Here’s a nice smaller hornbeam specimen (1.5″ base on the main trunk). It’s actually a triple-trunk. The main trunk has really nice taper and movement. The two smaller trunks are proportionately smaller, which is just what you want, so I think this could make a terrific multi-trunk bonsai in just a few years.
Continuing the theme of multi-trunk bonsai-to-be, this hornbeam is a very elegant twin-trunk. Think of them as “close companions.” Most twin-trunks don’t feature the trunks quite so close together. I’m looking forward to seeing how this one looks once it’s designed. With a base of 1.75″, it’s a good size also.
This hornbeam also has a 1.75″ trunk, and really great trunk character. I chopped the trunk to a smaller branch that was growing straight up. It’s not quite a formal upright, but it’s definitely an upright specimen and the height should be emphasized when it’s designed.
Continuing the theme of multi-trunk bonsai-to-be, this hornbeam is a very elegant twin-trunk. Think of them as “close companions.” Most twin-trunks don’t feature the trunks quite so close together. I’m looking forward to seeing how this one looks once it’s designed. With a base of 1.75″, it’s a good size also.
This specimen is smaller than the one above, 1.25″ at the base, but really nice character and I was able to chop to a smaller trunk (which I left too long, but you can always chop more). That makes for really good taper. It’s currently 9″ from soil to apex, so when it gets chopped and then grown into a bonsai the finished height could well be less than 12″.
I’m really fond of shohin bonsai. How about you?
Do these trunks, which I assume have been root pruned, sit out in the sunlight to grow out buds?
I like that triple trunk. Lots of possibilities. Nice and unusual.
Yes, sunlight helps the budding process.
I like the looks of that huckleberry. it should be a stunner one day. I have a nice 12′ to 15′ huckleberry in my backyard i wanted to take a couple airlayers from. I was wondering if i should start the layers when the leaves have hardened off or earlier?
I’d wait till after the leaves have hardened off. The first push is to make foliage. Then the return flow to make roots will kick in.
Oh I need an American Hornbeam in my collection
You’ve come to the right place, Jay. Let me know what size you’re looking for.