Friday 23 January 2015

Maybe a Better Shot?


Walking around in the forest again today, being more broad minded about the fact that larger trees can be removed at turned into successful bonsai with care and caution, we stumbled upon this:



Which after a little research and examining a nearby tree which COULD be the mother:




As it has similar leaves but of perhaps a mature nature, longer needles, but possibly not, as the specimen looks mature by now with leaves like this:



And younger branches near the top like this:



So after a little ID work online we fund a few possibilities:


But most likely a Juniperus species, particularly the Eastern Redcedar by the new growth, but not trunk colour, as it is typically pale, but who knows, could be looking at the wrong mother tree!

The specimen has a few issues, being that we need to put it into something portable, and that by doing that the roots that are well established may be too wide or too deep to put into a suitable pot for future Bonsai use.

In this picture here, root A looks as if it will point straight down, not suitable for Bonsai that need to be in shallower pots than the plant normally would grow to depths of, and root B I believe is growing much too wide, perhaps pruning them back to nothing would be the best bet, or just a trim to allow them to stay whilst growing in a pot:


However an awesome little root round the other side, root C, is nice and large for looks, yet stops abruptly and splits off into lots of root-hair roots!:


So the plan is to work out how to transplant the specimen into a pot that will restrict root growth and allow the plant to get comfortable for a year until next season perhaps, then go from there!





















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