Last September my dog Smudge took a fancy to the apples on this Malus. He waited for them to ripen first of course 🙂
Here it is before he munched them.
and after…
and the guilty looking culprit.
This is the tree today. A few of the more mauled branches didn’t have any tip buds to open. I have been watching it for signs of new buds and today I founds loads. It looks as if it will back bud strongly, perhaps Smudge did me a favour 🙂
The back budding. Looks like a little pair of but cheeks at the bottom 🙂
and some of the flower buds. I was going to remove them but to be honest the tree is responding that strongly, I don’t think I’ll bother for now. I might remove the fruit if that changes.
Bonsai Eejit 
What are the sizes of this tree? I love shohin trees and i really want an malus. Great tree.
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Hi Neil,
It’s a little too big for shohin, although the dog’s pruning made it come close 🙂 It’s about 9 inches tall.
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Beautiful wee tree….naughty Smudge 🙂
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one moral of this story is ” prune and you will get back budding , dont prune and you wont ” there is a botanical explaination but ……………..
I always knew Smudge understood bonsai better than his master 🙂
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Now you’re getting darn right cheeky lol 🙂
This will be paid back 4 fold at the June school.
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oh dear , when will I learn to keep my fingers off the keyboard ? is it too late to withdraw 🙂
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