Keels Quince
Posted: June 7th, 2020, 10:17 pm
Back in December 2019, I had a visit from Keels. It was an excellent day. He toured the courtyard , we went to Bonsai Art and then came back home enjoyed some salad rolls and a chat over lunch.
Keels was kind enough a drop by with a Japanese quince clump sourced from his garden (not pictured in this thread) and this little quince here.
You can see it was originally in a Pat Kennedy pot but in January this year, the tree drooped overnight and I was worried that I was losing it. I conducted an emergency repot into some fresh, better draining mix and a larger pot in the hope that it would regain vigour. Thankfully it did.
Today I had a first rough re-style; forget the pot - it is still in an over-sized emergency vessel - it was all I had on hand back in January. In essence, I am trying to trim it back to encourage a denser form and also I removed two really thick branches that were quite high on the little tree - I couldn't reconcile branches this thick so high, so I removed them. For me, cutting these branches felt like a reasonably bold move but I think the tree looks better for it.
As a rule, I think clumps look best for quince but here, I am working with a reasonably straight trunk; perhaps too straight but I think I can create movement and interest around the tilted trunk.
The photos below tell the story.
Anyway - thanks again Keels! This thread is created to record the progress of the tree. We'll see where it goes over the coming years.
Keels was kind enough a drop by with a Japanese quince clump sourced from his garden (not pictured in this thread) and this little quince here.
You can see it was originally in a Pat Kennedy pot but in January this year, the tree drooped overnight and I was worried that I was losing it. I conducted an emergency repot into some fresh, better draining mix and a larger pot in the hope that it would regain vigour. Thankfully it did.
Today I had a first rough re-style; forget the pot - it is still in an over-sized emergency vessel - it was all I had on hand back in January. In essence, I am trying to trim it back to encourage a denser form and also I removed two really thick branches that were quite high on the little tree - I couldn't reconcile branches this thick so high, so I removed them. For me, cutting these branches felt like a reasonably bold move but I think the tree looks better for it.
As a rule, I think clumps look best for quince but here, I am working with a reasonably straight trunk; perhaps too straight but I think I can create movement and interest around the tilted trunk.
The photos below tell the story.
Anyway - thanks again Keels! This thread is created to record the progress of the tree. We'll see where it goes over the coming years.