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Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)
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Wet sphagnum moss |
3/2005
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This project was mainly conducted to see if it
was true that a broom style done correctly was very difficult. “Oh yeah, it is very difficult”. The tree is a Florida Live Oak from nursery stock. My guesstamate it’s about 15-20 years old. It was about 10’ high and the top 5’ was dead. The root spread is 5” and I chopped the top at 11” the height from the top of the pot is 28” at the time of this writing 2009. The tree is a fast grower but because of trying to get the broom style correct it has been 4 years in training and it still is not correct. If it were a formal upright it would be well on it’s way to being a bonsai.
Note all the bud break on the old wood.
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4/2005
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4/15/2006
Some die back did occur.
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2007
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1/2008
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1/2008
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1/2008 1/2008 11" across
1/2008
I know it’s a cliché but the photo doesn't do the tree justice.
It still needs the main branches adjusted.
This is a tough one for me.
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