Tilia cordata No.2 "Josephine"

 

Tilia cordata No.2 "Josephine"

 

Tilia cordata No.2 "Josephine"

 

Tilia cordata No.2 "Josephine"

 

Tilia cordata No.2 "Josephine"

Last night I was working a little bit on this small-leaved lime tree. One dry branch, few cuts here and there. There are still a few wired branches since autumn and it stays there for a couple of weeks. Some wire will be applied later on a few branches. 

If you are right now hidden in your underground bunker and you are thinking about acquiring new hobby when everything returns back to normal maybe bonsai is for you. It is really not that hard. A plant like this could be bought for 50 cents, this one was worth 50 cents 10 years ago. You just need to water it every day, feed it 3-10 times a year, and it grows alone. When it has too many branches you remove unnecessary stuff and that's it. Go for it. 

 

Tilia cordata No.2 "Josephine"

Tilia cordata No.2 "Josephine"

Tilia cordata No.2 "Josephine"

Tilia id growing very strongly so I had to cut the top of the crown already. The tree is slightly wired, just to edit branch position into bit better positions. Which is quite easy with tilia due to soft wood of the branches. Too much growth at the top of the crown was shading inner parts already and I would like to have couple more branches from new buds inside the crown, so I have to balance it. I did not touch lover parts so more growth will help gain girth at particular branches. Now foliage is of fantastic colours, we have great weather for bonsai in the last few days. Rain, not too much sun, 10 °C to 20°C. Tress love it, now it is the time for them to grow like weeds. 

BTW this tree is from pencil thick nursery tree, grown in the field for few years, it is much harder to achieve visual maturity with this kind of raw material. 

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