boxwood stock

[JoeLewko]

Well, he are pics of the boxwood, as promised.

Here is a view of the tree (probably the 'front' as of now)


Here is a close up of the roots.


And one a little brighter and further away


just another angle, i guess you'd call it the 'back'


and these next two are just soem that are zoomed in a bit (the second one's a little blurry, sorry bout that but i'll post it anyway. can't hurt).




i bought this one, because i liked the roots on it, and i thought it had the best form what i looked at. also, it had a single trunk, not a giant junction point like may others did (i think this has the beginings of taper). It is an english boxwood, and i paid $5.99 for it. I'm not sure how to style it, i was thinkign maybe informal upright (see how the trunk curves a little bit) with that one branch possibly becoming the continuation of the trunk. not sure yet. Any ideas are appreciated.

Joe

P.S. if i can figure something out i plan to repot/style this thursday, (or this week) and i will post pics when i do.

[Petra26]

OH, a pretty tree. i like it nice pictures too, i love pictures!

I look forward to see what you will do with it

[constantstaticx3]

These trees have good potential, and this one is no exception. Make sure you really get in there and take a look at the branches before you do any pruning. Good luck.

Tom

[JoeLewko]

Just some more pics of the branch structure. the second one is a oomed in pic of the circled area on the first.

[ynot]

These trees have good potential, and this one is no exception. Make sure you really get in there and take a look at the branches before you do any pruning. Good luck.

Tom

Agreed,

After its initial heavy pruning you will be able to make quite a bit of progress via pinching and pruning in one season with this guy Joe.

Are you planning a repot into good soil soon? Or is that next years project?

Joe, Which did it say this was on the tag? Buxus microphylla or Buxus sempervirens. I ask because the microphylla grow slower.

ynot

[JoeLewko]

These trees have good potential, and this one is no exception. Make sure you really get in there and take a look at the branches before you do any pruning. Good luck.

Tom

Agreed,

After its initial heavy pruning you will be able to make quite a bit of progress via pinching and pruning in one season with this guy Joe.

Are you planning a repot into good soil soon? Or is that next years project?

Joe, Which did it say this was on the tag? Buxus microphylla or Buxus sempervirens. I ask because the microphylla grow slower.

ynot

sempervirens.
I plan to repot thursday, and i think i will trim a lot of the foliage, really just to see what the branches look like (right now it's a mess). then i can decide how to style/prune them, and then the leaves will probably grow back within this growing season (it loos like it already has a lot of new growth, and i have a microphylla which i have noticed grows very slow...)

[ynot]

sempervirens.

Ok

I plan to repot thursday,

Into what potting medium? Same pot?

and I think I will trim a lot of the foliage, really just to see what the branches look like (right now it's a mess).

Are you talking about defoliation?

then I can decide how to style/prune them, and then the leaves will probably grow back within this growing season (it loos like it already has a lot of new growth

Again, Are you talking about defoiliation? Why did you decide to do that.

As to the brown comment above... You are going to have to do quite a bit of pruning/pinching this season, Please address my questions about defoliation though as I am curious where that idea came from.

ynot

[JoeLewko]

sempervirens.

Ok

I plan to repot thursday,

Into what potting medium? Same pot?

and I think I will trim a lot of the foliage, really just to see what the branches look like (right now it's a mess).

Are you talking about defoliation?

then I can decide how to style/prune them, and then the leaves will probably grow back within this growing season (it loos like it already has a lot of new growth

Again, Are you talking about defoiliation? Why did you decide to do that.

As to the brown comment above... You are going to have to do quite a bit of pruning/pinching this season, Please address my questions about defoliation though as I am curious where that idea came from.

ynot

different soil (bonsai soil), different pot, but roughly the same size.

Well maybe i was being drastic, i think i miscommunicated. I just want to remove enough leaves so that i can see what the branch structure looks like, and so that i can see what I'm doing when branch pruning/wiring, which will porbably happen soon as well. Because as you can tell from the pics, right now the tree is just a bunch of leaves clumped together with no real shape or form...
What do you think of this idea?

[ynot]

different soil (bonsai soil),

This isn't any more of that "30% fines" mix you use before is it? [For real- is it?]

different pot, but roughly the same size.

Ok

Well maybe I was being drastic, I think I miscommunicated. I just want to remove enough leaves so that I can see what the branch structure looks like, and so that I can see what I'm doing when branch pruning/wiring, which will porbably happen soon as well.

um, Ok. Just be sure not to eliminate something you want. You are going to do this within a short time interval, Right?

Nothing happens if you just look at it: Evaluate, Decide, & Go

Because as you can tell from the pics, right now the tree is just a bunch of leaves clumped together with no real shape or form...

Well, Then you have to spread it apart with your hand and get a nice preview of what's in there. ~ That is certainly easy enough to do.

What do you think of this idea?

I think this: "Do not make your tree look like a bonsai, Make your bonsai look like a tree"

You have reviewed the care sheet you got earlier right? [Or surfed them up as they are super easy to find {There's a 1000 links here to them }

ynot

[constantstaticx3]

Well, Then you have to spread it apart with your hand and get a nice preview of what's in there. ~ That is certainly easy enough to do.

This is what I meant in my first post. You really want to be careful that you don't remove something that you want. I'm sure there is a great tree in there you just really have to be careful and plan it correctly.

You should try and do this in a day or two. Maybe prune and wire one day and then repot the next. It's beginning to grow so get it to where you want as soon as possible so it can start to grow according to your design and not put its energy into branches that you don't want.

Best of luck!

Tom

[JoeLewko]

ok so (since I'm somewhat organized)

Tommorow forecast is rain, so i won't do any work on it (i do bonsai stuff outside), so i'll plan what i want to do.

Thurday, i'll begin working on it, wiring, pruning, etc.

Friday, i'll do any finishing touches on wiring, and re-pot.

If I'm overeager (which i am), i may repot it thrusday after shaping.

As always i will post pics.

Joe

[ynot]

[quote="constantstaticx3"

You should try and do this in a day or two. Maybe prune and wire one day and then repot the next. It's beginning to grow so get it to where you want as soon as possible so it can start to grow according to your design and not put its energy into branches that you don't want.
[/quote]

Tom, The brown is exactly the same concept that I edited out of my first post as I wanted to find out what Joes agenda was wrt this tree...

Hmm, I am used to Gnome posting just before me... But you also Tom?
Excellent timing man.


Joe, When you mention a 'repot' Are you including a rootpruning with that or not?

Again, I am curious as to your intentions.

ynot

[constantstaticx3]

Tom, The brown is exactly the same concept that I edited out of my first post as I wanted to find out what Joes agenda was wrt this tree...

Hmm, I am used to Gnome posting just before me... But you also Tom?
Excellent timing man.

lol, I'm really starting to get into this, its a lot of fun .

Tom

[ynot]

lol, I'm really starting to get into this, its a lot of fun .

ynot

[JoeLewko]

[quote="constantstaticx3"

You should try and do this in a day or two. Maybe prune and wire one day and then repot the next. It's beginning to grow so get it to where you want as soon as possible so it can start to grow according to your design and not put its energy into branches that you don't want.

Tom, The brown is exactly the same concept that I edited out of my first post as I wanted to find out what Joes agenda was wrt this tree...

Hmm, I am used to Gnome posting just before me... But you also Tom?
Excellent timing man.


Joe, When you mention a 'repot' Are you including a rootpruning with that or not?

Again, I am curious as to your intentions.

ynot[/quote]

no, i don't intend to root prune, just to get it into bonsai soil.