Should have taken a before photo of this one to show just ow vigorous it’s been this year. I air layered the apex off it earlier in the year and am now filling out the new apex. This was it after the tidy up.
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Mame Root Over Rock Cotoneaster
After a Summer trim.
Happy Snapping
We had a bit of a photo session the other week. Hugh can down to my garage with a better camera and some lighting. The plan was to photograph some trees with a view to submitting them for selection in the Best of British Exhibition next year. You never know a few might be selected but we had good fun anyway taking the shots.
These are some of the trees we shot. Some mine, some Josh’s, some Phil’s and some Stephen’s. Bar the shohin, all show front and back.
Cotoneaster Air Layer Roots
I lifted this little air layer up to check on its progress. I was delighted to see that it appears to be growing strongly.
This is the parent plant after a trim. This year will see the apex filling out to replace the removed layer.
Reach For The Sky
Two of my little ones with the sky as a backdrop.
My little Rowan
and a little root over rock Cotoneaster
Bertie’s Cascade Cotoneaster
When I was at Bertie’s house last week I spotted this little cascade Cotoneaster and thought that it could do with a repot. He had a suitable pot on the shelf, maybe not the perfect choice, but a big improvement on it’s current home. This is it before and after the repot.
It will be given a year to settle in, and if all’s well, it’ll get a restyling.
Tufa Rock Landscape
I was given this lump of Tufa by Josh about a year ago. We had been talking about rock plantings and I mentioned that I’d been looking for a weathered piece of tufa but could never find a suitable one. He said, ‘Hold on a minute’, disappeared around the side of the garage and came back with this in his hand. It was already mossing up nicely and has gotten better in the last year.
I’m not planning anything too fancy with it. I just wanted a natural lump of stone with a few odd bits and pieces clinging to the rock face so to speak. I have added a few cotoneasters, an elm, a hawthorn, a creeping willow and a flowering current! With the flowering plants and different types of foliage it should make an interesting object to look at in a few years time. It’s still very early days. The cascade cotoneaster isn’t right and will probably be replaced once I find a suitable replacement. Everything else needs to mature.
The Elm clinging to the rock
The flowering current, not the usual one you see in gardens I might add, this is a climbing one that with some leaf removal and pruning in the next few years will make a nice splash of colour on the rock.
A cascading Hawthorn
A dwarf willow that will climb down the back of the rock and create a very nice image on a bare uninteresting part of the rock. I have seen this used before by Stephen, aka bonsai baker to great effect.
The moss is delightful 🙂
I keep it under a bench in the shade to encourage the moss and keep it moist. Ideally I would like another smaller piece of tufa to add to the finished image by making it look like two islands sitting in a water suiban. Aiming for something like this 🙂
Cotoneaster Air Layer Repot
Some of you following the blog may remember me air layering this cotoneaster last year.
The original Post can be viewed HERE
Today I decided to repot the layer to allow spreading of roots and to get it into a more suitable pot. I had picked up a Stone Monkey Pot for it at the BSA Auction and was keen to get it potted up.
This is it after 7 months after removal in a training pot.
I was able to comb out the roots and remove the bulk of the layering sphagnum moss. It had even issued roots from the lower branches into the soil! This is the Stone Monkey pot ready for the tree. What I love about this little pot is that even though it’s small time has been taken to add wire holes. A big help.
And the little tree potted up. It needs clipped in a little further but I’ll let it settle in it’s new home for a few months before I do anything else.
Flowering Cotoneaster!
I spotted this Cotoneaster had a few flowers opening, rather strange for December, but then, this has been a very strange year indeed!
Mario’s Cotoneaster
Thought I would share Mario’s Cotoneaster with you. He’ll be missing all his trees while he’s boiling in Dubai 🙂
It’s showing lovely colour. Mario’s giving me a free hand with the styling of this one and it’s in for a big change in the next few months 🙂
Bonsai Eejit 