lonicera nitida

hi!
I've got this lonicera since two years!


pbh
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Hello PBH,
Good progression.
You got a nice big trunk there.
My experience with Lonicera nitida is that they do not bud back so easy
on the trunk.
Sunip

for the moment, that's not a problem, i've a good bud back for choose the futures branches.
maibe that's not the same after a long time in pot.

I think you've done the right thing with the hard cutting back from the confussed trunks that you started with. Good job!

I don't know when the last image was taken but to me it seems a bit of a harsh "haircut" from the image above. I have a couple of this species and they grow like the clappers and I have to trim mine 3 or 4 times a year. I've found that copper wire on the very thin twigs (the ones that are still flexible) works best and sets quicker but do be careful of the branch expanding very quickly. You should be able to get a very pleasing image in another 18-24 months.

If this tree were mine I would try and reduce the overall height to try and lose the very straight upper trunk or try and discise it with some nicely placed foilage clouds. As for a pot, I would go for an oval with hidden feet and no rim in a blue/green sort of glaze. Please keep us posted,

Ook, Ook,
Simon

thank's,
i think also i will reduce the tree later, i like it now but it will be better more compact.
the last image was taken this week after a selection and big clean up of the branches, it grow quickly!!!!!

I like this one a lot!! you have such a very good trunk to work with.. the last pruning was a little much i like the foliage in the picture before ..As you say it will grow back and be better.. very good job. take care john

today

Much better like that! I thought I had big ones, but you beat me

I put photos of some of them online, and I still have a couple waiting to be worked on:

Lonicera nitida

Hi pbh

You have a nice nitida..but the pot is much to low for this kind of tree...some surfaceroots may die back.

kind regards Yvonne

news

pbh,
well done! great job.
I like your tree very much.

Efi

Me too, great job you've done.

thank's a lot

that 's just the begining

Lovely tree!

hi
some news,
I've clean dead wood and repote the tree

You have got the tree very nice dawn in the pot...looking good.

kind regards Yvonne

thank's, i've cut the bottom of the tree