Oak from 2006

Hallo

i bought this oak in 2006.



One year later it was time to start.



Looks a litte bit sad ;-)



Yesterday, 6 years later.
Oak 50 cm high,



Hope you like it.

ciao
Herbert Aigner

Very bold cut back, how well do they leaf reduce? I have an English Oak from a seedling and I'm begining to wonder how to reduce the leaf size.

Hi Orion,

the leafs are smaller now. And this kind of oak is called Quercus pubescens. This oak has smaller leafs.

ciao
Herbert Aigner

Herbert very nice!

Orion the leaves reduce wonderfully!

Quercus ruber in the Garden, and quercus ruber,also still in the ground but has been trained as bonsai for 6 years, look how the leaves reduced!!
Sorry for the mildew!!

Thanks Andre and Herbert.

update

at the last repoting i could not plant the tree in the right Position because there was a thick root under the trunk.

But 2013 in spring i repotet the tree again an could cut the thick root.



At the same time a graftet a root that grows under the trunk. This root had not a good Position.



It is important to fix the root exact to the cambium that it fuses as fast as possible.



Now the tree is in the right position. The next years just grow and cut.



Hope you enjoy

Herbert Aigner

By the way.
On 6. and 7. June we have in Hallein again a great exhibition. The "International Bonsai- and Kusamonofestival Hallein 2015" Hallein is near to Salzburg.
On 2000 square meter we have 24 Dealers and a really big exhibition. Look here: www.bonsaisalzburg.net just klick on the Folder to come to the homepage of the exhibition.

as orion said: "a bold cutback" indeed !

but nice results !

update
Eleven years after strong cut. I love it in spring.

Quercus pubescens, 50 cm high



bye
Herbert

my goodness !!!

beautiful !!! and great leaves too !

what type of temperatures can these tolerate do you think ?