Czech Yamadori

 Most of my mahalebs are the last to drop their leaves.  Right now ie on the 30th of November there are still four of them with no signs of  changing color or being  damaged by frost ( the lowest temps so far was only -3°C,  27°F ).   While the other species in the garden have started  the colour festivity around early Nov the majority of mahalebs were in the status - what is the fuss about?   With the arrival of first frosty nights some of them have started to change their colour from green to something yellowish but definitely nothing spectacular.   Some others have simply drop their green leaves.  And the last group is still in full swing.  I can hear their whisper : carbs, carbs, carbs.   Height: 19 cm   The target height should be in the range of 23-26 cm.  

 

 This little-leaved linden is not very keen to callus open wound left after size reduction/horticulture cuts.  It doesn't look so bad at the first picture,  but if you look at the second one-you will understand. In the course of last 5-7 years I  have not seen any reasonable attempt to form a callus there.   So inevitably the time to pick my milling machines is getting closer.   As a last attempt I had made an approach graft earlier this spring - see the blueish circle at the second pic.   And I still plan to add another one on the other side of the wound - green circle.  I know that the wound of this size will never be closed but I just want to make it a bit narrower so the inevitable hollow will be less dramatic.   If I keep the front as it is in the first pic  the hollow will not be noticeable I guess.   And if I do the carving well - I can still use the other side as a front and have the tree in my prefe...

Massive nebari is probably the most attractive feature  right now... The trunk has nice white color... The crown starts showing some initial branch structure and even some sort of ramification...    Is it a birch, though? Birches tend to be slim, tall trees with thin long branches.  White in color with lots of black spots.  Joyful dalmatians.   Well, at least the vast majority of birches looks like that.    For sure, this tree will never have such typical habitus.   On the other side there are some very old gnarled birches that definitely differ from the " typical" birch perception.    Looking at this one I know that I need to go into this direction.    And that would require a lot of time to get the right appearance of age.   This tree looks promising but still looking way  toooo young for that category.    

Dewired and lightly pruned. Need to fix the scar in the top section next season.                                                                       

 I have this larch in my collection from 2013 I guess.   We had met few years before the collection in fact neverthless I was more focused on the deciduous trees at that time for one and I did not like the strange looking elbow like branch near the top of the tree.   Luckily that did not prevent me to visit this tree  any time I was in the area.   Still it has taken me few years to realise that the elbow like branch is something special.  Something similar to what  makes  monumental larches in Switzerland so special.    Collected: Central Bohemia 2013 Height:  43 cm Pot: Tokoname  Getting there.  Need some more styling and time to improve...   Elbow like branch_situated on the back of the tree Elbow like branch Flower buds ready for next spring The only cone left after the removal of blossoms in the spring Improving surface roots I have added the moss on the surface only this spring with the hope t...

With the late autumn approaching and my deciduous trees  gradually changing their colours and loosing their leaves I feel a bit more curious about the structure of their branches.   Yeah, you try your best to keep it and develop even in the peak season but the real picture is shown only now.  Winter look.        Repot next spring and try to have more ramification.  Frankly, not much of a progress this year.  I do love this pot but maybe the birch has different view...