Cell Phone Pics

Greg Armstrong said:
Those are nice. What kind of trees in your bonsai’s?
Click to expand...
Well thank you. The tree in that photo is a Japanese Maple that I pulled out of a flower bed when it was a 6” seedling about 1990. I tried training it as a root-over-rock and got lucky. It ges some spectacular fall color.6D5FC5EB-0A3B-43EF-8277-66E54F5567B8.jpeg

Thru stupidity I lost a half-dozen trees to the 3-day heat wave a few years ago. I kept them shaded and damp, but didn't realize that in their small shallow pots the 115 to 117 degree ambient temps would bake the roots.

A couple of other survivors - I pruned the lowermost branch off the Mountain Hemlock when I collected it from a boulder field. Thru a magnifying glass I counted 47 growth rings in the branch. My 5-year old son helped me dig it. He just turned 40, so the tree is pushing 85 to 90 years old. It is still recovering from the heat wave.

The last pic is the Hemlock a year after the heat wave. A couple of other victims are marginally visible, too. They didn't make it.

98E5BD93-87B8-47AF-A18D-AAD3A7EF4351.jpeg

42C9772A-5359-408F-881B-93C72677BE70.jpeg
 
That heat wave was bad. Sorry about your trees, must’ve been tough to lose them that way after all the care you gave them over the years.

That maple is stunning though! Thanks for sharing the pic’s.
 
Kilchis said:
Well thank you. The tree in that photo is a Japanese Maple that I pulled out of a flower bed when it was a 6” seedling about 1990. I tried training it as a root-over-rock and got lucky. It ges some spectacular fall color.View attachment 175897

Thru stupidity I lost a half-dozen trees to the 3-day heat wave a few years ago. I kept them shaded and damp, but didn't realize that in their small shallow pots the 115 to 117 degree ambient temps would bake the roots.

A couple of other survivors - I pruned the lowermost branch off the Mountain Hemlock when I collected it from a boulder field. Thru a magnifying glass I counted 47 growth rings in the branch. My 5-year old son helped me dig it. He just turned 40, so the tree is pushing 85 to 90 years old. It is still recovering from the heat wave.

The last pic is the Hemlock a year after the heat wave. A couple of other victims are marginally visible, too. They didn't make it.

View attachment 175898

View attachment 175900
Click to expand...
Those are amazing! So cool!
 
Those Kids are getting big, Grandpa! I know the feeling.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top