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Repotting Eastern Redbud group plantings

I created those two Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis) group plantings two years ago from seeds. Early May, I repot them in training pots and reposition some trunks. ...

May 31, 2023 · Philippe

An elegant Japanese Maple

This is one of my favorite trees at the moment. This three-trunk Japanese Maple evoques to me the fagility and the opportunity on the river bank. ...

March 19, 2023 · Philippe

Acer palmatum 'Tobiosho'

I am responsible of this tree since two years. I did a light pruning and wiring to position the branches in the right place and favor the weaker trunks. ...

March 19, 2023 · Philippe

Ginkgo biloba group plantings from seeds

Ginkgo biloba group plantings started from seeds three years ago. This species takes time to ramify. ...

February 26, 2023 · Philippe

Group plantings

Forests and group plantings move me more and more. Multiple trees grouped together in a small pot speak of a common destiny. Their roots and mycorrhizae fuse together and inspire cooperation and dependance. Their slender trunks with sparse branching evoque the simplicity and fagility of life. ...

November 9, 2022 · Philippe

White Birch waking up

Magnificent and ephemerous spectacle A winter long of constraints revealed in tender leaves Birch has many subtleties ...

April 16, 2022 · Philippe

Paper Birch clumps

Those young White Birch (or Paper Birch, Betula papyrifera) clumps were repotted in ceramics. They are three years old and were started from seeds. ...

March 7, 2022 · Philippe

Ginkgo biloba kabudachi

Defoliating and wiring young Ginkgo biloba group planting. ...

December 13, 2021 · Philippe

Kabudachi Japanese Maple

Defoliation and fall pruning of a five-trunk Japanese Maple. ...

November 9, 2021 · Philippe

Defoliating White Birch kabudachi

These small birches were wired on March 5, 2021. Three months later the wire is starting to bite and is removed. I partially defoliate the trees to stimulate more interior growth. ...

June 12, 2021 · Philippe