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Should we consider trying a new theme since itâs been so long?
Sure thing. After you think itâs too long, just announce a restart.
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Guess we gotta step up our ROR game!
Iâm bringing this thread back like bell-bottoms in the '90âs.
My handy work wrapped in sphagnum. Figured Iâd learn how to do a ROR with this one!
Started it last year. Unveiling this year!
The bonsai below me is blooming.
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Fresh re potted last month will start to refine in coming seasons.
The tree below me is a wild Juniper with deadwood!
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Rocky Mountain Juniper. Almost ready to style this year.
The tree below me is a Lodgepole pine.
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A lodgepole a month after repotting this year.
It is big. And the apex is gradually being pulled to the right.
The tree below was collected in 2017. (So as not to jinx anything collect this year)
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Awesome lodgepole! This is a Eurasian Honeysuckle, highly invasive here in the Northeastern US. Donât worry I wonât let it fruit. I actually collected this tree in August of 2017. I collected three, and performed a little experiment. I âsweatedâ this one and not the other two. This one survived August collection and is budding out very strong right now, while the two I did not sweat did not survive. âSweatingâ trees is a horticultural technique used to FORCE a deciduous tree to grow new roots and foliage via 100% humidity and high heat. Basically I put this entire tree and pot into a black garbage bag, closed it, and put it in full sun for a week or two until it started pushing buds. I am planning on posting a thread on my experience with âSweatingâ as a technique with more details⌠once I finish potting my trees lol. I really love this tree, the base at the soil line is about 9 inches across. But the real base and surface roots are buried under the soil right now so itâs probably more like 12 inches across at the base. Amazing taper. I will be carving the big cuts into hollows and deadwood features. Here she is:
The tree below me is a hornbeam species!
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Beautiful tree! Well done!
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Following the Yamadori pine. This is a salvaged pine from my yard. Had three extremely long branches, over a meter each two extending to the right one to the left with some interesting crazy turns close to the base but uninteresting otherwise. I salvaged it and found an interesting nearly 4" base. Very little roots lost during digging and repotting on this small container. I didnât style it, I just guy wired the branches around to keep the tree stable in the pot as it was falling over with all the weight a meter away from the small pot. The back branch on the right goes around the back and into the front left. The branch on the left with the crazy turn goes to the top and down to the right and the one on the right front goes to the top. Who knows what the future holds for this tree. I might toy with the general idea of what this is starting to look like or graft near the base maintaining the crazy turns. It goes to show that any tree is a design opportunity.
The bonsai below me is a conifer urban yamadori in refinementâŚ
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This juniper had itâs first repot this may from original field collection crate.
The main branch was very long and leggy so I twisted it around the apex for interest ( you can see formal apex still growing on top ).
Deadwood is progressing nicely and hope to reduce live vein even more in the spring of 2019. Will rewire in late fall for final structure before refinement starts.
The bonsai below is a dwarf lilac in development.
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This is a dwarf Korean lilac I have had for the last 13 years. Sorry about the pic quality. She has put out an amazing amount of flowers after all the rain we had this year.
The Bonsai below me is a yew
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This a yew that was rescued 3 years ago from a yard to be redesigned.
The tree below me is a Mountain Hemlock.
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Continuing the discussion from The Bonsai Below Me - (Member photo challenge):
I spotted this Mountain Hemlock last year, this years winter snow pack had broke it loose and it was sitting upside down held on by two major roots. All the feeder roots were still intact upon the rock surface. It had to be rescued.
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You and that tree were destined to be together. A successful rescue mission Iâd say.
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