AusBonsai

Hi all,
I thought I'd start sharing progress with this group which I assembled late last year. The largest tree was rescued from a friend's back yard, where it was pot-bound and in a poor state. It's crown was never well balanced and instead of waiting for new branches to develop and fill it out, I decided once it was healthy to set it in with some smaller trees. I like the idea of group plantings with trees of very different sizes, which tell the story of a mature tree spreading seed around itself. That's what i have in mind, anyway

I like the scene.

A little moss on the right hand side of the planting would add to the picture.

Good work.

Lennard

Hey it looks good Andrew. Well done! Ash

Hi all,

Those figs look awesome and will only improve. Nice group!

Cheers,

Brad75

Great start Andrew but I feel it needs some more trees of a size in between the largest tree and the smaller ones. Also I think there is a bit too much negative space which could be filled with at least 3 more trees

Bougy Fan wrote:Great start Andrew but I feel it needs some more trees of a size in between the largest tree and the smaller ones. Also I think there is a bit too much negative space which could be filled with at least 3 more trees

Thanks Tony, I agree. At this stage I am planning to let the second-right tree grow into the middle-size class you suggested, the other three small ones will increment too, and then in about a year transplant some new smaller ones into the negative space you mentioned.

Thanks all for your encouragement.

cheers, Andrew.