Saturday, August 1, 2009
mugo pine # 39
This is a mugo pine, Pinus mugo, which was collected in Switzerland in 2000. It hung around in my garden until in August of 2007 Uli Ernst borrowed it for a demonstration in my garden at the late summer meeting of 2007. He created a literati twin trunk cascade with a third trunk which was dead already. Afterwards unfortunately the upper trunk died and the tree got somewhat neglected. I refurbished it today and now it seems that it is on a good way again.
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Peter sent me this link to a video he made while Uli has styled the mugo pine:
http://de.sevenload.com/videos/x1xLAbSL-Uli-Ernst-Gestaltung-einer-Bergkiefer
Thanks Peter!
WP
Is such deadwood expected / desired to last as long as the tree?
I am usually tempted to think of lifeless features as intentionally temporary, and would be curious whether this is a technical reality or simply a viewer's illusion (and as such best left to the 'eye of the beholder' side of things).
leaving the tuppence question at your discretion,
Ana,
first I let this deadwood decay on purpose. The bark will get off by itself within a couple of years. Then comes the time when the deadwood decays strongly and is in danger of just braking off. At this point in time I work with professional wood hardener as the boat industry or antiquities refurbishing industry uses.
Such thin deadwood will somehow break one day. A big bird will sit on it, the snow will go over it, a sloppy person touches it. Well, such is life. I usually just shrug and decide that it is better without anyway.
WP
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