There was a general discussion by the 7 attendees about each others trees during which I think we all learned something.
Topics included,
Stimulating back buds on beech (two schools of thought).
Different approaches to styling Nigel’s windswept hawthorn.
Roy’s techniques for grafting a shimpaku juniper top onto a san jose juniper trunk.
Identifying and dealing with scale insect on juniper.
Different approaches to styling James’ beech and dealing with chop stumps.
Choosing a new pot shape and size for a scots pine including the potential for needle size reduction in a smaller pot.
Balancing the energy on a semi cascade mugo pine.
General admiration of Darren’s crab apple and Jon’s beech.
In addition some trees were photographed for our instagram page.