Czech Yamadori

I guess that with this yamadori the mother Nature has been inspired by some of the trees made in mass production nurseries.   Well, to be fair, one can still  differentiate the part made by the mother Nature and  me.    Clearly, I have not spent too much time to elaborate what to do with it.   We will see how much time it would take to heal the wound on the trunk and to produce matured bark in the "new" top section.   Just that and I will be more than happy with it.  The lower part has very nicely formed alligator skin partially covered by silver lichen.  The tree as it is: It has survived my problematic horticulture last year ( the problem with overdone MTB cycling ).  This spring I have added few layers of sphagnum moss on the front section of the pot - crossing my fingers in a hope  I can get some new roots there.   Opened the crown to the light to promote backbudding.  Fingers crossed here too...

Three years ago I ordered from Martin Asenbrenner a vessel for this cascade.  The year after the container was ready.  I did like the shape and colour but I thought that it is slightly oversized.   Martin was kind enough to take it back and above all he promised to deliver another one next year.  This time the size of the container was OK but I had a feeling that it doesn't express the emotion I have in my mind.  So here we are in 2020 still using the old plastic vessel. The tree has been thinned few days before  the day the pics were taken.   The crown looks a bit empty as some of the strong shoots were cut off to get more light to the inner weaker shoots that are better positioned - I think.   All that makes the ten-jin too dominant ( I wonder it the description ten-jin is correct while it is in fact in the lowest position of the cascading trunk ?  ).   The idea is to cover the straight part as much as possible while l...

Strange... Each year I am buying some new pots.  But when it comes to repoting all too often I cannot find any good one for the tree I am working on... Height:   35 cm Width: 33 cm Collected:   Spring 2012

The pads would need to get a bit more rounded.  Another year?  Two? Nevertheless, another tree that would appretiate a bit smarter container.      

I should not admit this publicly perhaps, but I do tend to fall in love far too often.   The scenario seems to be quite repetitive:   Me on my knees,  desirous eyes and trembling dirty fingers.  Desperately waiting for the "YES!"  And as it is often the case the love outburst may fade away within a few weeks. But sometimes it may last forever...   In which category this one stays?   How the hell should I know? Prunus mahaleb Collected: 2019  Central Bohemia Dimension:  Do not get misleaded by the size of the overgrown leaves.   The tenjin is at 55 cm. Love may take many different shapes.  

Despite all the claims about overcrowded shelves I could not resist to take home with me this beautiful larch.   Well, I know it is not very typical tree but that is true for most of my other trees anyway... Bunjin-gi.  And kind of a special one.  A tree that has been trying to reach as far as possible to get more light from the sun.  Sunrays finder. And very old one. With very natural movement of the trunk ( the side view ). Just have a look. Current lenght: sligtly over 100 cm

Every single year I would stay in front of the benches with a tree in my hands thinking: where I can place this one.  And for sure, this is not about thinking which place will suit this specific tree the best.  It is realy just about squeezing it somewhere.   And with new growth this space problem    is just mounting up.   " I need to cut the number down" - a thought  that has never came materialised  - well, with just a few exceptions.   What about this year? All that means  that every single year I am there thinking how to inflate the available space... A project for this spring:  Miniature bonsai stand Just to get some feeling about dimension: top deck 20 x 20 cm, total height 40 cm approx.  If you wonder what is at the bottom - a vice that keep the stand in position.  Thanks to that - I can move the stand  to another location ( within this long bench at least ). This stand was just a ...