More repotting

As can be seen a lot of roots have developed since collection



Diameter of the pot is 53 cm. I have covered all the surface roots with spagnum moss. After a few years it will have a nice radial root system all around the trunk


I might have to do something about the big trunk/branch on the right, but I'll leave that for later.

Big honeysuckle repotted

It looks about a million times better in a proper pot!

Breaking a honeysuckle in two # 2

My son is checking the result of my work




Here the new trees are potted up. Insted of one big clumpsy trunk, I now have two (still kind of big) but much more elegant trunks. Both are about 80 cm tall and has a trunk diameter at the base of about 23 cm.
I had done some carving work last autumn, but now I need to go over them again, especially the one at the bottom to make the top section lighter.
The dark sections at the bottom of the trunks where they were joined together have bark and they will get a lighter colour like the rest of the bark when they dry up.

Breaking a honeysuckle in two

This Honeysuckle was collected last spring together with the others I have shown recently. I don't like the shape of the trunk so I took it in to my studio to study the possibilities. As it stands now it is no good since one part of the trunk leans the left and the other to the right. The only solution to this is to break the trunk in two. It seems that it should be quite easy to do that because the two trunks are only attached down by the root base.



As I suspected it was no problem top break the trunk in two : -)



My son is very happy about the result!

First wiring of another honeysuckle

This one was collected last spring together with the other one I showed a few days ago.

I did some initial carving last autumn and this is how it looked before the shaping




And here it is after the first shaping. It will be repotted as soon as the frost disapears from the soil.
This is my favorite honeysuckle : -)

'spring' is here #2

Here is the result after the initial shaping. There are some gaps here and there, but I expect many new branches to grow from the trunk this year so it will probably fill in with time. Sorry about the background, it makes it difficult to see the branches....
Next step for this tree is repotting as soon as the soil is frost free (hopefully very soon!)

'Spring' is finally here #1

Well, we still have 50 cm of snow and freezing temps every night, but enough snow has melted for me to start some work on my trees.

Here is a big tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) that was collect spring 2009. I did some rough work on the deadwood last autumn and decided to shape the branches yesterday. Here is how it looked bfore the work.

Big privet repotted part 2

Ready to be placed in the pot again


For those of you who have seen this tree before, you can notice that I have hollowed out the deadwood in the front of the tree since last time I posted it here.



I put it into the same pot, but I placed it a little higer than before.
I have ordered a new pot from John Pitt for this tree.

Big privet repotted

I've had this tree for 2 years now and it's time to have a look at the roots




It had a very good rootball and it was just about time for a repot


After cutting back the bottom roots.