I was so in the moment I forgot to take a photo of the tree before I started working on it. 🤦🏻

Well done. I like your photos. Do you not cover your trees during winter?

Thank you for your input. I have not defoliated a citrus tree. It might be better to defoliate in summer when the tree is growing strong. Seek advise from a local nursery and hear what they have to say

Thank you for the well articulated feedback.

One of my favorite trees as well. I might just keep that one.

Well done I see your collection has grown quite a bit. As you are preparing for winter we are getting ready for summer.

Thank you. 😊 did a whole blog and I miss the tag 🤦🏼‍♂️

Don’t we all. Thos opportunities are rare and you really need to work hard 😓 to get in Japanese master get a lot of request but only a few get selected.

All good. Tools are expensive and it takes a while to build up a collection of tools. I use a cheap wound sealer made by effekto called steriseal. Don’t know if it is available in you region.

Well done on the tree. Looks good. Might I suggest two things to consider? First you should seal wounds where branches were removed with a sealant just to keep moist out as this is the perfect breeding

Yes. I want to style the tree as a umbrella style tree. This is not a exotic tree in my region thow. They grow every were. They come up along the side walk and in between other plants in my garden. The

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. It's called table mountain as the top of the mountain is flat and it resembles a table. The normal time to reach the top is around 3 hours depends on your

No it's the complete opposite. The long whiskers that you see is the new growth. The Stone Pine starts it's growth with the short needles (Juvenile needles) then later on as the tree matures it gets the

@janton thank you for your comment. The wire will be removed with in the next few years. I am just waiting for the trunk to be strong enough to support the foliage. It is unlikely that the bark of the

Yess! For you any day. Once your piece of raffia is coming to an end insert the new piece of raffia and wrap a few wraps with the old raffia over the new piece. Just before the old one runs out start wrapping

I thank you sir for the compliment. It’s all in a days work. Do you have bonsai trees or are you just curious about the art? If you have and further questions please feel free to contact me.

I have a lot of cuttings let me know if you’re interested. 😉🤣🤣🤣🌲🌳

Thank you very much for your comments. Much appreciated. Ficus trees grow very quickly and can take a beating. When working on Ficus don’t take to long as their thick branches don’t bend easily. They naturally

It might look like the trunk might be lacking taper. Just keep in mind this is a Ficus. They tend to thicken up very quickly. If the roots at the top of this rock infuse the tunk will thicken up around

Thank you. I would have liked to have shown more photos of the event but I was so busy that I did not have time to take photos of all the trees.