Anyway the former owners new little about trees and plants, shady varietals were planted in full sun, full sun varietals planted in the shade etc... The whole front flower bed was useless. Years of neglect made shrubs overgrown, shapeless and unattractive. So we dug the bed up, and replaced it with a dry Japanese Garden. The missus convinced me to keep the tree so, I planted him out back (full sun).
One day I was admiring the knarliness of the trunk and decided it was developing into quite a nice little tree. So without further ado, I decided to bonsai this beauty. This photo is circa '07.
Unfortunately the root system was not the greatest and this training pot was used to start this tree off into becoming someday a bonsai.
I love the movement and taper in the trunk and plan to raise this one as a shohin.
This is the intended front for the tree for the time being.
2008 was not a good year for my bonsai journey, shift work and a 60-72 hrs weeks kept me rather busy. Although my trees were not neglected, I saw to their watering and feeding needs, only necessary maintenance was carried out but photographs proved to be too time consuming with everything else that was on the go at the time. Therefore, we now move to circa '09.
The tree has prospered and is turning into a nice little shohin.
The first and second branches are in place, I need to develop the 2nd left branch which is coming along.
We can see here the 2nd left branch emerging. The crown is too full at present and will be reduced in years to come.
This tree is coming along nicely Cotoneasters grow like weeds in my climate. Come spring of '10 I will examine the root system once again and see if we cannot move him to a better pot.
I like Cotoneasters for several reasons: the main one is that this particular cultivar resembles an apple tree when it blossoms and when it bears fruit. They are definitely the talk of the neighbours which find bonsai fascinating, so do I.
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