Forsythia sequence

Following further carving, branch repositioning and a slight change of front angle. Tom

Congratulations, I love this bonsai, unique !

Thank you, Daniel...good hearing from you. I appreciate it.

Regards,
Tom

After repotting....

Tom

Here is a second view.... Tom

Beautiful flowering. Have yiou considered putting it in a pot whose colour would enhance even more the flowers?

Do you keep it in a grenhouse? Here, in spite of a very mild winter so far, Forsythia are not flowering yet.

Thanks, Alain....This pot was the only suitable one in my inventory at the time of repotting , which was only done because the buds started to move prematurely....we have had topsy turvy weather this winter, and so I decided to play it safe and repot the tree early...it is currently sited in my unheated garage with other tropical species, until the weather breaks. I do not want to expose the root system to freezing temps. again at this point in time.

I appreciate your suggestion regarding a more suitable container to highlight the flowers.

Regards,
Tom

Hi Tom,

Looks good. You are getting flowers really early this year. I was just out doing some mid-winter work on my Forsythia today. I don't expect to see any flowers for at least another 2 to 2.5 months around here.

Roger

Thanks, Roger, and yes, flowers came really early this year....very erratic weather, mostly too warm extremes with a little cold in-between.

Looking forward to seeing your forsythia later on....

Regards,
Tom

AlainK wrote: ... ... Here, in spite of a very mild winter so far, Forsythia are not flowering yet.

The same goes also for Athens, Greece.

Beautiful, and I like the color of the pot, it is dark enough the flowers stand out. Charming. The planting/positioning in the pot nicely de-emphasizes the 'turtle back', so that with the flowers, you really don't notice it. You have a 'fun' tree.

Good hearing from you, Leo....and thank you. I have enjoyed the journey with this tree thus far.

Best regards,
Tom

enjoyed seeing your tree evolve. Just acquired one that had gone down hill with the owner passing away and the family not wanting to give his trees up and yet not taking care of them properly. So now i too have a three year project So thanks for the encouragement......mine went into a glazed pot based on convenience as well.
Since the subject was brought up and yet not explored, what color would you think would match up nicely with the light bark and yellow flowers?

Thank you, Dick...I am looking forward to seeing some photos. of your new acquisition...good luck with it! Regarding pot color, I would think a very pale blue or pale green glaze might me nice.

Best regards,
Tom