Another big pine

Big pine in Trollheimen (Home of the Trolls) national park i central Norway.

 

Inspiration while we wait for spring

Taken i Trollheimen (Home of the Trolls) national park i central Norway.

Salix again

Here is the salix purpurea without leaves.

Before and after

The privet was collected from a hedgerow in England in 2003, here is a pic from back then, probably 2004. The hedge was planted sometime in the 1930's so the tree is 70- 80 years old.


Here is a pic from yesterday. I put wire on some of the branches. Most stay where they are supposed to without wire now. The ramification is getting better every year so I cut off some of the new branches I grew last year because it was getting to crowded. I will pick up a new pot from John Pitt for this tree at Noelanders trophy in January.

Privet without leaves

Privet

The big privet has been put inside now. It stayed outside untill the temp went down to - 10 degrees. It took no harm but I didn't want to risk anything so I put it inside. It had several weeks of freezing temps but it didn't loose the leaves. I'm going to wire the tree again this winter so I will have to cut off all the leaves ( I was hoping they would fall off by them self if I left the tree outside for long enough, but it didn't happen...)

Salix purpurea update

The salix hangs on to its leaves longer than any other of my trees. But they are starting to fall off now so I can soon have a look at the branch struckture