The Tree Thread

[Forsoothe!]

Trimming more for winter...

 

[BeepBeepBonsaiSheep]

Dwarf bottlebrush “little John” plan of attack

I was able to get time to myself and look at a dozen plants and formulate some ideas of what I’d like to do. This was the only one I took a photo of as much of the others were too hard or dense to use the bag delete trick

The leader will be wired up so the whole shape will be a bit of a stereotypical S shape. If anyone has a better idea, I’m open to options (and don’t forget to post a tree per the thread rules, lol)

I wonder how a cascade would work… hmm…

 

[cockroach]

Ficus Microcarpa (36yo) after a hard(ish) trim at the beginning of summer. Needs a few more grow free and cut back seasons to thicken up.

 

[River's Edge]

Mountain Hemlock, simple beginnings, initial styling ready for foliage development and refinement. Should look pretty good in three to five years.

 

[cockroach]

Before the trim with old sacrifice branch

 

[badatusernames]

Decided to fully defoliate after finding a post by Bonsainut indicating that if poms stall out and start acting funky like dripping leaves it’s often a good idea to do so. It was otherwise doing pretty well til I brought it in - a week of insufficient light was enough. It’s a foot or two away from the T8 light now, tho this picture makes it look right up on it. It’s in a Tosui. Next year I might put it back in a grow pot and cut that straight section on the right trunk but we’ll see.

 

[cockroach]

Premna before a major trim and repot. I think those sacrifice branches grew for 3 years.

 

[Forsoothe!]

Aha! Another strikingly different profile that I hope will be be accentuated rather than dressed with foliage to become, just another bonsai. I find it difficult, as I know others do, too, creating something that has its own style, free from design constraints that fall into an easy to classify group. After 20 years, I have almost nothing like it. It obviously can be done in 20 years, but I haven't done it. This needs just enough foliage, and just a little tweaking the length of branches to become finished, -and special.

 

[TomB]

English elm, Ulmus minor. One of my trees from a show this weekend. Autumn colour coming through nicely. I was worried it would drop its leaves before the show, but we got away with it.

 

[Paulpash]

Kiyohime from raw material I got from a specialist maple grower who's fortunately pretty local. Most of the lower branches have been grafted on (one is still in place, the lowest back branch).

Bought as raw material, beginning the grafting process, note the compost based soil that will need addressing.




Today, still lots to do but moving in the right direction. I've also been working on the nebari but this is going to be a longer project as is always the case with root work. Next year's work will focus on the apex, they're weak there so I will be holding back the lower branches. All good fun

 

[Paulpash]

More of my "grow your own" Shohin projects, inspired by @Brian Van Fleet, this time a semi cascade Scots Pine, obtained as raw stock from a garden centre, I think for the princely sum of a tenner. I like the craggy dark bark forming at the base. It's in a 10cm pond basket. I'm hoping the confined space for roots will start the needle reduction process as ramification increases.

 

[Milly]

In honour of the new NHL franchise from Seattle! View the Krakken! Well it may take some imagination. It is from the wild and appears as if it could be a serpent of sorts!
Actually simply a Yellow cedar Yamadori from Vancouver Island developed by an Oilers Fan.View attachment 400907

I saw this a few years back when you first posted it. So unusual it's stuck in my mind. At looking good!

My Ficus BD.

 

[River's Edge]

Interesting planting and I love the pot.
This Mountain Hemlock was a challenge , the challenge began in October of 2014 the
second shot is March of 2018 . Refinement is ongoing!

 

[Jeremy]

Interesting planting and I love the pot.
This Mountain Hemlock was a challenge , the challenge began in October of 2014 the
second shot is March of 2018 . Refinement is ongoing!

Fantastic example of elegance, very nice. Here is a Chinese Elm after its first spring trim. I didnt realise until after the shot there are two snails in the picture.

 

[Dragon60]

Fantastic example of elegance, very nice. Here is a Chinese Elm after its first spring trim. I didnt realise until after the shot there are two snails in the picture. View attachment 402917

The snails think your trees are yummy?! . Here's an oak tree (I think) - I found in the 'wild' area of the back yard near the lake. I have not styled it in any way. Just dug it up and put in a pot. Crazy that it's in a natural literati style about 22 inches tall.

 

[Forsoothe!]

The snails think your trees are yummy?! . Here's an oak tree (I think) - I found in the 'wild' area of the back yard near the lake. I have not styled it in any way. Just dug it up and put in a pot. Crazy that it's in a natural literati style about 22 inches tall.

Ya know how I hate to rain on parades, but this one is hopeless.

 

[Dragon60]

Ya know how I hate to rain on parades, but this one is hopeless.

Thank you for the kind positive words of encouragement. It's so great that you know the future of this tree! The fact that I could enjoy this tree, regardless of it's show quality never occurred to you. But I would expect you to say something like that. By the way genius you need to post a tree! Here's an azalea. Oh, I suppose this one's worthless and I should just throw it away too! I'll do that in the morning.

 

[River's Edge]

what no tree! for shame for soothe!
Here is a young tree working on becoming a bonsai.

 

[Forsoothe!]

One for each of you.

 

[Milly]

what no tree! for shame for soothe!
Here is a young tree working on becoming a bonsai.

Is this an earlier version of the one in your previous post?