Trident Maple #2 Progression

[VAFisher]

I purchased this Trident from Julian Adams in 2016. It's about 17" tall from the rim of the pot. Here's what it looked like in 2016 when I got it home.

 

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Here is a leafless shot from early 2017 when I repotted the tree.

 

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Here is the tree in 2018 during the growing season.

 

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In 2019 the tree got a wider pot so that those roots on the right side wouldn't be so crowded.

 

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Not much changed in 2020 except the canopy got a little wider.



A leafless shot from winter 2020.

 

[VAFisher]

In 2021, I removed the long root from the right side and positioned the tree slightly more upright to get better balance.



2022 update coming soon.

 

[AnutterBonsai]

very nice tree, i like the gentle change of direction. i see a peaceful silhoutte and image.

 

[Wood]

Lovely subtle tree. Removing the long root in the foreground seems like a good choice to me. The nebari seems less youthful this way, somehow.

Are you purposefully keeping the right side branches long? It seems to conflict with the leftward movement of the trunk to my eye

 

[VAFisher]

Lovely subtle tree. Removing the long root in the foreground seems like a good choice to me. The nebari seems less youthful this way, somehow.

Are you purposefully keeping the right side branches long? It seems to conflict with the leftward movement of the trunk to my eye

No, not really purposeful. The branching has just naturally gotten longer all around over the last few years. I was looking at the progression and thinking that it probably needs to be compacted again.

 

[VAFisher]

2022 update

 

[VAFisher]

I snapped off a branch on the left side of this one yesterday while trying to wire it into a better position. And then snapped off another trying to compensate for that one. Those branches can be pretty brittle. It will leave a hole in the canopy next year but the tree should grow something new that I can work with. I see a few more areas that need to be cleaned up looking at this pic too.

 

[TomRVA]

I snapped off a branch on the left side of this one yesterday while trying to wire it into a better position. And then snapped off another trying to compensate for that one. Those branches can be pretty brittle. It will leave a hole in the canopy next year but the tree should grow something new that I can work with. I see a few more areas that need to be cleaned up looking at this pic too.

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Beautiful! Are you in Goochland? Looks like you have some awesome trees. I’m right in Powhatan, I would love to come see your trees sometime

 

[VAFisher]

Hey there. Yep. I'm just across the bridge in Maidens, near the boy scout camp. We should do that in the spring.

 

[TomRVA]

Hey there. Yep. I'm just across the bridge in Maidens, near the boy scout camp. We should do that in the spring.

That would be great! I’m about 10 or so minutes from Maidens landing, right at 60 and 522. Thanks for the reply!

 

[Shogun610]

How’s this doing

 

[VAFisher]

The fall color on my tridents was not good this year for some reason, so no color shots. But I figured I would update with a leafless pic. This one is getting a bigger pot next year as it's getting pretty cramped in this one.