Chinese Fringe tree coming along...

[treeman]

This is a Chimonanthus retusus which I started a while ago after seeing them in Murata's ''Four seasons of Bonsai''
It has not flowered yet but I really enjoy the whitish bark and wild apearence during winter. Looking forward to the next few years with this one.
A member of the Ash/Olive family. Very tough and easy to grow and defoliates as easy as any ash. In fact its not as brittle and has finer ramification so I think its better than ash plus one day it may even flower!

Chimonathus retusus 1.JPG

Chimonanthus retusus 2.JPG

[Matthew]

I really like the design . Very Impressive

[treeman]

Thanks Mathew. It needs more depth in the upper left and middle right but I will work towards that. As you can see I'm a big fan of clip and grow rather than wire to shape branches. IMO wire is for directing and cutting is for producing although the line between them is blured.

[pommie_mal]

Very nice Treeman. I love the lower trunk & nebari, really showing some age.

[kcpoole]

Nice tree dunno that i have seen one before

if you lost all the branching on the left, I reckon it would be a cracker windswept too.

Ken

[kez]

Beautiful tree, reminds me a lot of Harry Harringtons work, very natural looking!

Cheers for showing us

Kerrin

[treeman]

if you lost all the branching on the left, I reckon it would be a cracker windswept too.

That is a very interesting idea Ken!....food for thought..

[jezz_39]

This is a nice deciduous image, in a few more years it will look fantastic. Are these in any way related to the Loropetalum Chinense?