linden_stump_designed

Couldn't wait untill weekend.

The tree now shorter and denser.

And you all were right: Technically this Linden is rather a stump than a clump.

The apex is a bit weak, but will improve due to the apical-dominance of deciduous trees.

Not the best design yet, but give her another five years ...

update_linden_clump

Pictures "naked" without leafes, just before the new styling-session ...

'Couldn't finish the tree today. The weekend will bring on a freshly designed linden_clump ...

a_simple_thuja_occidentalis

In the sense of the thread-title,

a 4,99 € tree at the very beginning-stage of its development.

About 25 cm high above soil-level. 

Two years under my control. 

Nottin special buta ...

i am a fool for eastern white cedar, can't help it ...

update_small_leaved_prunus

I think the Prunus cerasifera is doing well.
Sorry for the helmet-shaped crown-design.
I will fix that in the near future, the green parts of the composition are too
small anyway ...

update_lindenclump

A picture as of today just for the record.
In spring there is a word in German to discribe the colouration: "lindgrün".
'Could be translated as "linden-green".
This fesh green-hue will turn to a much darker one very soon.
What a pitty, but such is springtime ...

the_vietnamese_way

... to produce bonsai-pots.
This was my first attempt to create a training-pot
using cement-mortar like it is utilized in Vietnam.
Maybe I will continue this method, if the result is reasonably fine.
Tomorrow the pot will be seperated from the construction-platform.
If it's okay, I will report.

tortured_trees_?

Dear blog-vievers ...

Today, as an exception, an issue on my own behalf.

Due to current responses (+ outside this blog),
there is something I have to point out clearly!

When I am saying
(especially in my raw-material-development-postings) :

"... find the smallest tree ... "

I am meaning:

" ... Reduce the tree to the "less is more"-state of design,
on wich health and energy of the tree is in n o  w a y endangered !!! ... "

For me, this basic-requirement is such a matter of course,
that i did not metion it.