that ornamental apple [or is it correctly called malus ?] by the driveway looks its best ever this year, with a lovely shade of pink. (click for a full-screen size image)
Oh, she demands her fresh air recess time regardless of weather, msolga. I chaperone her out in front during winter, and then for only a brief few minutes.
Usually she's let out back where I can keep an eye on her from inside.
while browsing the web the other night for bonsai
images, I came across the term which best describes
the form that my ornamental malus in front has
developed.
It's called han Kengai("semi-cascade") See Bonsai Terms
(click on pic to see the bonsai form example - an azalea)Click here for a full screen(1067 x 800) size image.
If I was about thirty years younger today,
I'd give doing true bonsai a try. Starter
specimens are so easy to find nowadays. The
trickiest aspect of it, to me, is that the
bonsai is so vulnerable to mistakes and neglect,
whereas maintaining a small ornamental tree in
the yard only requires time and a moderate amount
of patience and imagination.