AusBonsai

Thanks for that Pup, from the photo's I have seen of it, each time the deadwood appears to be almost too perfect for it. I wonder if there is a plan in place for some additional colouring and texture for that area at some stage down the track.

Cheers

David

DavidWilloughby wrote:Thanks for that Pup, from the photo's I have seen of it, each time the deadwood appears to be almost too perfect for it. I wonder if there is a plan in place for some additional colouring and texture for that area at some stage down the track.

Cheers

David

I have always thought that it was too imature looking, now some work has been done it has improved slightly.

Cheers Pup

Grant led a team of volunteers to repot the trident maple today. Kenn and Wayne were helping with Mike doing a great job with his new camera.
Cheers,
Leigh.

What a monster that one is!!

We were able to raise the tree in the pot and show off about another 2 inches of the width of the base of the tree.

It is going to be an absolute little ripper this tree..

Grant

LOL - Little Ripper indeed....

Thought you might like to see an updated pic of this awesome Trident !

Cheers
Leigh

That's a corker

Amazing tree. You don't often see maples in such a masculine pot but with the girth and taper of this monster it looks great!

Wow, looks like something out of a Tim Burton movie set. Beautiful. Amazing how much work must have gone into this to get it to this stage, that looks so strong and gnarly, great tree. Lynn is a very nice person and I've bought stock from her over the years, ... she must be very proud of what you've done.

Here is a picture of the Centenary Prize tree as it is now. The foliage has been bought down and around in front of the bare wood to form a 'skirt'. Here is a picture of how it looked last year when it won the prize. Why change a winning tree so much?

Interesting question
I like the change on the right hand side to the lowest branch, but not to sure about the left side tho

Ken

kcpoole wrote:Interesting question
I like the change on the right hand side to the lowest branch, but not to sure about the left side tho

Ken

Agreed Ken, The right side has some nice vertical structure to it, however currently the left looks like its been pulled down - which I assume will need some time to grow out the vertical structure more and create more balance...

The original photo looks to be taken at a slightly lower position to the last? If the current styling was taken at the same lower angle maybe the trunk line would be marginally more visible... I like the new direction, compact, layered and adds a sense of age.

I think I like the new direction but the foliage needs to be repositioned, it looks a mess at the moment.