Prunus cerasifera

Love this tree in spring. I´m slowly building the structure and it´s getting better and better. Also there is more and more flowers, year by year. Low left branch is in the making. Hope you are all healthy !

 A cup of coffe on cold Monday morning.

Sacrifice branch - cut off

When I came home after two weeks vacation, I saw a big fat low sacrifice branch on my prunus. I realized it´s fat enought for my taste...Well, my father-in-law fed and watered really good :)
I cut the appex immediately. If I let it grow till the end of the season, It would surely gain more thickness. The diameter was 17,21 mm.
The next thing I realized was that I first had to work on the ramification of the branch closer to the trunk, and just than let it grow freely. So, I will cut part of the new low branch closer to the main trunk next spring and start to build new branch structure.

Sacrifice branch

Inspired by elm on Maros bonsai blog, I measured  a sacrifice branch on my Prunus cerasifera this morning. The diameter is 11 mm. As can be seen in a picture taken back in february 2018, this branch started as a young shoot 2-3 mm thin. I guess it will not reach more than 15 mm. We will see at the end of the growing season :) Please, try to guess....

February 2018

Prunus cerasifera - myrobalan plum

This tree came into my garden last autumn when one of our older club members decided to reduce the collection. Its our native species, a myrobalan plum. It was little neglected for a short time. Many inner branches were dry. Pictures before and after show how I cleaned the tree. I get rid off all dead and unnecessary branches. Next step will be repoting into better substrate, good feeding and watering during the growing season.
The tree has many defects as a bonsai, mostly the missing surface roots from back side. On the other side, the tree is quite old and has its own character. It reminds me of really old deciduous trees. Overall appearance is great, I love it.

Pictures before cleaning.

After cleaning during the winter.