Cotoneaster

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This was my first try with a cotoneaster. I'm sorry I forgot to take a before pic but just think of an ordinary garden bush. I was planning on putting it in the ground but I ended up pruning more shoots and roots than I thought I would so I decided a pot would be better. The neabari isn't too bad. To improve it, I'll plant it at an opposite angle to what it is now to highlight the one large root.

This is be no means a true styling. The tree will end up much shorter than this but I thought it would be best to leave it as is for now instead of chopping it back more. Next year I'll cut it back to a new leader.

Front and back. Not sure which will be the true which will be the true front yet.
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Tom

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Tom,

Is that it for you for the year? I have never grown this species either so I took a look in one of my books for you.

Peter Adams notes that they make good smaller bonsai so that should cut your development to a reasonable time frame. He also notes that they should not be fed high N as this leads to an over-thickening of the branches instead of the trunk as you might expect.

Other highlights, keep evenly damp they like water. Cuttings are easy so you can get some new plants. Position in good light but not full sun. Wire new growth in early Summer, older growth is hard and not easily repositioned.

I hope that helps a little. By the way, I used to think this was pronounced Cotton Easter.

Norm

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By the way, I used to think this was pronounced Cotton Easter.

Lol, so did I until now .

Thanks for the useful info. I've seen so many examples of them on the forums and people seem to like them a lot so when I saw them at my local nursery I had to give it a shot.

Peter Adams notes that they make good smaller bonsai so that should cut your development to a reasonable time frame.

Thats what I'm going for. I want it to grow though so I can have more branches to choose from. Morten Albek has a great example of one I'll post the pic.
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Is that it for you for the year?

For now yes. I've done all of my potting for the year including the trident I said I would be putting in the ground...well it had horrible roots sot I chopped most of them off and put it in a pot. Hopefully it will make it. I tried to take some cuttings from that as well.

I need to get one more tree so I can enter the styling contest at BC. I've always wanted a yew so I'm on the hunt for one of those. After that I'm done. I have so many trees right now its a bit overwhelming. I have some tropicals in small pots inside that I'm a bit worried I may loose. I'm gonna put them in trays of sand, I've seen that done before for small pots. I'm getting a drip irrigation kit that should help though. Its specific for potted plants so it should work well.

Sorry, got a little off topic there .

Tom

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That is one beautiful tree!