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bend me twist me
Join Date: Jul-2006
Location: melbourne
Country: australia
Posts: 1,766
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Forest And Group Plantings
BEND ME TWIST ME
THE JOURNEY OF 200 DESERT ASH
15/07/07
GROUP PLANTINGS AND FORESTS
Ok back on track. After binding some trees and doing some single tree plantings, I was over whelmed by how many trees I still had left over and there was no way I wanted 190 odd single ash trees taking up my space.
So I started thinking why not plant them out as groups and forests and develop them as they grow starting now. I did this positioning the trees to be able to see all the trunks from side and front as best I could. I also considered perspective, depth and drawing the eye in and through the compositions, as best I could with the little experience I had. Wether these plantings were going to become something or not in the future, this exercise taught me so much.
Now like the other’s it has come time to prune, wire and re pot. Not that I’m lazy, far from it. I try to prioritise my time to get all my trees done, so I started thinking how can I continue to grow these plantings with out pulling them apart each time? Well how about I allow the root pad to fuse as one, a thought worth considering. What are the drawbacks and how can I overcome them? If any body has some input for this I would love to hear it.PLEASE.
The photo of this forest here was taken early spring last year, this one I will work on this weekend and explore these ideas.
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Antonio . . .
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