Spruce ( Picea abies )
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Matija Triglav Tijek
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Spruce ( Picea abies )
Hi!
I want to share with you a story of my tree that I'm very pleased with. Comments and ideas are most welcome.
Few years ago I found this multiple trunk spruce on a cow pasture. At that time half of it was already dead. It looks like bark beetle did attack that part of a tree. That must happened few years before I found it, because new callus was already formed, but old bark was still attached on a trunk.
Than I brought tree home in 2008 and start to clean old bark from dead trunk. At that point green mass looked sad, because i had removed few trunks from the tree because they were useless. After that, I left tree alone till this year.
This spring I put spruce on turn table and start thinking about it's design. I have cut some more branches off. I wanted to style a tree but I rather forced myself not to do it and wait to get some more experience. That decision proofed correct latter.
In late spring a funny coincident happen, and I found myself in Ryan Neil garden helping him for couple of months, what I'm very thankful for. At one point he gave me a redwood to work on with similar character. I have really get a lot from that lecture. More my time there went to the end, more I have been thinking about this spruce. And when I came back home I started to work on it.
And It's done... for now. How it looked after few days wireing...
And how it looks today. Brings memories of high mountains in winter... Btw: Merry Christmas everybody!!!
And that is the plan. To put tree on this slab. But first tree must be ready for it.
Greetings, Matija
I want to share with you a story of my tree that I'm very pleased with. Comments and ideas are most welcome.
Few years ago I found this multiple trunk spruce on a cow pasture. At that time half of it was already dead. It looks like bark beetle did attack that part of a tree. That must happened few years before I found it, because new callus was already formed, but old bark was still attached on a trunk.
Than I brought tree home in 2008 and start to clean old bark from dead trunk. At that point green mass looked sad, because i had removed few trunks from the tree because they were useless. After that, I left tree alone till this year.
This spring I put spruce on turn table and start thinking about it's design. I have cut some more branches off. I wanted to style a tree but I rather forced myself not to do it and wait to get some more experience. That decision proofed correct latter.
In late spring a funny coincident happen, and I found myself in Ryan Neil garden helping him for couple of months, what I'm very thankful for. At one point he gave me a redwood to work on with similar character. I have really get a lot from that lecture. More my time there went to the end, more I have been thinking about this spruce. And when I came back home I started to work on it.
And It's done... for now. How it looked after few days wireing...
And how it looks today. Brings memories of high mountains in winter... Btw: Merry Christmas everybody!!!
And that is the plan. To put tree on this slab. But first tree must be ready for it.
Greetings, Matija
Matija Triglav Tijek- Member
Re: Spruce ( Picea abies )
Matija--very nice job on that spruce. Ryan is a good teacher and has a lot of good tips. We had him in for our November program and I picked up two things in two hours that have gone a long way; I can see that two months must be a charm
gregb- Member
Re: Spruce ( Picea abies )
That is a beautiful tree. I'll be interested to see what it looks like on the slab.
Chris
Chris
coh- Member
Re: Spruce ( Picea abies )
Thanks for your reply everyone. Cram, your idea looks good. Spruce looks triangular now, so in future I'll try to make tree look wilder by changing branches length. I'll grow some branches longer and others keep short. Also a top of a tree must become bigger.
greetings, Matija
greetings, Matija
Matija Triglav Tijek- Member
Re: Spruce ( Picea abies )
Twisted by Seasons
The Tree from the Mountain Gorge
Sees Me Growing Old.
The Tree from the Mountain Gorge
Sees Me Growing Old.
drgonzo- Member
Re: Spruce ( Picea abies )
drgonzo wrote:Twisted by Seasons
The Tree from the Mountain Gorge
Sees Me Growing Old.
VERY GOOD HAIKU, DRGONZO!!
---------------------------------
speaking of bonsai
words so carefully chosen
illustrate beauty
MP
mike page- Member
Re: Spruce ( Picea abies )
mike page wrote:drgonzo wrote:Twisted by Seasons
The Tree from the Mountain Gorge
Sees Me Growing Old.
VERY GOOD HAIKU, DRGONZO!!
---------------------------------
speaking of bonsai
words so carefully chosen
illustrate beauty
MP
Thank you Mike
you inspired me to write one for this tree as well.
-Jay
drgonzo- Member
Re: Spruce ( Picea abies )
I have no words to describe this tree... It's just amazing! Happy new Year!
manosvince- Member
Re: Spruce ( Picea abies )
Nice work. Looks like a fun species.
Would it be sacrilegious to suggest to prune or remove some of the really skinny dead branches? To me they look too juvenile on an otherwise old looking tree.
Would it be sacrilegious to suggest to prune or remove some of the really skinny dead branches? To me they look too juvenile on an otherwise old looking tree.
Rob Kempinski- Member
Re: Spruce ( Picea abies )
Hi Rob, thanks for your reply!
hehehe, yes It would be sacrilegious if you would suggest this a year or two ago. I thought that I'll use everything in final look. When I started to style the tree I finely saw that thin dead branches must go. Yes Rob, I'll broke some thin dead branches even more like you suggested, but first I wanna grow pads a bit bigger and than see witch dead twig must go and witch stay.
Greetings Matija
hehehe, yes It would be sacrilegious if you would suggest this a year or two ago. I thought that I'll use everything in final look. When I started to style the tree I finely saw that thin dead branches must go. Yes Rob, I'll broke some thin dead branches even more like you suggested, but first I wanna grow pads a bit bigger and than see witch dead twig must go and witch stay.
Greetings Matija
Matija Triglav Tijek- Member
Re: Spruce ( Picea abies )
Matija, this is probably the best looking spruce I have seen. The story it tells me is just so real and deep. Very good eye. Congratulations on such a wonderful possession.
Mitch - Cedarbog- Member
Re: Spruce ( Picea abies )
Hallo Matia,
what is the Status of this stunning spruce by now ? Please let us see the breathtaking result ;-)
saludos
avicenna
what is the Status of this stunning spruce by now ? Please let us see the breathtaking result ;-)
saludos
avicenna
avicenna- Member
Re: Spruce ( Picea abies )
Nearly three years since she last visited. Too busy makin' more kick ass trees.
LanceMac10- Member
Re: Spruce ( Picea abies )
Very fantastic, soo natural.. Remind me to say this: ..Merry christmas all..
roberttamsar- Member
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