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My tree, as is.
I took the leaves off my little tree (magnolia, 12 years old) yesterday and had
a long look at the bare tree. It has more knots and woody spots than I thought. It started to upset me, thinking I hadn't done a very good job, then I realized "what does it matter?" It's my tree, with my vision, and it looks good to me. It has a main trunk, with nice roots if I may say so myself. The trunk branches into two main branches, with one (the taller of the two) branching into two. From those branches are smaller branches. The back is full and rounded and I've made the front sort of flat. It truly does look like a miniature tree. Not a bonsai following bonsai rules, but a smaller version of a tree. I look at that tree and think that by now it should tower over my head and the leaves should be four times the size and look at it's present size and think "wow, I did it." I like my tree, knots and all. My teenage son helped me with the leaves and some light pruning. He asked how I kept it small was interested. I'm going to teach him more so he can have the tree and the two to three others I'm going to start on when I leave this earth. |
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My tree, as is.
I don't know much about bonsai (yet), but I do have a 90 year old Magnolia
in my front yard. It's been pruned over the years to keep the branches about 10 ft above ground. it has been watered and cared for. It's about 50 ft high with a canopy of about 40 ft. It has "knots" and "woody spots" and a few squirrel nests, too. We love it; people actually slow their cars to get a look. 4 (almost 5 generations) and one tree. camo "April1201" wrote in message ... I took the leaves off my little tree (magnolia, 12 years old) yesterday and had a long look at the bare tree. It has more knots and woody spots than I thought. It started to upset me, thinking I hadn't done a very good job, then I realized "what does it matter?" It's my tree, with my vision, and it looks good to me. It has a main trunk, with nice roots if I may say so myself. The trunk branches into two main branches, with one (the taller of the two) branching into two. From those branches are smaller branches. The back is full and rounded and I've made the front sort of flat. It truly does look like a miniature tree. Not a bonsai following bonsai rules, but a smaller version of a tree. I look at that tree and think that by now it should tower over my head and the leaves should be four times the size and look at it's present size and think "wow, I did it." I like my tree, knots and all. My teenage son helped me with the leaves and some light pruning. He asked how I kept it small was interested. I'm going to teach him more so he can have the tree and the two to three others I'm going to start on when I leave this earth. |
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I don't know much about bonsai (yet), but I do have a 90 year old Magnolia
in my front yard. It's been pruned over the years to keep the branches about 10 ft above ground. it has been watered and cared for. It's about 50 ft high with a canopy of about 40 ft. It has "knots" and "woody spots" and a few squirrel nests, too. We love it; people actually slow their cars to get a look. 4 (almost 5 generations) and one tree. camo "April1201" wrote in message ... I took the leaves off my little tree (magnolia, 12 years old) yesterday and had a long look at the bare tree. It has more knots and woody spots than I thought. It started to upset me, thinking I hadn't done a very good job, then I realized "what does it matter?" It's my tree, with my vision, and it looks good to me. It has a main trunk, with nice roots if I may say so myself. The trunk branches into two main branches, with one (the taller of the two) branching into two. From those branches are smaller branches. The back is full and rounded and I've made the front sort of flat. It truly does look like a miniature tree. Not a bonsai following bonsai rules, but a smaller version of a tree. I look at that tree and think that by now it should tower over my head and the leaves should be four times the size and look at it's present size and think "wow, I did it." I like my tree, knots and all. My teenage son helped me with the leaves and some light pruning. He asked how I kept it small was interested. I'm going to teach him more so he can have the tree and the two to three others I'm going to start on when I leave this earth. |
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My tree, as is.
What a wonderful tree. It sounds very impressive. I hope it lives another 90
years. --------------------------------------- Subject: My tree, as is. From: "camocarmen" Date: 08/07/2004 6:57 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: 2MfRc.1621$73.102@lakeread04 I don't know much about bonsai (yet), but I do have a 90 year old Magnolia in my front yard. It's been pruned over the years to keep the branches about 10 ft above ground. it has been watered and cared for. It's about 50 ft high with a canopy of about 40 ft. It has "knots" and "woody spots" and a few squirrel nests, too. We love it; people actually slow their cars to get a look. 4 (almost 5 generations) and one tree. camo |
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What a wonderful tree. It sounds very impressive. I hope it lives another 90
years. --------------------------------------- Subject: My tree, as is. From: "camocarmen" Date: 08/07/2004 6:57 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: 2MfRc.1621$73.102@lakeread04 I don't know much about bonsai (yet), but I do have a 90 year old Magnolia in my front yard. It's been pruned over the years to keep the branches about 10 ft above ground. it has been watered and cared for. It's about 50 ft high with a canopy of about 40 ft. It has "knots" and "woody spots" and a few squirrel nests, too. We love it; people actually slow their cars to get a look. 4 (almost 5 generations) and one tree. camo |
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