Playing Around with a Ponderosa - A Bonsai Project

[Deep Sea Diver]

Regretfully there are no earlier photos of this tree… at least so far.

The tree was dug by Andy Smith of Golden Arrow Bonsai in 2020 with and estimated age of 45 years. age. We acquired in Feb 2022.

I wired the tree in Sept 2022 and Jennifer Price helped with the initial styling. It was one of those things where you wire up a tree that was never wired before, style it… then everyone stands back and says nothing…. the apex just didn’t look right at all!

13’ of untapered wood with foliage in top. So I reached for the saw and chopped the top. Seemed to have much more promise.

Wire was removed in August 2023

Here are today’s photos. Bonsai purists please shield your eyes.



If one looks closely a discerning observer might imagine someone is having a bit of fun with this long needled beast.

They would be correct. That would be me.

I got a bit bored looking at chunks of deadwood and decided to play around a bit with hand tools. Will finish sometime in the future.

Next event - rewiring the Ponderosa - Or - DSD Gets to Play with Copper!

Cheers
DSD sends

 

[Scorpius]

The foliage should shorten over time as you gain more needles.

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

Thanks. Likely can’t see from the images. yet the tree has got really good back budding.
Best
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