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bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
Join Date: May-2005
Country: The Netherlands
Posts: 965
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Hi everybody,
i made some pics off the "Hawthorn" from this story this weekend and i thought it would be interesting to post them to show the progress of this bonsai.
As you can see there are now much less flowers than last year in the same period! This has to do with the fact that last year the tree was not allowed to let here branches grow, because off the two shows she was in that year. She had to look in good shape the hole year and that is way there are not much flowers this year. That is not a bad thing because an abundance off flowers every year drains much energy on such a small bonsai. This year on every main branch there will be some shoots that are free to grow until the second part off summer, when the will be cut back, up to the second pair off leaves, this will promote flower buds on the small branches instead off leaves buds. Maintaining the profile on a small flowering bonsai is always difficult! Some times you have to decides what is important: the flowers or the branch structure!
Hans.
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