AusBonsai

bought a escalloniaa few months back from the bargain corner, i really like the lower movement.

when i finally got this out of the nursery pot the root ball was huge, i reduced it by 80 percent and trimmed the branches too.

it has reacted well to the treatment and at further brainstorming(didnt really like the twin trunk) i thought to introduce a jin

the best before shot third from the right




and one mid stream



and one done ,well for now, will give it a hit of lime sulphur later



again the pics are crap am so used to shooting cars and solid thing trees are a different ball game

nice one al!

Nice work. However, I would have kept the taller trunk as it has better movements and carved the shorter one. By the way, how did you carve the bark? it looks very smooth.
Cheers

the movement is very similar through both the branches( although hard to see from the pics)and the shorter one was budding like mad as well.i want to incorperate/intergrate the 2 branches as the live feeders grows,perhaps towering it over the deadwood or something of the like

i used pliers and shears to shape the end and a syderco knife to form it all,it is a combination blade i,e flat and serrated and is very effective(you can see it in one of the pics)and then gave it a hit with some 120grit sandpaper

i have since treated it with lime sulphur and trimmed the lower unwanted growth and the little guy is reacting very well