Bonsai

[Cogito]

 

[Cogito]

Thought I'd post some photo's of my Bonsai to see if anyone else is interested.

 

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[frankh]

Very nice.they make tree work easy.......no ladders, ropes or pole saw.

 

[Cogito]

I think they are a great way to teach climbers the finer points of shaping and developing aesthetically pleasing branch structure. More importantly, they can learn why it is essential to have a longer term plan of what you are trying to achieve. To many arb crews are caught up in achieving a good result in a single visit that they forget that trees will often still be around well after they retire. Managing something that lives for that long requires a lot of planning and the initial works may not be so pretty.
This is one instance where both sides will benefit. The arb company by developing consistent, long term work and the client by getting a tree they they can enjoy for ten, twenty even thirty years.

 

[Natty Bumppo]

Those look great. Last spring I started on some bonsai projects with some small red cedars I dug up locally, as well as a Hinoki cypress and Japanese cedar I bought at garden center and pruned and repotted. So my stuffs almost a year old now and has a long way to go

 

[timsmcm]

Thanks for those pictures. I love bonsai trees

 

[gumneck]

Those trees are awesome, I'm embarrassed posting this.

 

[crazyhorse666]

Those trees are awesome, I'm embarrassed posting this. View attachment 976057

Everyone has to start somewhere. I'm surprised you've managed to keep one of those store bought ficus bonsai alive indoors.


That little semi-cascade juniper has seen better days.





The two succulents might be pushing the boundaries of 'TREE in pot'.




The olive I cheated and bought it already formed (mainly for the original pot it came in). It is a long term hobby, best left to run itself, with minimal intervention.

 

[gumneck]

Everyone has to start somewhere. I'm surprised you've managed to keep one of those store bought ficus bonsai alive indoors.

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That little semi-cascade juniper has seen better days.

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The two succulents might be pushing the boundaries of 'TREE in pot'.

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The olive I cheated and bought it already formed (mainly for the original pot it came in). It is a long term hobby, best left to run itself, with minimal intervention.

Is the second pic from the bottom the olive? It sort of reminds me of pyracantha.

 

[gumneck]

Here's an old Muscadine grapevine I removed from my vineyard and decided to attempt to make a Bonsai. Its been in a cutnhalf plastic pickle barrel for 3 years