The next Larch.

This is the next Larch that will be worked on, I will probably start it tomorrow and carry on into my natter night.

As you can see the foliage has almost gone so now is a good time to work on it.

Once done I will clean up the top of the pot and place the tree in a cold greenhouse over Winter.

Larch update.

Now that the Lime Sulpher has dried on the Jin and Shari, I thought an update was due, so here it is.

It needs to be potted at a different angle, but that is a job for Spring time.

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Only a couple of weeks age my Acer Palmatum was showing beautiful colour.

Just look at it now, almost no foliage left.

Roll on Spring.

Bonsai Thursday with Dave.

My day with Dave was a day of discussion about the state of the world and putting it right, { I don't Think }

We also talked about Bonsai and did a little more work on this Larch.

The work done was to the Jin and Shari on the tree.

Still needs a bit more, but for now I will let it rest over Winter.

John's visit today.

I have had another visit from John R to day and he brought back this Boulevard Cypress, this time it was all wired up ready to be tweaked.

This is how it arrived.

After tweaking and a little extra wire was added, it is now much more open.

This tree will be repotted in spring and fed well next year to create a lot better ramification.

Natter night 7th Nov 2016.

I started a little early tonight as I wanted to do some work on one of my Larch trees.

The first job was to remove the last of the needles.

Then I wired the whole tree.

All wired up and ready to tweak into place.

After tweaking I noticed the left side of the trunk was obscured by foliage, so out came the shears.

I was really pleased with the result.

Margery removed the wire from her Flowering Cherry.

Susan brought this tree which was the first one she ever bought from a garden center.

We were all trying to find out what it is by looking through books. Has anyone got any ideas ?

A close up of a leaf.

Boxie continued to wire his Juniper.

Plenty of work done tonight.

Nudes.

I thought that title would get your attention.

But I mean the trees almost completely bare.

Dawn Redwood.

Hawthorn.

Larch.

Hawthorn group.

Potentilla.

While it is a good time to see the ramification on the trees I still like to see them full of foliage.

Only about fourteen weeks or so to wait until I will be looking for the new buds to show themselves.

Bonsai Thursday with Dave.

Dave and I had another good day with this Juniper he brought with him, as it had been lying around his garden for a number of years,[ he thought it was dead,] but when he came across it again and noticed the foliage growing on it.

The deadwood was a bit of a mess, so a good tidy was in order.

 We also had to find the live vein that is feeding the new growth.

It took quite a long time to find what we were looking for.

Once it was cleaned we applied a coat of tree gum, which is a natural tree resin, to preserve and seal the deadwood.

We still have a lot of work to do and I for one am looking forward to doing it.

We think it needs to be repotted at a better angle in Spring time and then to be given a good feed for at least a year to develop strong growth before a restyle.