Big trees that make you say, "It's like a giant bonsai"

[Crazy Diamond]

 

[ShadyStump]

Not big, but God, I wish I could just pick up the whole damned boulder and take it home!
Pics from hiking with the kids last weekend. Mostly piñon pine, but some ponderosa and one-seed juniper mixed in too.

 

[Wulfskaar]

Crape myrtle at my work has crazy nebari. This one is also blooming early. I have no idea where it gets water from.

 

[fredman]

I HATE it when they do that to trees....

 

[Piedmont Bonsai]

Crape myrtle at my work has crazy nebari. This one is also blooming early. I have no idea where it gets water from.

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When people say pancake nebari isn’t natural

 

[Southforksalt]

I think this is a Scots Pine, in the Morton Preserve on Long Island, NY. It’s taller than any of the surrounding trees, even while growing at that crazy angle! Pretty cool looking

 

[Southforksalt]

Black Willow trees living in/on NY freshwater ponds. Looks like they grow aerial roots to aid with stability; my best guess. Pretty amazing how the fallen trees even grow new roots right out of the upper trunk and thick branches.

 

[ShadyStump]

Black Willow trees living in/on NY freshwater ponds. Looks like they grow aerial roots to aid with stability; my best guess. Pretty amazing how the fallen trees even grow new roots right out of the upper trunk and thick branches.

My guess is water level was higher at one point, and they ground layered themselves.

 

[Southforksalt]

My guess is water level was higher at one point, and they ground layered themselves.

That seems more plausible than what I’d imagined. Appreciate the insight!

 

[hsaintandre]

This oriental plane has even its own pot.

 

[19Mateo83]

I drive by this white oak everyday on my way to work. In the winter you can see the detail of where the top snapped out and the wounds are rolling over. I wish some one would kill out all that Virginia creeper…

 

[Edrahyl]

Cryptomeria Japonica (Japanese cedar) at Kasuga-taisha in Nara, Japan. Estimated to be over 1000 years old, it was painted in 1309 on the Kasuga Gongen Genki scrolls. One of the most impressive trees I saw on holiday in Japan!

 

[Desert O'Piñon]

Not as impressive as most of the trees in this thread, but a very attractive soapberry a couple blocks from the closed elementary school my son attended so many years ago. He called it the "cloud" tree because the natural pads looked like fluffy summer clouds. Certain years, it looks like intense sunset clouds in autumn.

 

[Yamamomiji]

Not as impressive as most of the trees in this thread, but a very attractive soapberry a couple blocks from the closed elementary school my son attended so many years ago. He called it the "cloud" tree because the natural pads looked like fluffy summer clouds.

Isn't it wonderful to see/hear how natural and open children see (and enjoy) their environment?
Doing Bonsai often reminds me on that to appreciate the little things and there is beauty in everything.

 

[fredman]

Pohutukawa in NZ

 

[yashu]

Pohutukawa in NZ

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Root over Wall!

 

[Desert O'Piñon]

Pohutukawa in NZ

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Is the tree holding up the wall, or is the wall holding up the tree?
I love the determination and persistence of this one. Life will find a way.

 

[Marco B]

a different thought.. put your bonsai in a natural environment!

 

[FreshAirSunshine]

a different thought.. put your bonsai in a natural environment!View attachment 619001

Even better - play “guess the bonsai” with your tree placed next to actual full-grown versions of that species

 

[Desert O'Piñon]

a different thought.. put your bonsai in a natural environment!View attachment 619001

Even better - play “guess the bonsai” with your tree placed next to actual full-grown versions of that species

These definitely sound like they deserve their own threads.