With it's dark compact needles it almost looks like a Bristlecone. I could see a cascade in this.Please let me say first, take this criticism for what it's worth. I am certainly no master when it comes to bonsai however I do know what I like and what I don't. I think you have done an incredible job getting this pine back in healthy condition and an impressive job with the compacting of the leggy branches. However, I think your current angle of planting suffers from an unbalanced look and feeling. I feel when I look at the photo you posted yesterday that the tree is falling to the left. I think it looked much more stable when it was vertically straight up and down. I think the cascade branch is a good addition but that the trunk needs to remain vertical. Again just my opinion, I think you do great work on everything I have seen from you.
Thank ya kindly. Adair has helped guide me. So I am blessed there. He knows his pine.What an improvement from the beginning.
Fair enough. Everyone is allowed their personal taste. I've had guidance from Adair Martin (pine guy)... he's not had those concerns. He actually suggested it. As they typically are grown as slants. But again...Everyone has their own taste on style. I don't mind you sharing yours. He actually directed me for the pot it's currently in. He shuddered at the ones I was looking at for the tree
Thank ya kindly ...
Amazing what an angle change can do
Totally agree. I've a few trees I changed to slant or semi cascades last year. Game changers. What an angle change can bring to the table.Amazing what an angle change can do
