plums in flower

[MasonC]

MAN! these are some AWESOME! PLUMS! I am lovin' this!

[Bretts]

The first one posted in your last thread and the twin trunk from previous are definatlt my favourites. I guess you would have to call it the slantingf one is great it is really starting to settle into it's design. I think you said it was the oldest? I missed these in the thread earlier. Thanks for the update.

[anttal63]

they looked great last weekend mate!

[NathanM]

Looks absolutely gorgeous with fruit ^_^

[miyagiman]

hi all ausbonsai'ers, with now being the season to work the prunus varieties, some of the info in this post may be of use to some of you, so i have refreshed it.
i have dewired & rewired all these trees with the large twin trunk plum still undergoing some major 3-dimensional carving. ( approx 8 hours carving ). it will then be totally wired, estimate 10 - 12 hours to wire it. photos will be posted when finished in a week or two.
cheers, miyagiman.

[anttal63]

im peein my pants with excitement!!!

[Webos]

Cant wait to see the results Miyagi

[miyagiman]

Hi folks, I finally finished the carving & wiring on this plum. It was a bigger job than I thought to get it the way I wanted, approx 15 hours carving, & about 28 hours to wire it. Took the photo today, another few days & we will have full flowering, loaded with flowers & have put all the plums together under the veranda to keep the bad weather off them. I lost most of the flowering last year due to a storm while I was away. With all the plum trees together I should get a good pollination & lots of fruit this year. I will post more photos later in the week when we have full flowering. cheers, miyagiman.

[Glenda]

Hi Miyagi,

Certainly makes me wish once again that I lived in a climate where I could have one of these trees. However, I can do things with ficus that the southerners can't, so I guess all things are even. I love your trees though. My Dad had a few apricots, cherries and plums when he was alive. I don't know what happened to them when he left Tasmania to come up to Brisbane. Shame.........

[Watto]

Dave,
Thankyou for the progression. I cannot believe that this is the first time I have seen this thread??? I too am a lover of plums and have quite a few in my collection and the photos and associated info has been terrific. Your flowering is just a little in front of ours as I expect that mine will be in full flower in about two weeks (very windy and rain today so lucky they weren't in flower now!).
Really looking forward to the next installment.

[anttal63]

Yes lookn good Dave!!! lOOkn forward to more too. How was the demo down there this weekend. Did the bearded one's behave???

[miyagiman]

A great day had by all, the bearded ones were up to their normal antics, especially the little bent one, he was in fine form.

[anttal63]

Ahahahhahahahah his tongue is bent too!!!

[blkrota]

Great information and great trees, i have only had a prunus mume for a few months now and love it.

Now i have a goal to work towards .

I will be watching this one from now on.

[miyagiman]

Hi folks, as promised here are some update photos of the trees in flower. They are looking gorgeous, I have them under my veranda whilst in flower & have grouped all the plums together, the bees are loving them too. Need to keep them out of the heavy wind & the rain whilst flowering so that the blossoms aren't damaged. I should see some great fruit in a few weeks. Just remember to cull the fruit so that you don't weaken the tree. These shots give a better view of some of the carving done, showing some of the light, shadows, depth & 3 dimensional features I managed to obtain. Cheers, miyagiman.