The Shohin Tree Thread

[Colorado]

Small buttonwood on a moody, rainy day.

 

[WEI]

my 3-point display of a shohin maple and juniper. it'll be a while longer to fill out that sparse-looking foliage

 

[Dav4]

 

[RJG2]

I need to buy/build a little shohin stand.

Barberry in progress:

 

[Cajunrider]

Ilex vomitoria

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Crabapple (Sargentii) in a Roy Minarai pot. Blooming late, but I’ll take it!

 

[erich_raudebaugh]

Satsuki today. I took someone's advice and transplanted before flowering, which worked really well and delayed the flowers by 2-3 weeks or so. It's just starting to flower.

 

[quietobserver]

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Satsuki today. I took someone's advice and transplanted before flowering, which worked really well and delayed the flowers by 2-3 weeks or so. It's just starting to flower.

Received the same advice from Brussel Martin (Brussels Bonsai) 10-15 years ago and have stuck with it with great results.

 

[SeanS]

Trident grown from a collected seedling over the last 4 seasons

 

[shohin_branches]

Japanese Black pine needs some needle plucking and some candle cutting but it's coming along. Which is your favorite front?

 

[RJG2]

Japanese Black pine needs some needle plucking and some candle cutting but it's coming along. Which is your favorite front?
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I like #2 better. #1 looks like he's trying to strong arm me.

Nana in progress for the tax:

 

[KateM]

I like #2 too.

 

[Housguy]

I don't know if we have x rated thread going anywhere for provocative trees, but this tree needs that type of thread, kind of embarrassed to post on the shohin thread, but this tree is hilarious!

Ginseng Ficus

 

[doctorater]

I don't know if we have x rated thread going anywhere for provocative trees, but this tree needs that type of thread, kind of embarrassed to post on the shohin thread, but this tree is hilarious!
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Ginseng Ficus

Baby got bark.

 

[Crazy Diamond]

I don't know if we have x rated thread going anywhere for provocative trees, but this tree needs that type of thread, kind of embarrassed to post on the shohin thread, but this tree is hilarious!
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Ginseng Ficus

I hate those so much dude so many people think that is what a bonsai should look because of them

 

[Hartinez]

I like #2 too.

Baby got bark.

I hate those so much dude so many people think that is what a bonsai should look because of them

Let’s not forget this is a thread that has a picture tax. A pic of a shohin in fact. In any stage. Just gotta pay the tax.

 

[Shogun610]

Native Sweet Azalea

 

[doctorater]

Hartinez the taxman sez pay up peeps.
This is the shroomhin tree thread, right?

 

[vp999]

Newly repotted Chinese Elm.

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So... This tree still haven't leafing out yet but the bark still green when scratched, I've been putting a bag over it and still nothing...I even soaked it in HB-101 several times... Anyone has any ideas?

 

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

So... This tree still haven't leafing out yet but the bark still green when scratched, I've been putting a bag over it and still nothing...I even soaked it in HB-101 several times... Anyone has any ideas?

I'd wait on it for another few months, I'd also post a thread about to get everyone's opinion/experience. I've read some crazy stories about those coming back.