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Shogun610
Masterpiece
What kind of back drop is that thin sheet of paper ? hmm I found cloth at Michael’s but I like this better
The Barber
Chumono
Bought a mini excavator today. Monster sized yamadori better watch out 
Scriv
Mame
This is the only way to do it
shohin_branches
Chumono
Thank you! I made my fiancée set it upNice backdrop.
The root ball was so compacted I used a shop vac to suck up the bits of soil that I was able to loosen. Took about 4 hours with a break for dinner. I went hard on the primary tree and almost had it separated from the pack.
5-point tiedown
Water flows freely into the pot!
shohin_branches
Chumono
It's a thick roll of jet black paper. The heavy duty paper. I guess it's what the pros use. As it gets beat up you just cut it off and roll out more.
Got my forsythia with all the flowers open. I need to find an appropriate stand for it.
BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
Some more work on this elm...
My azaleas were mostly done blooming so I gave them a good haircut. Spit up a few that were in the same can. Also trimmed a false heather. and attempted to begin an air layer on a forgotten squirrel cache acorn that grew behind and between a boxwood. don't know if it will take but thought i should at least try
The Barber
Chumono
Took a couple photos of my elm I put in Ceramic this week, it is starting to push leaves now. Bought the pot from John Cole two club meetings ago when he did his presentation, I think it pairs nicely with the elm.
gschup
Sapling
Collected this hawthorn spring last year. It pushed enormously long whips (multiple of them up to 2 meters). Put some simple movement into them before it starts growing again.
The central trunk is far too long and straight, but I am afraid of chopping again one year after collecting. I first want to see how it grows this year.
The central trunk is far too long and straight, but I am afraid of chopping again one year after collecting. I first want to see how it grows this year.
Japonicus
Imperial Masterpiece
What is in the pond basket 1st pic?
Yesterday I cleaned up a procumbens nana. Mostly mulch from Winter storage
and a bit of thinning.
Will try to make the cascade a bit more defined this Summer.
Thinning removes a lot of the blue hue, but most of my nanas have a very nice blue hue to them
and a lot of pollen cones this year, except the adult foliage it throws when I work on it which is more fine and green.
gschup
Sapling
It's a Korean fir "Silberlocke"! I bought it on fall clearance because it looked so strange. I didn't do any pruning to it yet, just repotted.
To be honest, I have no clue what to do with it. The branching is very dense, but also very extremely thick.
vp999
Masterpiece
Repotted my Momiji maple couple hours ago. Branched needs lots of work.
Scriv
Mame
Uploaded a video on this tree I posted the other day. Go give it watch if you’re feeling extra bored.
19Mateo83
Masterpiece
That sir, is a BEAST! It’s chunky in all the right places and that gnarled bark is fantastic! Looks like something straight out of sleepy hollow.
Bonfire JM maple for the tax man
Japonicus
Imperial Masterpiece
Prairie Fire crabapple
Perhaps I should go ahead and cascade the low branch and sacrifice or layer the main trunk eventually?
From Brent Walston, I've always been confused by this tree and I'm not helping matters.
Maybe trying to wire it in a weeping manner is what's not helping.
shohin_branches
Chumono
Repotted some larches today.
Left is a Sara Rayner pot right is my sister-in-law's first bonsai pot.
Left is a Sara Rayner pot right is my sister-in-law's first bonsai pot.
Not today but from the weekend.
Spring has arrived earlier this year in Finland (but not holding my breath), so I had the opportunity to spend a day wiring and a workshop day at a friends yard.
Took the opportunity to wire and style my larch. It looks better in person but it’s now in early refinement stages where this year it will be left to grow out to choose more branches for refinement (particularly the apex). The last picture shows the first styling in 2023.
Spring has arrived earlier this year in Finland (but not holding my breath), so I had the opportunity to spend a day wiring and a workshop day at a friends yard.
Took the opportunity to wire and style my larch. It looks better in person but it’s now in early refinement stages where this year it will be left to grow out to choose more branches for refinement (particularly the apex). The last picture shows the first styling in 2023.
