Tilia cordata first Yamadori of 2023

[Jericanman]

Well yamadori are not an option this year. My old site is now a 2 hour drive from my new house. (Just finished moving house leaving little time for bonsai)

so while ive been sorting my new shed and bonsai bench in the garden i found hidden away in an overgrown part of my new garden a planter of extreamly old ivy.

Time for gardendori... lolz

The plan was to chop it up and look for some good thick trunks.



And i found some.




Maybe next year ill get to visit my old collecting area when im not stressed to the nines doing a massive house move.


In the meantime in very happy with what i found in that old planter

 

[JudyB]

nice find that ivy!

 

[Jericanman]

nice find that ivy!

Yeah god only knows how long its been in that planter. I took some nice peices and left the rest to grow on. Its rather rare to find such thick trunks on ivy and its rather short and not long and leggy.

 

[HoneyHornet]

Yea I never come across it like this !! And we’ve had ivy at my dads property forever lol only out in the woods or on old properties doing tree service/removal have I seen super fat ivy, on them old removals it’s usually wrist thick I’m regretting not trying to salvage some. I have one tiny little ivy potted up it’s a nice sturdy little bent trunk , very cool good job making the best of an old find