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

[SandSquid]

My front yard Japanese maple. I’m seriously considering pruning this to make it look even more “bonsai” if my wife allows it. The tree had a lower branch until a couple years ago when, following a big snowfall, our mail lady drove her mail truck into it on her way to sliding through our lawn.

 

[BobbyLane]

Hornbeam in shopping centre parking lot

 

[BobbyLane]

Autumn colours in London

 

[BobbyLane]

Twisted Beech tree with killer roots

 

[fredman]

Windswept...down the bottom of the south island of New Zealand.

 

[fredman]

Beautiful old spruce...

 

[BobbyLane]

Autumn
Beautiful branch structure

 

[Cajunrider]

Autumn
Beautiful branch structure
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Very nice.

 

[Matt B]

Ramification Tu De Maximus Bad Asssius


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Holy crap, that's barely possible!

 

[KateM]

Do we have a place for bizarre trees?
Dogwood

Beech k-i-s-s-i-n-g

 

[BobbyLane]

Natural root over rock, Beech tree UK

 

[ShadyStump]

ROR one-seed juniper.

Think they left it a little long.

 

[Bpswieringa]

A nice broom style oak. They trunk chopped it a few years ago. It coming along nicely. Maybe a six-foot circumference.

 

[BobbyLane]

Old White Oak, Quercus Alba, Schoharie County, NY USA

 

[leatherback]

 

[ACooke]

Here’s a flaky-barked tea-tree i stumbled across a few weeks back that i thought was interesting. It’s not overly often we get the mountain juniper-esque type thing happening in my neck of the woods.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Nice branch structure

 

[ShadyStump]

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Looks like the habit of some of the shrubs native around here. I'm always finding ones that look stunning, but I'm burdened with trees enough right now, and they often have very fragile deadwood that won't last long in bonsai.

 

[KateM]

Japanese maple at the Wayne Art Center

 

[The Barber]