Shohin Azalea and Larch Spring Update

Hello all,
This little fellow has enjoyed the recent mild weather and has flushed nicely.



Here is an old photo of when it was first repotted by the original owner, after he had air-layered the top of the tree he dug from a roadside ditch.

Cheers Graham

Hi Folks here is an update from this week.  We've had an exceptional long dry period this summer with only a small amount of rain and it triggered a re-flush so I'm trying to hold it back.
The second photo shows how I lower the main stem (an 8 Ounce Gibbs fishing weight).  
Cheers Graham

    

i'm pretty new and just got a larch...

i'm pretty stoked on yours... for sure.   

After some chilly cold nights....... I caught this image on a nice sunny afternoon between November rains......... showing its true fall colours before it sheds


Cheers Graham

thanks for the follow up... nice light and nicer larch.

are you ground layering it ?
or just working on a better rock clasp with the roots ?

Hi Kevin and thanks for your interest,
This is a homemade remedy ....trying to force the feeder roots lower down into the soil in the grow pot................when examining the roots in the yellow pot (orchid pot ) they were encircling the base of the pot...... so instead of trimming and repotting (into same pot) I had a vision of it within a fairly shallow pot/dish/landscape tray, so to achieve that I came up with this temporary training pot (the base of the rock is about an inch below the surface of the soil).....this way I can remove about an inch of the pot each year for the next couple of years.....which gives me time to find a suitable pot/tray.  
Cheers G

Here is an update after some minor wiring and clean up.
Before:

After:

and from above:

Cheers
G.

love the overhead shot...
looking dynamite !

Sweet, G-man.....

Lil' puppy is really starting to ramify!!

Thanks Kevin/Lance, its a fun tree to work with. G