Creation

I sowed those Black Birch seedlings two years ago. Since I did not know what to do with them, I decided to have fun and created a new forest! ...

A small Black Birch forest created with 2 years old seedlings from 2021. This composition will be stunning when the bark starts to exfoliate. ...

I did not know what to do with those 20 Ginkgo biloba seedlings, so I decided to create two prehistoric forests. The buds are about to open. The timing is ideal to repot. I remove the soil and trim the roots to establish a flat root base. Here is a first forest containing 14 trees. Here is a second forest containing 5 trees. Time travel into the Mesozoic Ginkgo bilobas appeared 270 million years ago during an era called the permian, 40 million years before the dinosaurs first walked on Earth (to know more, click here)....

Those one year-old Ginkgo biloba seedlings are good candidates for a group planting or Kabudachi. The seedlings are separated in small groups. The new forests are planted in chabasai and will grow untouched for two years until their trunks fuse together....

Seedlings selection These trident maples or Acer buergerianum were sown in spring 2018. They come from a smaller leaves variety. Seedlings preparation The roots are cleaned from the media and cut in a flat shape. Group planting Font view. Detail of the trunks disposition. Side view....

These one-year-old white birch (Betula papyrifera) saplings are god candidates for a group planting or kabudachi. The young plants are separated in groups ranging between 7 and 9 individuals, combining smaller and larger ones. The forests are planted in 6 inches pots and will grow until the trunks fuse together....