Chinese Flowering Quince Layered

[time8theuniverse]

Last September I started working with this Chinese Flowering Quince that I got for this little nursery that is impossible to find but is run by someone who does grows souly for the fun of the different and interesting plants he has.

This was the one I left with at the time. It was one out of six. It was growing in a sand and compost mix which is why it has such interesting roots. I was told it will flower pink but I haven't seen that yet.

I just couldn't get the top of the tree to conect to the bottom of the tree. As a result I decided to air layer the top off and work the two havles.

And this is what I have got so far.

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[Neli]

I would like to know what is the reason You have curved it like that...Is it to make it look like two branches?
Very straight trunk...but I suspect you will manage to do something good from it...Good luck.

[time8theuniverse]

It started out just to get rid of the rot in the trunk and cut away a drainage path for the water. It is shaped like a blown out top of a Mountian Ash stag. Which made more sense when it was taller but now I think it will be hollowed out and become a root over rock.

[Neli]

I also have one just like a pipe...hard to design.

[time8theuniverse]

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Just an update of the work I did on this tree yesterday. It had died back from the cut I had made to just above the remaining branches. This is a habit for this tree going on my experience so far. I need to keep the branches going for sap flow and also to draw moisture out of the trunk to get on top of the rot in the wood. I gave the cut a lime sulphur coat but I still think the will be a rot problem later on until I have a balance between the foliage and the roots.

You can see the roots in this photo which will be the feature of the tree.

[Djs19992]

Hows this tree going these days?


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[time8theuniverse]

There was a bad week of hot days in summer. They both turned there noses up and died. It was a bad summer for me.

[Djs19992]

Oh no im so sorry. silly sun! Whys it gotta be so hot?


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