The Bonsai Below Me - (Member photo challenge)

I humbly present my DeGroot Spire Thuja. Gem of a little tree. It was potted up this year and will have its first real styling next spring.

The bonsai below me started as an air layer

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Shohin Crepe Myrtle from air-layer, 2 years in this container. One of my favorite wee trees in the garden, its a little shaggy at the moment as I’m waiting for it’s current flush of foliage to harden off.

For scale

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and the bonsai below is …?

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Paired with a nice rose…

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Since there was no suggestion, I’m going to hijack the chain :-p

this is Podocarpus totara, a NZ native conifer, they like to grow very thick trunks,

The bonsai below is a Monterey cypress

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This Monterey Cypress was collected in early 2018 after years of deer pruning; it was repotted in the spring of 2019 and has a bit of structural wire. It will be repotted next January.

The bonsai below me is in a non-traditional container.

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I routed the bottom of a plastic curio box. The “tree” is a Chinese Privet.

The bonsai below me is an Eastern Hemlock.

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How about a common hackberry ?

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no Hackberry but to save a dying thread, here’s a smooth parked deciduous. A beech for that matter.

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what is the next tree to sooth my isolation?
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@Bonsai_bob holy crap! I totally f’d that up :smiley: You’re right.

How about something a little different. The tree below me is a seldom seen bonsai tree. So something like a strange or uncommon tree/succulent/bush. :slight_smile:

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does an asymmetrical Lonicera qualify? These honeysuckles are considered invasive in the midwest.


The bonsai below me is a Douglas Fir… or as Ryan calls it… Douglas Flurr :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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I don’t know about Doug flurr, but here’s a Pseudotsuga menziesii for you :wink:
First potting and structural wiring this spring. I’m letting it blow out and back bud for the next couple years to prune back to. Can’t quite decide on a front.

The bonsai below me is something tropical!

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I present my powder puff tree. Reset its structure a bit a week or so ago. Full pruning will come next year after it recovers from the repotting.

Before

After

The bonsai below me was bought from Mirai.

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Linden from the deciduous clump styling stream

The bonsai below me is in a purple pot

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Pot by stone monkey

The bonsai below me has humble beginnings

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This was in a corner of a bonsai nursery for about 9 bucks, abused and nobody saw any potential. Not “there” yet.
The bonsai below me is a cascade mtn native.

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@ThomasUrban (What is the tree?) :thinking:

@KurtP Sorry, European Larch

Its lovely, thanks for sharing.

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