The Tree Thread

[Paulpash]

Field Maple - a very long "project"...

 

[kale]

Boxwood stretching its legs in a new pot this year and a trim

 

[BobbyLane]

Small Hornbeam in development. It had lost all its leaves through drought when picked up a couple months ago during the heatwave. will be much stronger next season.

 

[Fidur]

Pink pixie Bougie in its first training year:



Tecoma capensis (2 months in training):

 

[Sno]

Chinese Elm broom with a dusting of recent snow .

 

[Fidur]

Chinese elm

 

[mds_1978]

Juniper and dianthus accent


Crabapple and saxifrage accent

 

[BobbyLane]

Ive been applying bits of wire here n there and selecting branches on my Yew

 

[BobbyLane]

Ive put this Ficus up on ebay. Think it could be decent with maturity

 

[SantaFeBonsai]

Rocky Mountain Juniper #2

 

[Hartinez]

ficus Wiandi

 

[Hartinez]

Chinensis

 

[Hartinez]

ROR wiandi

 

[BobbyLane]

Taxus could end up shorter, but i think i prefer it taller, more stately.
few more bits of wire on the right.
I can see that my wiring sucks tho

 

[Jcmmaple]

American Hornbeam in training.

 

[Sno]

Found this really cool pot , you may recognise the maker .
’ Hokkaido ‘ Elm , just potted into its first pot .

 

[TomB]

Field Maple - a very long "project"...

Another field maple - this was mine at the Heathrow show yesterday. It's been a long project too, collected as a seedling 22 years ago, and significantly restyled a couple of times.
Are you going to the Doncaster thing in a couple of weeks? see you there if so.

 

[Lutonian]

Another field maple - this was mine at the Heathrow show yesterday. It's been a long project too, collected as a seedling 22 years ago, and significantly restyled a couple of times.
Are you going to the Doncaster thing in a couple of weeks? see you there if so.

I was looking at that very tree yesterday morning, what did you stick the sandstone together with if you don't mind me asking (sorry about the pic of my tree was at work and didn't want to break the thread rules)

 

[TomB]

I was looking at that very tree yesterday morning, what did you stick the sandstone together with if you don't mind me asking (sorry about the pic of my tree was at work and didn't want to break the thread rules)

It's basically a hollow cylinder, with a couple of structural supports (thin aluminium cylinders) to act as scaffolding if I remember correctly. Stones were adhered to eachother and the supports using 2-part epoxy (araldite) and Milliput modelling clay. Roots go down through the 'pot' (filled with a course pumice-based mix), and into the larger pot at the base, which the rock structure is wired to.

As well as a pic of the 'rock pot', here's the tree in context in our club display. The top and RHS side trees in the shohin display are mine too.

 

[cchpg29]

Japanese Yew