oak style

Last year I picked up this Toumey Oak from a local nursery and have been wondering what to do with it ever since. Q. toumeyi is in the white oak section of Quercus and usually grows as a large shrub/small tree in the mountains in Arizona and Mexico near where I live. It's got very craggy bark...

Hi Bnut I have this English Oak recovered on January. I am planning to do first wiring on September since I am a newbie I have all the doubts coming to what style should match this tree and what I should try to pursue on first styling My first thought is to to think in a kind of literaty...

I purchased a winged elm about 6 months ago that supposedly was a root cutting. This will be a progression of this tree, which I'm trying to style like an old Oak you'd find in the middle of a field. Here is an inspiration of what I'm going for Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures when I...

Today I stumbled upon this great piece of material that I just couldn’t resist buying for at a great price! As you can see, starting at the nebari, it has those roots to the side that I loved because they don’t look, to me, too big of an issue and instead “anchor” the powerful and barky trunk...

Hello lovely Bonsai people, I have been intrigued by bonsai since a very young age but have never tried anything what with life and my other plant obsessions- orchids, plumerias, etc. I have a 12 yr old Vally oak that I grew from an acorn in a pot that I am thinking of trying to turn into a...

Hello, I am wondering if I can prune back this oak while there are still leaves remaining on it this time of year in the uk and also to where you would recommend pruning back to thanks

Any potential for a literati oak? Added a quick sketch to show what angle I was thinking. or any style? what would you do with this material?

I was lucky enough to purchase this pretty cool oak prebonsai at a Dallas nursery and just had to take it home with me because I think it has potential to become something awesome in the future. From what I’ve read collecting oak is something that’s not necesarilly easy to do and it was awesome...

I recently brought home a new project from California Bonsai Studio - a prebonsai boxwood. Here it is cramming into my hatchback: And at home with my coffee mug for scale: