Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Getting fluffy again...
Shimpaku from Evergreen Gardenworks
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amcoffeegirl
Masterpiece
This is my favorite photo. It looks perfect to me.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Did some work on this one over the last few days. The wire had dug in over the growing season:
Unwired and pruned back, deadwood scrubbed and lime sulfur applied:
More pruning and full detail wiring:
Planted into a new old container:
Unwired and pruned back, deadwood scrubbed and lime sulfur applied:
More pruning and full detail wiring:
Planted into a new old container:
Although I'm known for liking colorful pots, I think the new pot is beautiful.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
You know I like this tree. I think it really has come together, great work.
however... I keep more and more staring at the bottom-right branch. Somehow it seems a misfit, angled the wrong way. Is this just the picture-angle effect? Or is something else happening which I am missing?
however... I keep more and more staring at the bottom-right branch. Somehow it seems a misfit, angled the wrong way. Is this just the picture-angle effect? Or is something else happening which I am missing?
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Eventually it may need to go. The tree moves left, the branch moves right. It also creates a distracting line through the whole composition up through the top left Jin. It’s staying for now because it would be necessary if the back becomes the front.
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Love the new shoes! Seems to bring more power to the trunkline too.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
...and it would create a big negative space to lose it now.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Thanks. Shallower pots make trunks look bigger. The canopy will need to broaden some before the proportions are right in my eye.
Mellow Mullet
Masterpiece
I love the dead wood on this tree.
thomas22
Chumono
Really nice tree. Its not the branch that bothers me but the dead wood near the branch. Thats what creates the straight line with the upper jin. It may look different in person based on the pic i would probably lose that jin.
bwaynef
Masterpiece
Without knowing how flexible the lower pads are, I don't know if this is doable, but here's a look at it with the lower two pads on the right tweaked a bit.
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I was just going to suggest this.
misfit11
Omono
I agree as well. I don't like the look of the negative space with the branch removed, but bending it up, as bwaynef suggests, ties it in better with the overall design.
Nonetheless, this tree is looking fantastic! Nice work, Brian.
Lazylightningny
Masterpiece
Great minds think alike. I was just thinking the same.
Love the base and deadwood work on this guy, Brian.
ecalvillo7
Sapling
Awesome post... learned a lot from this one today. Thanks for all the effort on documenting the progress!
ceriano
Shohin
That's beautiful work! I guess bonsai is an art after all. Hope to get there one day.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Another Shimpaku allowed to grow unchecked all year.
River's Edge
Masterpiece
I love the carving and transition on this tree bottom left, have a similar tree that would benefit from this approach. I expect the left side may have been similar to the right in the beginning of development.
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Mame
Is it a bad time of year to cut back some extended whips on a Shimpaku that have been allowed to run all year?
