Escallonia for collection this weekend.

Hi Peter. That's a very generous offer, my friend, but I think this tree is way to big for you! Just think about how your back would feel after carrying it back to Denmark!

Harleyrider wrote:Hi Peter. That's a very generous offer, my friend, but I think this tree is way to big for you! Just think about how your back would feel after carrying it back to Denmark!

OOhhh lucky me, I have a car hehe
Yes probably to big for me Steve, but one big tree is okay to have, also for a shohin lover

Peter

Must be something in the air Steve. 'Er-indoors' decided on Friday the whopping great Escallonia down the bottom of the garden in permanent shade needed to go. Not one to miss up on an opportunity; up she came.

No concrete, just hoofing great roots. Got a beautiful bright red plastic box it has gone in now. Virtually bare-rooted, chunky stuff gone and good feeders all round the trunk. Tis fine just now. Lots of carving opportunities I think.

Picture taken on Friday.

Nice one Mike! So, let battle commence, eh? lol

The shape of this tree reminds me of something........can't put my finger on it though.

Notice how I refrained from going down the 'Mine's bigger than your's' route

Harleyrider wrote:The shape of this tree reminds me of something........can't put my finger on it though.

Harleyrider wrote:And t'other side.



So there you have it. Another hefty lump o' timber safely rescued from whatever ill fate was bound to befall her. Now to see how kindly she repays me!

Hi Steve,

I like this side better but both are having great potential,nice catch there,thanks for sharing,if only i'm near let me help on your next digging
Regards,
Alex

[quote="landerloos"]
this tree is to good for you, shall I come and pick it up

From prunus mume to giant Escallonia?
I'd still have bigger ones, Peter

Fantastic trees, Steve and Mike. Please keep us posted with the progress.

Cheers

Harleyrider wrote:Notice how I refrained from going down the 'Mine's bigger than your's' route

Steve, I never thought you would, being such a quiet, honourable and respectful person that you do be. If it helps though …looks like mine is smaller than yours.

Harleyrider wrote:Notice how I refrained from going down the 'Mine's bigger than your's' route

I am very impressed that you werer gallant enough not to rise to the bait. [

A rather splendid capture, Mr Harleyrider sah. I keep an eye on our Escallonia front hedge to see when it will be ripe for digging up. But since we too have a bus-stop right outside, I'm not sure that its daily diet of chip and crisp pokes*, chocolate bar wrappers and discarded Buckie bottles is doing it any good. Wonder what it's doing to the consumers of the original products?



*Subtitle for those not blessed enough to be Scottish: "chips" are french fries, "crisps" are potato chips, and a "poke" is a word (I think only used in Scotland though possibly Oop Narth England too?) referring to a bag or packet. Or at least it is in this context. You don't really want to know some of the other meanings.

Is this your target Steve? 5 years since collecting my 'stump' this is how the tree looks today. The weak low left branch is now really beginning to fill out and I guess at the end of this year will be in balance to the rest of the tree. Despite the pot being OK for the development of the tree I feel it is on the large size... below is how I would like the pot to be... now I only need to twist John Pitts arm





What do you think?

SUPER TREE, Tony. Much improved since I saw it last.

Oh goody, give it a zillion years and my come in a close last compared to that Tony.

F. Waheedy wrote:SUPER TREE, Tony. Much improved since I saw it last.

I have to agree, last I saw it, i thought the branch would die, yes Tony the lower pot is optically better, can you get it in such a low one you think?

Peter (for Faisal only, yes your trees are bigger, but I have something else big )

Peter

[quote="tony"]


What do you think?
Hi Tony,
Fine balanced proportions with the new pot.
regards, Sunip

Wow - for good finds - I had a very small Escallonia some years ago - but it died - they don't thrive in Denmark - it's too cold - I think.
But they are so lovely and I envy you all.

Tony - Yours looks so beautiful.
Hope you all will bring photoes here of the development of your trees.

Thanks for showing.

Best wishes
Lone

Glad to see the left branch is recovering well, like Faisal I thought you might loose that branch
Graham

@ Ogie: I prefer that side also, but it is far too early to speculate on that yet. First I need to keep the tree alive and see what the new branch structure looks like. Besides, it probably won't look anything like it does now once Tony has had his hands on it!

@ Tony: I wish mate! If this turns out half as good as yours I'll be a happy chappy.

@ Mike: I have it on good authority (my missus) that size isn't everything. Apparently, what you do with what you have counts for a lot. Ahem.

@ Fiona: Stop looking and start digging, I say! It's obviously just a rubbish trap anyway......

Might as well throw mine in as well. I took these today.


DSC_0032 by Bonsai eejit, on Flickr


DSC_0037 by Bonsai eejit, on Flickr


DSC_0039 by Bonsai eejit, on Flickr

I have also got 2 of them cut back in the ground for collection next Spring.


DSC_1601 - Copy by Bonsai eejit, on Flickr


DSC_1614 - Copy by Bonsai eejit, on Flickr


DSC_1643 - Copy by Bonsai eejit, on Flickr

and the mate has 4 collected this year as well.


DSC_1679 - Copy by Bonsai eejit, on Flickr


DSC_1684 - Copy by Bonsai eejit, on Flickr

Well Ian that seals it then; everyone else has a bigger one that I do

A beauty Ian

Mike

Mike Jones wrote:Well Ian that seals it then; everyone else has a bigger one that I do

A beauty Ian

Mike

PM me and I'll point you in the direction of a good support group

He'll need one after we've finished with him!

WOW! Some real monsters there Ian. Looks like your mate has got the biggest of all of us! However, I've found one with a trunk of at least 12" diameter in a garden near work. The owners are never in when I pass though, and it would probably take two people a couple of days to dig seeing as it's growing between two big laurels.

I love the curly-wurly twin trunk on the one in the first pic *drool*

Harleyrider wrote:He'll need one after we've finished with him!

WOW! Some real monsters there Ian. Looks like your mate has got the biggest of all of us! However, I've found one with a trunk of at least 12" diameter in a garden near work. The owners are never in when I pass though, and it would probably take two people a couple of days to dig seeing as it's growing between two big laurels.

I love the curly-wurly twin trunk on the one in the first pic *drool*

Remember, less is more

You know aht they say, Peter.......if you can't stand the heat.......!