juniper

Here is my juniper. It came from Wal-mart this spring.

When I got it, it was too late to do any root work, so I left it in the original pot. As the summer progressed the roots started to clog the drainage holes in the bottom. I knew something had to be done so I slip potted it today.I cut the old pot off and put it into a bigger one with more soil without disturbing the root ball. Since this tree is going to be a cascade I put it in it's new position and added some soil, and watered it. I made sure the roots on the new top of the soil were covered. Next spring I will start the root work and put it in a smaller pot.

Hydrangea cuttings

these are cuttings from my limelight hydrangea. I took them off my hydrangea and liked how they looked, so put them in water for a few weeks, and waited for roots to appear.Then I just put them in pots with free draining soil. I have a bunch of rooted cuttings but these two are my favorite. I can't wait to see how they develop.

willow #2

here is another willow cutting. The only reason I'm posting this is because of the pot. I was given it yesterday. I drilled 2 holes in the bottom, covered them with screen and added my last willow cutting with my version of bonsai soil (30% potting mix,70% napa oil-dry). I like this pot but I don't know how appropriate it is for any of my trees. We'll see.

hydrangea

Here is the limelight hydrangea that I chopped back a few times this spring. It's coming along faster than I had expected. I really like this tree. :)

lilac

This is a lilac tree that I got early in the summer. It was dug up and put in a pile of branches for 2 days.there was construction at work and it needed to go, so the workers dug it up and left it. I wasn't sure if it was even going to live.The roots were exposed to the air for days with no water or protection and it was the wrong time of the year for collecting yamadori. I trimmed the top back and put it in a pot with potting soil.It bounced back pretty well, so next year I'm going to split it in to 2 different trees. One for me and one for my front yard. I'm going to keep everything together except for the single trunk on the right.Right now it's a little too tall but that's okay......for now.