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Post  AndyRutledge Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:44 am

The big Lonicera I wired this past winter is now growing like a weed (since it is one) in it's nice LenzPot. Balance, though, is the current issue. I hope to address that in the coming years.

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Post  jersanct Sat Apr 16, 2011 3:35 am

Hello Andy - any chance you could post a better view of the base of the trunk? Looks like a great tree - thanks for letting us see it.
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Post  cosmos Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:39 am

Hi Andy
Do you have a pic with the lonicera in flower. What mix do you use? I think that loniceras need constant leaf pruning back to keep them contact.

Thanks for sharing.

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Post  AndyRutledge Sun Apr 17, 2011 1:59 pm

@jersanct:
Sure, here's a photo of it very early this year. Much better view of the trunk https://ibonsaiclub.forumotion.com/t5669-budding-honeysuckle

@Cosmos
I'm afraid that I didn't get photos this year when it bloomed. It has very small white flowers. I'll try and get pics next time. My soil mix is a mixture of akadama, pumice, and volcanic grit, though this Lonicera is not in that mix (just acquired it at the end of last year and have not repotted).

Kind regards,
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Post  cosmos Sun Apr 17, 2011 3:53 pm

Thanks Andy.
The trunk has a fantastic visual impact and you should wire the branches so that the leaves do not cover it.

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Post  AndyRutledge Sun Apr 17, 2011 4:32 pm

Thanks Cosmos (?). I appreciate your admonition, but like all deciduous material it is not meant to be shown in-leaf. Proper arrangement of the branches will not impede the relevant, leafless view. And like all flowering material, in-flower views are entirely concerned with the structure as a platform for the flowers (but I would work to reveal the lowest portion/rootage of the trunk if it were being formally shown).

Part of artistry is making sure that context is considered. For instance, the ridiculously-inane arrangement of many satsuki specimens' branches is perfectly appropriate for the contextually-relevant purpose of providing a succession of platforms for the flowers. A pine or an elm with the same structure would be trite and artistically useless. Context matters.
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Post  cosmos Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:20 pm

I see what you mean or at least I think I do. Does context also impinges on the artistic way some species are being designed. For example in our Mediterranean region growing an olive or an olivaster like a juniper is a sin. An olive or olivaster should be designed with a domed top.

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