I finally managed to grab a few quick photos of my Trident Maple today. As expected it requires some work on the branch structure after a years growth. It was pruned back during the year but you don’t get to see the structure until now. I will do this in the Spring.
This is my Trident pictured during the week. As you can see, it has been reluctant to drop its leaves. The few that are missing is more down to gale force winds than Autumn/Winter. This tree has been outside since March.
I usually defoliate this tree every year but next year I’m planning on a different technique to compare results. I’ll keep you posted.
On Wednesday I took an hour and placed the remaining trees that require protection in the poly tunnels. Temperatures are to drop again at the weekend and the wind is getting to dangerous levels! I didn’t want to leave the tunnel door open any longer in case it took off!!!
Here’s the new tunnel. a little space left but I still want to have access to the trees at the back.
Door closed
The other tunnel.
A little space left here too but I have young Jamie from the club’s trees coming for a few months for protection.
I still have a few trees outside tucked under the bigger benches. Nothing that I’m worried about so, do your worst Winter 🙂
These are 4 Dawn Redwoods that were field grown for about 8 years. They are nothing special and I thought the best way to make something from them would be to put them together in a group. This is it after 1 year in a pot with basic primary branch structure being created.
Four trees in a group I hear you say… I only had 4 but, as one is a twin trunk, I count it as five 🙂 The pot is totally unsuitable to create the best effect but I’m worried at this point. They have a very long way to go.
I gave it a light trim.
Some carving work required over the Winter.
This is the little Corkie that I got back in February. It was repotted and then cut back hard to try and improve the ramification in a more organised way. Here are the photos during the year showing it’s progress.
February
Here’s a close up of the offending moss.
I braved the garage yesterday to tidy up a few more trees for Winter. Weather has well and truly gone to pot. Last night saw our first snow here.
The Hornbeam was still holding on to a few leaves but this was soon sorted out.
After leaf removal.
Another important step was to remove the moss to stop pests hiding there. I removed it from the Hornbeam and found quite a few leather jackets lurking there. No wonder the Blackbirds where showing so much interest!
The white stuff is Mycellium which I was surprised to see so much of on a Hornbeam.
This was the tree before placement in the poly tunnel for Winter.
You many remember this Cork Bark Elm ORIGINAL POST
This is it now without leaf. A little tidy up required but I’m very happy with the ramification. A nice pot in the Spring will make a big difference.
I posted this Korean Hornbeam last week and as you can see, it’s moved on in its Autumn colour. It should be stripped by the end of next week and ready for Winter protection.
It took a while but my little Chuhin Japanese Maple is now finally without leaves. Here it is before being tucked away for the Winter under cover. I’ll maybe do a a series of pics showing it throughout 2011 over the weekend.
I’m hoping to give this Yew it’s first styling this week. It has been grown from a cutting and spent 7 years in open ground and two in this pot. That’s ten years to get it to this point for first styling. I have done some basic carving on a few stumps and have thinned the foliage out last year so that the tree is prepared and ready for seeing wire for the first time. I only plan to do the basic structural work and hopefully someone will buy it next year and take it to the next stage.
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