my English elms are only just leafing out now, though that's not unusual for them - one in particular is always very late, and gives me a scare every year.
No such worries with the hawthorns though - this one is now at the peak of flowering:

 

[BobbyLane]

A couple of my English elms are only just leafing out now, though that's not unusual for them - one in particular is always very late, and gives me a scare every year.
No such worries with the hawthorns though - this one is now at the peak of flowering:

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Yup, @ConorDash has been concerned with sleepy hollow, its been unusually late, caused him to bag it, but encouraging signs today

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Japanese maple. Sorta missing the blue pot.

 

[ConorDash]

I call this "ICU and Outpatient"

ICU ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Outpatient


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[Dav4]

Finally warming up here and the Douglas fir is digging it.

 

[BobbyLane]

This Copper Beech is slowly coming into leaf

 

[Colorado]

Big Ponderosa in the garden this morning.



Foliage has not been touched in 3 years - due for a full wiring later this year!