Sunday, November 15, 2009
Privet finished for now
Yesterday I found time to finish shaping my big liguster. I think it's starting to look pretty good alredy!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Privet half done
I don't get much time to shaping these days, but I get a little done every now and again
My big privet is half done for now.
I have grown more than 10 new branches from the trunk this summer to fill inn gaps here and there. It will obiously take some years before the ramification is satifactory, but privets develop really quickly!
My big privet is half done for now.
I have grown more than 10 new branches from the trunk this summer to fill inn gaps here and there. It will obiously take some years before the ramification is satifactory, but privets develop really quickly!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
New spruce
Here are some photos of a spruce I collected just behind my house in september : -)
As you can see it has a really strange shape with a 180 degree bend in the trunk

It was growing on a rock and had a very shallow and compact root system so it has an excelent chance of survival

Here it is in its new home.


As you can see it has a really strange shape with a 180 degree bend in the trunk
It was growing on a rock and had a very shallow and compact root system so it has an excelent chance of survival
Here it is in its new home.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Honeysuckle wiring
Friday, November 6, 2009
Privet again
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Development of a privet
I got this tree last summer. It was raw material then. Here it is after the first styling in august 2008

This is how it looked a few days ago, only one growing season later. Ramification has increased a lot. I have cut back the branches 4-5 times this summer. It grows like crazy.

In order to better see the branch structure I decided to pluck off all the leaves. Ligustrum is a semi decidious tree and if it becomes cold enough it looses all the leaves by it self. I placed the tree inside in a frost free room a few days ago so it will not happen by itself. It had been exposed to night temps down to - 5 celsius for a few weeks and showed no signs of dropping the leaves.
It is time consuming to pluck off all the leaves. I have to take one at a time, it's not like a pine where you can pluck many needles at the same time.
When I'm done plucking the leaves I'll cut back the branches again and wire the tree.
This is how it looked a few days ago, only one growing season later. Ramification has increased a lot. I have cut back the branches 4-5 times this summer. It grows like crazy.
In order to better see the branch structure I decided to pluck off all the leaves. Ligustrum is a semi decidious tree and if it becomes cold enough it looses all the leaves by it self. I placed the tree inside in a frost free room a few days ago so it will not happen by itself. It had been exposed to night temps down to - 5 celsius for a few weeks and showed no signs of dropping the leaves.
It is time consuming to pluck off all the leaves. I have to take one at a time, it's not like a pine where you can pluck many needles at the same time.
When I'm done plucking the leaves I'll cut back the branches again and wire the tree.
More carving
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