In this video I show you some truly awful trees that I collected a few days ago. They were going to be disposed of so there was nothing lost, but these are shockers.
This stuff can be pruned back really hard which promotes lots of new shoots which have the more striking bark colour. Chopping low should cause an eruption of budding and new branching and give you plenty of options for future work.
Hopefully you’ll get something out of the lot. On a side note it will just be interesting to see the results of a autumn collection. Thanks, keep growing
Cheers Tony! Might turn out pretty good, who knows? Just ordered some wild service tree seeds on Ebay. If I can actually get them to grow and fruit, the fruits on em should look great on a bonsai. Also, there's a field out the back of mine with a slow moving stream in it. That black sludge that collects in the bends is better than bought compost and it's free. I make a pile of it on the river bank and pick it up when it's dried out. I just use gravel from the stream bed too. All of my attempts at bonsai are doing great in it.
Nice to have a video of yours to watch today mate cheers for that. I have an interesting dogwood growing away in a casserole dish I’ll have to show you one day! It’s a hardy bugger, I collected it on holiday last year. This composition is cool in my opinion but also only limited by your imagination Tony, go wild 💚
Hi Tony don’t give up on dogwood I have a lovely dogwood the pink branches match the pot I bought as long as it survives the winter as it has in the past. We all get weeks we wish we had stayed in bed but you get through them and move on. All the best mate.
I think what you have is red-osier dogwood — Cornus sericea. It's a loose-growing spreading shrub, rather than a tree. All those red branches you cut off — those are what the plant is known for. It makes a lovely hedge with lots of winter-interest because of its red stem color. It will back-bud, but the new branches will be mostly low on the stems. I have a yellow-stemmed one in my yard. I cut off the mature stems, leaving only the yellow ones. Gorgeous in the winter snow.
Great video and I'm glad you did put it together. Collecting and potting up in the same day is such hard work so i know exactly how you must have been feeling. If your up for more pain then my collecting adventure will be out soon. I had to break the frost first 🙂 Cheers for this, Xav
Never seen a dogwood bonsai, but I've a dogwood hedge. They back-bud and sucker like mad. Couple of years of clip 'n' grow and that group could be a cracker!
Tough batch of trees my friend! I put one in the ground last summer and have hopes of a cool tree. I’m a sucker for the brilliant red of younger branches. Especially against the snow backdrop of winter and spring.
Tony, cheer up, they are just ugly ducklings and I'm looking forward do seeing them transform into swans… Some of them according to the color we could also call Hellboys 😀
Great video, despite your misgivings. You're getting some great finds. Looking forward to your delight when they pull through! You've got your fans looking for their daily bonsai fix. Nice to see the weather isn't stopping your work. Saw some chap yesterday making a wall and the cement had a antifreeze in it??? I dint know it existed for cement! Keep growing.xx
Love dogwoods, I have a couple of red ones, a couple of yellow and one with an orange-ish trunk and pink branches. Tough as old boots but also quite beautiful.
A the wonderful dogwood what can we say about this plant ..im glad you choose to go with a group planting Tony. here is something i dug up about the dogwood """ What is the curse of the dogwood tree?""""
Because of its role in the crucifixion, it is said that God both cursed and blessed the tree. It was cursed to forever be small, so that it would never grow large enough again for its wood to be used as a cross for a crucifixion. It's branches would be narrow and crooked–not good for building at all.
Tony – a very good video on making kindling for a log burner hahahaha. One thing I am surprised about is the incredible amount of clay in your local soil which really cannot help low rooting trees thrive and so your bonsai substrate mix might well give them the boost to turn up trumps for you in the Spring. Fingers Crossed.
I dug up a couple of dogwood in the garden that were outgrowing the space. Very Similar to what you have. I am afraid I put them in the recycle bin. Good luck with yours.
Great video Tony!!😍😊 I like the choice of making a clump/forest with them!👍👍 Maybe plant a few of the cuttings in it also? This could look amazing after a few years!😊
No idea what a dogwood is in dutch… Gonna look it up… Ah, ok… It's called something completely different in dutch, we call it "kornoelje". Love dogwood, now that I know which tree it is. Very attractive.
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Foist?
I'm currently in my hunting garden looking at yamadori
Also I got given a dogwood branch,so have taken cuttings and shoved the main branch in compost
Secoind?
This stuff can be pruned back really hard which promotes lots of new shoots which have the more striking bark colour. Chopping low should cause an eruption of budding and new branching and give you plenty of options for future work.
Hopefully you’ll get something out of the lot. On a side note it will just be interesting to see the results of a autumn collection. Thanks, keep growing
Nice job Tony! I cant wait to see how these progress, I believe it will be great. Thank you for sharing!
Cheers Tony! Might turn out pretty good, who knows? Just ordered some wild service tree seeds on Ebay. If I can actually get them to grow and fruit, the fruits on em should look great on a bonsai. Also, there's a field out the back of mine with a slow moving stream in it. That black sludge that collects in the bends is better than bought compost and it's free. I make a pile of it on the river bank and pick it up when it's dried out. I just use gravel from the stream bed too. All of my attempts at bonsai are doing great in it.
Nice to have a video of yours to watch today mate cheers for that. I have an interesting dogwood growing away in a casserole dish I’ll have to show you one day! It’s a hardy bugger, I collected it on holiday last year.
This composition is cool in my opinion but also only limited by your imagination Tony, go wild 💚
Hi Tony don’t give up on dogwood I have a lovely dogwood the pink branches match the pot I bought as long as it survives the winter as it has in the past. We all get weeks we wish we had stayed in bed but you get through them and move on. All the best mate.
I think what you have is red-osier dogwood — Cornus sericea. It's a loose-growing spreading shrub, rather than a tree. All those red branches you cut off — those are what the plant is known for. It makes a lovely hedge with lots of winter-interest because of its red stem color. It will back-bud, but the new branches will be mostly low on the stems. I have a yellow-stemmed one in my yard. I cut off the mature stems, leaving only the yellow ones. Gorgeous in the winter snow.
Another adventure over at Tony's place.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained! Let's hope you'll be pleasantly surprised with the result. 👍👍
Great video and I'm glad you did put it together. Collecting and potting up in the same day is such hard work so i know exactly how you must have been feeling. If your up for more pain then my collecting adventure will be out soon. I had to break the frost first 🙂 Cheers for this, Xav
Never seen a dogwood bonsai, but I've a dogwood hedge. They back-bud and sucker like mad. Couple of years of clip 'n' grow and that group could be a cracker!
You know, it's always possible to put a positive slant on anything if you look hard enough. 😁
Tough batch of trees my friend! I put one in the ground last summer and have hopes of a cool tree. I’m a sucker for the brilliant red of younger branches. Especially against the snow backdrop of winter and spring.
Bonsai phill looks like hard work mate ido have some dog wood
Make nice bonsai s
Thanks Tony keep it up mate
You had a great clump…
Happy for every video you put togheter mate. Makes me happy 👍😀
Tony, cheer up, they are just ugly ducklings and I'm looking forward do seeing them transform into swans…
Some of them according to the color we could also call Hellboys 😀
Great video, despite your misgivings. You're getting some great finds. Looking forward to your delight when they pull through! You've got your fans looking for their daily bonsai fix. Nice to see the weather isn't stopping your work. Saw some chap yesterday making a wall and the cement had a antifreeze in it??? I dint know it existed for cement! Keep growing.xx
Love dogwoods, I have a couple of red ones, a couple of yellow and one with an orange-ish trunk and pink branches. Tough as old boots but also quite beautiful.
A the wonderful dogwood what can we say about this plant ..im glad you choose to go with a group planting Tony. here is something i dug up about the dogwood """ What is the curse of the dogwood tree?""""
Because of its role in the crucifixion, it is said that God both cursed and blessed the tree. It was cursed to forever be small, so that it would never grow large enough again for its wood to be used as a cross for a crucifixion. It's branches would be narrow and crooked–not good for building at all.
Tony – a very good video on making kindling for a log burner hahahaha. One thing I am surprised about is the incredible amount of clay in your local soil which really cannot help low rooting trees thrive and so your bonsai substrate mix might well give them the boost to turn up trumps for you in the Spring. Fingers Crossed.
I dug up a couple of dogwood in the garden that were outgrowing the space. Very Similar to what you have. I am afraid I put them in the recycle bin. Good luck with yours.
Great video Tony!!😍😊 I like the choice of making a clump/forest with them!👍👍 Maybe plant a few of the cuttings in it also? This could look amazing after a few years!😊
No idea what a dogwood is in dutch… Gonna look it up… Ah, ok… It's called something completely different in dutch, we call it "kornoelje". Love dogwood, now that I know which tree it is. Very attractive.
Love your videos Tony! I can't imagine how cold minus four is! You've made a nice clump of trees there.