buxus harlandii shohin progression

[MattA]

Hey Jamie,

This tree is coming along nicely, it looks really good on the bench with the others.

Is that your triple trunk clero next to it? I always thought that it was alot bigger tree when I look at the photo's of it.

Keep up the good work

Matt

[Jamie]

hi matt

thanks for your kind comment, yes that is my triple clero next to it, i think it has worked well if you thought it was much bigger than what it is, that is the illusion we are all looking for!

jamie

[kokomo]

pretty funny I was googling buxus harlandii as i just picked one up on ebay and shoot me down I thought damm that pot looks simillar, then i glanced over to the right and cracked up laughing...

thats my fing tree in this thread! well it was yours

now I know I have no where else to come looking for care tips


couple of quick quesions..

how much sun?
how much water?
how often should i pinch it?

cheers

[Jamie]

hi mate,

Welcome to the site for a start

Ok here we go - full sun all year round, water as per needed i found around every day where I am, you might have to only water every second day or even third in the cooler months, come summer it will be everyday for sure. fertilise as per the standard recommendations and learn the tree and how it goes, the best way to learn is to try. leave pinching until early to mid spring when it is pushing strong growth, let the branchlets grow out to 6-8 leaves than take it back to 2 leaves, this will help in the development of ramification.

glad it got there safe

I am actually glad you found this site, It will be great to see where you take it

Jamie

[kokomo]

Yeah mate she got here safe and sound I will take over the thread with pictures every few months from now on

oh and crying for help and advice.. I am pretty good and killing bonsais not very good at growing them so i will continue to try

I love the moss on the lower trunk

nice work sir

[Bretts]

What a cracker Welcome Kokomo. I am confused though which one did you buy.
We will do all we can to make sure this ones does not go south
Good luck!

[Jamie]

hi mate

pleasure to help! and no killing bonsai is not good, especially when we put our hard earned, and so much time in growing and styling these trees! this one has great bark, I love the bark and it was a regretful sale but it was needed. I do look forward to you taking over the thread and showing progressions.

That moss by the way isnt moss, at least i dont think anyways, just before i put the tree on for sale we had about a week of solid rain, that with the diatomite mix causes that green on the trunk and top of the medium, it wont hurt and i left it on there like you said it looks cool! I dont recommend the use of moss as it can harbour nasties. I beleive moss should only be used for showing the trees, but thats all good!

as for learning I do recommend that you get a few more, cheaper trees, preferably nursery stock that doesnt cost a great deal so you can work them over, get stuck into them, thats the best way, and when your not sure, ask, there is never a silly question no matter what, better to be safe than sorry especially with a tree like this one

cheers bro Im happy you are happy!


Jamie

[Pup]

G,day Jamie, as you know I was in Brisbane a fortnight ago with the Bimer Bonsai Club. While I was there I had the pleasure of working on two buxus.

One was Harlandii and the other was Kingsville, I will be trying to source some here as they are wonderful Shohin and Mame stock. The main reason for this, post is do they take bare rooting. As if for some reason I cant get them here.
The new friends I have made over there will send some bare rooted cuttings. By the way you are right about Tess and Selby wonderful people. Selby introduced me to Old Gold a very nice alcoholic beverage.

Any way Jamie I would be grateful if you can let me know.

Cheers Pup

[Jamie]

hi mate

I have found harlandii to be ok with a bare root as long as there is still plenty of roots left on, if it is a severe reduction you might find that they will sulk for a bit, and possibly drop there bundle. you may remember a couple of smaller ones I had, I did a severe bare root and prune, they were happy for a while, then dropped there leaves and sulked, they have gone into a shaded spot and am just waiting for them to stop sulking, what I have found though especially with this bigger one, the stronger the tree is the more drastic you can be. it can be a little to bare root them with there fibrous roots that they get but with care you shouldnt have to much prob.

so in short, depending on how much you reduce the roots will result in if they sulk or not, I found a 50% root reduction is fine, the smaller ones I had sulk on me were a little more severe, about 75% was taken off. but yes a full bare root is fine as long as there is plenty of the roots left. they also take very well as cuttings too, I have struck a couple around the 40mm mark across that will make excellent mame. they can take some time to strike though aswell, best to be kept on the drier side of moist with them as cuttings as the corky bark can cause problems in a wetter medium.


hope that helps mate! always happy to help where i can

oh, yes Tess and Selby are very nice! selby has some very nice suiseki aswell. how is Tess? has her arm/coller bone healed up??

Jamie

[Pup]

Thank you Jamie, yes Selby does have some nice Suseki I have one, and Tess has some very nice pots.
I became the owner of one and have been fighting Mrs Pup for it since she saw it.

I will now get onto our quarantine department, as to requirements for shipping from Queensland.

Cheers Pup

[NathanM]

Pup,
I have never bare rooted a buxus but have done heavy root pruning with no problems other dropping a few leaves. I haven’t worked on Kingsville, only Harlandii, and they are great for mame and shohin! The bark is fantastic!
I think when I’m next at Tess’s, likely Saturday morning, I’ll consider picking one up, although I am going on a mission. I was there on Sunday for a workshop and only picked up a few small starter sized trees that I have some long term plans for.

[Jamie]

hi guys

I will say it again I love the bark on Harlandii! it just has so much more character. the kingsvilles arent as corky but do get a "rough" bark just not as corky. the harlandii have a minute sized foliage which is great for mini/shohin the kinsville are quite good aswell

good luck with them guys and i look forward to seeing what ya all do

[kokomo]

any tips for pruining this bad boy?

[kokomo]

my buxus is turning brown and loosing its leaves?

any suggestions?

[Bougy Fan]

How often do you water it ? If you repotted it back in December that shouldn't be the problem. Where do you keep it ? Did you change anything in past 2 months ?


Tony