Sea Green style ideas plz

[Myrki]

Hello, I picked this “sea green” up at the Midwest bonsai show. I am going to try my luck with this variety as it is a nice size and I thought there is a lot of potential.

I picture just wiring the branches leaning more to the right as they naturally are tending to do, but the left side couple branches I don’t know if I should pull those down and to the left, or also bring those to the right and have no branches moving left? What are your thoughts?

Maybe I Jin and create deadwood out of the leftmost side? I am kind of liking that idea

Thanks!

 

[Myrki]

Here are some more photos after applying some wire and turning in clockwise a bit. I like this angle more. I have more branches in the middle I have yet to touch. I would like to fill in the empty space in the upper middle space. It’s so hard for me to get styling and envision.

Any opinions/guidance/direction is appreciated

 

[Myrki]

I’m thinking more and more of jinning the leftmost branch. I can’t seem to be happy with it

 

[The Barber]

If it were mine, I would probably deadwood all but 2 trunks, and later on I would probably change the potting angle to something like this. It will help keep my eyes from being drawn to the inverse taper, and give it a much nicer trunk line.

 

[rockm]

If it were mine, I would probably deadwood all but 2 trunks, and later on I would probably change the potting angle to something like this. It will help keep my eyes from being drawn to the inverse taper, and give it a much nicer trunk line.View attachment 611701

I agree with the simplification/suppression of the inverse taper. The inverse taper will only get worse if not addressed. As it stands now, there are a confusing number of trunk that have no visual sense.

 

[Myrki]

I did this…

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

Great!

Sea Green is another Chinensis cultivar, so pretty much treat it like a Shimpaku. It normally has a compact growing habit so it looks like it hasn’t bee pruned to maximize its potential.

To start think about doing something sort of like to push back and begin compacting. Just a quick line for basic concept, adjust as needed



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[Myrki]

Great!

Sea Green is another Chinensis cultivar, so pretty much treat it like a Shimpaku. It normally has a compact growing habit so it looks like it hasn’t bee pruned to maximize its potential.

To start think about doing something sort of like to push back and begin compacting. Just a quick line for basic concept, adjust as needed

View attachment 612010

Cheers
DSD sends

Thanks, great call on compacting. It’s pretty leggy as I got it and I wasn’t sure if I let it elongate to promote thickening back or just prune back harder