Sometimes I work on nursery trees, sometimes I work on client’s trees……and sometimes if I’ve been a really good boy I get to work on my own trees. Hopefully these regular visits will give you an insight into what goes on behind closed doors……….
Studio Stories – My Kiyohime Maple
You may recall that in an earlier blog this year we detailed the history of this tree. How it had suffered from frost damage as a garden tree and almost died.
I had resurrected the tree and been growing it in a large Bonsai pot. In Spring this year I repotted it into this new shallow cream container. The tree has done good!
Today I took off the remaining leaves, cut off all the dead pruning snags, and carried out a light pruning of the fine twigs where necessary. You can definitely see signs of improvement and refinement in this tree.
I hope this good progress will continue on his journey to the next level. It’s good to photograph your trees each year at this time so you can compare and monitor their progress.
The first three pictures were taken in Spring, the middle three were taken in June and the last three were taken in November…..all 2017.
