Willow update

I couldnt resist wiring this willow a bit to help start its Moyogi travel. Off course i used too thick wire (the thinnest i have). It responded with dead leaves and new shots to the stress. I say it again, "I need thinner wire". No danger though, the bending of branches/trunk was succesful as according to plan. Trunk diametre has improved greatly, so the wire will come off tomorrow as the wood has already hardened.

Osakazuki

This is a stock maple Acer Palmatum Osakazuki I picked up for a friend of mine last year. No great growth this year but it survived the harsh treatment this spring with both pruning down to the bone, bare-rooting it and repotting. There are a lot of new shoots all over the trunk so hopefully we will see a lot of new branches on this next year.

Rowan update

A small tree, trunk has thickened good and there are a couple of new branches to develop futher next year.

Small beech in large pot

All moss removed on this one too, beeches are slowgrowed, but accurate.

Ash update

The ash is growing, no plan for this one though. Hopefully it will generate thicker trunks and new branches.

Siberian maple

Trunkschopped early spring. The new branch where somehow lost at Trygves bonsaikennel, but I cant really blame him, since he had my trees for over 2 months. (Salute again!) The main trunk has thickened good, but the aim is to start a new trunk-leader and a new branch from the first internode. The smal dots (fungus) which bothered this tree earlier, is back. The wet norwegian summer is yet again to blame for the damned shrooms/fungus. However it is just training material so if its lost, it doesnt really matter, yes it does.

Norwegian maple

No big adjustments to this one, all new shoots where pinched after the first two leaves in late spring. This was a mistake and not a very good way to build new branches.