European spruce #64 part 2

The story started in 2008. Five years later the group looks quite promising. The secret is the quality of material. Instead of using second rate young material for the group I selected very old trees with lots of character. And in the end it shows. The wire will stay on four to five years in my climate. Then the group should be presentable.

 

European spruce #64 part 1

European spruce, Picea abies, collected in Italy and Austria. This kind of material can be found in areas where the creek comes once in a century and devastates evrything, leaving lots and lots of gravel. New trees grow in the gravel, but they find it hard to survive and develop strong character with excellent taper, lots of branches and very good bark. They don't like to be colleted at all though, unfortunately. These made it, fortunately.


 

Mugo pine #9

Mugo pine, Pinus mugo, collected in Germany in 1996. Oldest image of 2004. Pot by Derek Aspinall.

 

Scots pine #15

Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris, collected in Norway in 2009 by Rune Kyrdalen. I acquired the tree in 2010. It has made enormous progess since then. The final images with the round pot are virtuals to see how it could look with a good pot.