Originally purchased as $3 starter stock from Ray Nesci at the Newcastle show November 2010, I struck a number of cuttings from it when I planted it in the ground at the foot of a rubble wall & drainage line around march 2011. The only root work done was a hard chop and removing any downward pointing roots at the time of planting. Since then it has received regular hard cutbacks to 1)keep it under control & 2) generate some interesting shohin material when the mood takes.
I had to dismantle part of the wall to get access to it but thats ok it needs to be rebuilt to better suit the wisteria in its new form.
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Given the trunk sat hard against the wall I have never seen this side.. its tantalisingly close...
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So far so good it feel like all the roots run laterally.
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One last root that I just cant get the spade on, no surprise given the rocks either side or the size once I did cut it with the pruners.
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The roots bare we can see whats what, the big root is on the right.
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All trimmed up, I have to be agressive now if its going to fit the final display pot.
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I will have to find just the right piece of rock to fit between the roots to achieve my final angle but I like a challenge.
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Potted up in this oversized Mudlark to grow on a while, the mulch is finely chopped Tillandsia eugeniodes.
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The chop is clearly visible from the large sacrifice branch that was allowed to grow over the last season.
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It currently stands approx 12cm tall by about 18cm wide.
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