I have a crab apple in this pot. I have never seen one with feet like this before. Anybody know where it hails from?
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Jose Acuna Fast Forward Juniper Video
Jose was kind enough to add me to his blogs list a while back, hence the serious amounts of Spanish views I get here 🙂
I thought I would share this new video he’s created. I just love the fast forward styling of the Juniper. There’s also an interesting pot choice at the end.
Pot Virtual
Had a quick 20 minutes last night and tried a pot virtual for the Root Over Rock Trident.
This is the tree a few weeks ago. It’s current pot isn’t to my personal taste.
One of the first things I thought about when I first saw the tree sitting on a bench at Willowbog was what pot it should be in. I realised then that I would probably buy it 🙂
I wanted to see what it would be like with the rock incorporated within a pot, not over the edge. It’s hard to imagine without actually trying it. I was worried that the bulk of the rock to the left and then the mass of foliage all sitting to the right, might not balance. I liked the idea of a simpler oval. I have a folder of pots on my computer that I use for virtuals. This was the closest I could find to fit my taste. Colour not quite right but not bad either.
Seeing it now, I think I’m happier that including the rock within the pot works.
Larch Pot
One of the trees I looked at in Stephens garden the other day was this lovely little Japanese Larch.
We have discussed a different pot for this for years. It’s hard to source pots over here and we chatted about what might be suitable. We even measured what we thought might be a good size. A semi cascade pot about 6 inches square and 5 inches deep.
It dawned on us that another tree in the same garden was in a pot that might fit the bill. This pot had a Hawthorn in it. It’s a little fussy for the Larch with the band on the pot but not too far off the mark.
I did a virtual. A bit messy but enough to get a feel for the look of the pot tree combo.
The cascading branch can be adjusted and extended slightly to fit the new look.
The only problem for Stephen is that that the pot doesn’t belong to him 😀 It’s a loner he borrowed off Phil. Let the negotiations begin 😀
Bugger!!!!
Very annoying!! I was standing about 10 feet away when a freak gust of wind caught this Juniper and launched it off the bench. It was my sons tree, I haven’t told him yet 😦
Luckily no branches were damaged. Big drop in temperature here today, is this the start of it?
Blackthorn Pot Virtuals
A few years back I used virtuals a lot to plan ahead with my trees. I even made this guide for the club website.
By far the best use is to assist with pot selection. It’s even more fun when it’s not your tree 🙂 As a regular user of online bonsai Forums, I like to do the odd virtual. Today Dave on the European Bonsai Forum was asking about pot options for his lovely Blackthorn. Must acquire one of these soon. This is the original Image.
I took out the clutter with Photoshop before I started to play with pots.
It was an interesting task to find a suitable pot for this tree. It’s slanting style was going to be hard to get a convincing match. I don’t claim to be good at picking pots for trees, and this process of creating virtuals is a great way to push myself to find what works.
My first thoughts were to put it on a slab or shell. These were my first virtuals.
I liked these but wanted to give Dave a few other ones to help decide what works and what doesn’t. Next, I tried a Rectangle.
and a coloured glaze.
and a Walsall Ceramic oval.
Not a great option either. My next selections were drums. I quite like this first one.
For the last one I opted to change the potting angle by 15 degrees to a more upright position as a different option.
Hopefully Dave found it useful. As usual, I’m not sure I found a good match either. I’d love to hear what pot you would suggest.
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