These are some af the many collected and seed grown plants that keep me busy as a beaver during the growing season as well as in winter with over 1000 trident maples to play with they will become fused trunks , phoenix grafts and clump styles These Japanese maples are in there first season of training , approximately2 years old , over  300 are growing in this bed, they were wired for movement and tip pruned to promote side branching  .Seed grown crab apples 3 years old they all have been wired for movement and a constantly trimmed using the pinch and grow method American Hornbeam’s grown from seed .These are 2 years old and were wired in the first season then allowed to grow on . They will be removed and placed into another  grow bed to fatten up while being maintained regularly. Flowering cherries that were collected from an old refuse site , approximately 60 were collected ranging from 10mm- 200mm trunks , these have only been tip pruned on a regular basisThese American Redwoods  {sempervirens } were collected after the Beechworth fires that devastated the region . Around 100 were collected after the fires as 50mm seedlings now at 2 years old the are 300mm established  pot plants These Atlas Cedars have been collected over several seasons and are doing well . Little Yamadori seedlings all have individual natural characters An array of Mexican weeping pines in training along with some Acer Sycamore group trainers in the background . These are collected and seed grown  Chinese elms and Flowering Dogwoods approximately 2-3 years old in pots .they all have had wiring on the trunks for basic movement .This bench has various species of pines , Nigra , Radiata and Western shore pines as collected and trimmed .With more than 400 potted trainers i have a busy past time keeping up with regular maintenance , even watering has its schedule . What you see here is about 75% of my obsession the rest in in a green house or spread around the property in pockets . Every year the 2000 plus plants get some type of work done , be it trimming , wiring , trans planting , re-potting .On average i used and recycle  approximately 2-3 cubic meters of home made bonsai mix to repot trees . Wiring utilizes about 3-4 klms  of aluminium wire . Hope you enjoy the tour .Cheers Alpineart