Crepe Myrtle

[alpineart]

Hi Qitianlong , mate post up a topic in progression and we can see it as a progression , i'm more than interested in having a look .

Cheers Alpine

[Qitianlong]

Hi Qitianlong , mate post up a topic in progression and we can see it as a progression , i'm more than interested in having a look .

Cheers Alpine

o....k.... but mine are just little/starters... and nothing at all like what you've been able to develop... but I guess starting a progression won't hurt...

[alpineart]

Hi Qitianlong , mate i don't give a bugger if its a stick in a pot , these things grow like mad and in a season or two you will have a well developed trainers . This just happened to be developed by a blind old lady ,"My Mum" God Bless her for giving it to me . Nothing like growing sticks into trunk and showing a progression to boot , its all about learning and sharing .

Cheers Alpine

[Rintar]

its all about learning and sharing .

to true

[alpineart]

Another year on and its growing well considering the neglect of most of the material around here

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. The layer has grown well but from here on both will get the attention they need

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.The main trunk is about to flower so it will be trimmed into shape after the flowering has finished , that my excuse not to wire the buggers and move onto others .

Cheers Alpineart.

[alpineart]

This has been flowering for a week or so

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. I will allow it to continue to help thicken the branches then cut it back to shape .The other trainer has been burnt too a crisp and may not recover .

Cheers Alpineart

[Andrew F]

Hey Alpine,

They've filled out nicely since the last update.

I particularly like this as the front:



Based Purely on the trunk movement and profile of the tree, so far.

Never got around to layering a Myrtle but Ive read that hard wood cuttings from them have a good success rate, its just a matter of finding a tree and getting permission to hack away at it.

[alpineart]

Hi Angrew F , mate the crossed root forming the fused base is a little distracting for my liking . Both front and back have the same featured movement but the other pic has a better base and flare but needs rotating around 30 degree's to conceal the large scars from the layers . Its certainly healthy enough , pity about the layer being burnt but that bonsai in the heat .

Cheers Alpine

[alpineart]

Rather than waste the energy on the flowers i decded to trim it back hard and get some shoots happening . I did a re-pot , root prune and rotate to give better movement from all directions

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More than happy with the progress and position .

Cheers Alpineart

[Andrew F]

Looks brilliant Alpine. Keen to see how it ramifies in the future.

[Boics]

Yep looks great.
Just a little more gradual taper to really take it to the next level.

[alpineart]

Hi Andrew F, its been pinched back this morning as the new shoots longate 6-8 pairs of leaves a week and the sub branches thicken quickly when fresh and can outsize the older growth .

Hi Biocs , hoping to get a bit of thickening in the leader with all the new shoots to improve the taper . Growing like a noxious weed so hopefully i will get a good result .

Cheers guys . Alpine

[Rory]

Love this one. Can't wait to see this in about 5 years.

[sreeve]

Looking really nice Ian, it's turning into a ripper
Regards
Steve

[alpineart]

Hi bonsaibud' , I hope i can see it in 5 years time , the eye sight is getting a little worse each year .

Hi sreeve , I'm very happy with the progress of this one . The challenge now is to keep the basic shape through the flowering period , hopefully re-potting into a smaller container in Winter will restrick it somewhat .

Cheers Guys .Alpine