Another Ponderosa Revisit-
Last week we did a promised revisit of a Ponderosa Pine that was styled a few years ago…this week let’s do an unpromised one. Ponderosa Pine as it came into the yard, or rather about five months later, if I remember right. In the fall of that year, we styled the tree. I’d like to […]
Two Grafting Projects: Juniper and Pine
The first tree in this photo essay is a whimsical juniper that used to be a needle juniper. Although my client enjoyed the needle juniper, it wasn’t doing very well where he lived and was getting weaker. I gave him a few options, and he decided we’d ‘change the clothes’ of the tree, so to […]
Time to Decandle your Black Pines-
Those pines that can be de-candled (de-shooted, de-foliaged—chose your favorite term) include Japanese Black pine, Japanese Red pine and a few of the less often decandled but sometimes very vigorous trees like Scots and Pitch pine. It’s nearly the last week or two for decandling in many temperate zones in the Northern Hemisphere. Here in […]
Black Pine Grafted Ponderosa: STYLED
This small pine goes way back to when I was a potter, trying to sell them at my first convention in the mid 90’s in Harrisburg, PA. I met Andy Smith there, and we traded a pot for a tree. He collected the yamadori pine in South Dakota. For years I grew it as a […]
