Tree of the Day - Thursday, April 14, 2005

Larry

Interesting, it would seem to be a synonym of cerasifera-sometimes its called cerasifera pisardii too.
Common name Myrobalan Plum. I used to have a broom of one I took from a garden plant.

Prunus cerasifera (syn. Prunus cerasifera ssp. myrobalana; Prunus cerasifera var. atropurpurea; Prunus cerasifera var. woodii; Prunus korolkowii; Prunus myrobalana; Prunus pissardii)

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DavidN

Even though I think Arnie virtual is great I thought I'd put in another idea to how this tree could be styled.

1. What are the tree's strengths?
Great trunk, movement excellent, nice nebari, many options, reasonably small foliage.

2. What are its weaknesses?
Needs refinement. A few crossing branches. Unsure about the child. Wrong pot. The tree is shown in leaf. It would of been better to show flowering trees in flower. More spectacular that way.

3. How could the tree be improved?
Try and wire the crossing branches into different positions. I don't think I would keep the child but that would be decided when the tree flowers to see if the small child is worth keeping. Change pot to an oval glazed.

4. Does the tree have a message you could define in words?
To me this tree is all about what it would look like in flower. Unless a flowering tree has a spectacular feature, such as massive trunk, aged bark, then I think it should only be shown in flower. I have provided two virtuals where both have been tilted to the right a few degrees. One of the virtuals shows the tree with a full canopy which would look great when flowering and the other virtual I attempted to design an almost literati style tree. Both would look spectacular when in flower. Hard to choose which I'd prefer to see. The literati would be more unusual and with the deadwood would be more appealling to me.

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Ashbarns9999

David i like what you have in mind and chose pic. no.2 as the way i would have gone. I feel the removal of the 'child' has given the plum the freedom of movement it needed. I understand the desire by some to retain as much foliage as poss. but if less is more then this is a good example. We can get too caught up focussing on one feature of a tree, this can be distracting and confusing. However i do respect the other views people have given,this is why we gather together on this great site.

Ash

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ozzerbon

G'day TreeBay,

Is it possible to download that wonderful bonsaiPaint program?

And by the way I like the very natural aspect of your plum tree.

Nigel

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