Thursday, May 8, 2008

the new ezo spruce #4

See the new image in comparison to how we started out. The tree has changed drastically. I think it looks much older now and the crown and the strange roots make a lot of sense together. I also think that the stone slab was waiting for exactly this tree. The grass makes the whole scene quite realistic. This spruce may well have a splendid future.

This is not finished!! This is just a sketch. Now the tree will rest for the summer and we will see how it copes with the wire and new container. If it lookes very healthy this fall I might wire everything and finish it this year. Or I will do it next spring. It will look much nicer when everything is wired and the branches are placed, don't worry.


3 comments:

Cham said...

Walter,
You have great eyes. I am pleased that you preserve the nebari. My first reaction is to cut it off too, but you have shown that keeping it is much better.
You did not show how you break up the rootball. I have one old hinoki cypress that the rootball (7" around the trunk) is like concrete. What tool? A hammer or that reciprocating saw shown in previous picture?

Anonymous said...

Also, what are these plants? Grass?

Walter Pall said...

This is grass, yes.