Common Hazel - update June 29, 2017

Freshly cut, ready for summer.
Still many years of building up ahead.

European Hornbeam - update 29 june 2017

Another update, from today June 29th 2017.
European Hornbeam. It says 'give me another 5 years, then I'll be 30yo'.
Step by step, executing the 'veteren tree bonsai' look for this tree.
Harvested from a hedge, in 2012.

A few pictures of old, gnarly, veteren (european) hornbeam trees. Hornbeams were frequently planted (and pollarded) at the edges of meadows or farmland as indicator, alongside hollow roads, forest edges, and offcourse in rural hedges where pruning was not always frequent and where some ended up looking like old pollarded trees.

Hornbeam - update may 4th 2017

Just an update, a picture
After some late frost a good week ago, it has restarted its spring.

Somewhere end of May I'll check for pruning and wiring.

Downy Birch - prebonsai²

most likely Downy Birch (betula pubescens), or a natural hybrid between Silver Birch (betula pendula) and Downy Birch.

Harvested in from between the tiles alongside the border of a pavement and a building plot, in 2012.
It did not really recover good in the next 2 years, but suddenly it regained vigour. Second year in trainingpot now.

I've cut a top brach (sacrifice branch) and bent the remaining bracht into a new top last week.
Two days ago I carved the old trunk chop cut a bit. Just roughly, and then I put some perforated microwave plastic around the wound, to prevent it from drying out too fast. It will stay on 1 or 2 months, this will also help faster callousing.

Obviously, this is a prebonsai² (pre pre bonsai)

always more projects

More and more and more 'real homegrown'... always.

For future happy times :)

Horse Chestnut (Aesculus Hippocastaneum), from chestnut in 2011/2012

Bird Cherry (Prunus Padus), from juvenile material used for forestry purposes

Sycamore on rock (Acer Pseudoplatanus), from seedling

Sweet/Wild Cherry (Prunus Avium), from seedling

Another pre-Alder-bonsai

Another prebonsai common Alder, alnus glutinosa.

I waited for 'spring break' to see what new growth would appear where...
then last weekend I cleaned it out, so it can now properly start spring again.
Some gentle pushes, by using guy wires

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Prunus Subhirtella - update april 2017

First checkup and delicate wiring of young shoots.
From this year on, I hope to begin building the canopy a bit more.
In this small size, I sometimes prefer (depending on species) to guide the branchlets allreaydy at an early stage. Makes a difference in later ramification of the branch.