The Shohin Tree Thread

[Shibui]

Hollow trunk trident maple.


Part of the trunk died after a trunk chop so I hollowed it out a little.
Still lots of development to do.

 

[TomB]

Another work in progress. None of my shohin are 'presentable' at the moment, so in the meantime here's a little Scots pine that needs another couple of years.

 

[Hartinez]

Let my Bougie flower. It’ll be covered in a few weeks time. Plus I found this little Praying mantis on the crown! View attachment 252783View attachment 252784

Anddd. It’s covered. Mostly!!

 

[Carol 83]

As first posted. Then change of angle and @Soldano666 pot.

 

[BobbyLane]

Pyracantha

 

[defra]

Hinoki in training as little one
Gotta remove the wire soon and rewire

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Update

Trimmed back rewired,
ready to go for maybe two years?
For now Just keep it healthy and try to keep the growth as close as possible and see what we achieve in say 10 years future shohin?

Beercan for scale


Angle? No can for scale


Bird eye


Copper and aluminum wire to wire what's to be wired!

maybe not the prettiest wiring but in mind it's an fragile young plant I'm manipulating it's most definitely improving since the 4? Years into ( still no real ) Bonsai

 

[0soyoung]

Angle? No can for scale

Nope, no pegs coming out of the ground perfectly vertical (i.e., theta should not equal pi/2).
It is as easy as pi (which is a semi-/cascade maybe )

 

[defra]

Nope, no pegs coming out of the ground perfectly vertical (i.e., theta should not equal pi/2).
It is as easy as pi (which is a semi-/cascade maybe )

At least some input... but my system fails encrypting your data to bonsai (semi cascade interesting )
My interface has calculated you owe a pic

I owe a pic now
Small potentilla with 10 year plan!

 

[0soyoung]

At least some input... but my system fails encrypting your data to bonsai (semi cascade interesting )
My interface has calculated you owe a pic

I owe a pic now
Small potentilla with 10 year plan!

SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm officially an old fart (which means being as absent minded/inattentive as @Vance Wood --> he may feel insulted to have me in the same bucket as he, but life is what it is ).

However, this is real trouble for me because I don't have anything that is a legit shohin. This is as close as I can get, an a.p. Orange Dream.



... damn you, @defra !!!

 

[LanceMac10]

 

[JudyB]

Pyracantha in a new pot, Juko.

 

[Hartinez]

Let my Bougie flower. It’ll be covered in a few weeks time. Plus I found this little Praying mantis on the crown! View attachment 252783View attachment 252784

Flowers gone, guys wires on. Something I’ve been needing to do for a while now.

 

[SniffingKrylon]

Worked the wiring on this again, better now but not by much.

 

[JudyB]

Worked the wiring on this again, better now but not by much.

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You need to put dimensional bends into your branches, your technique looks good as far as the actual wiring. But needs to be up/down, forward and back to good bending. Sometimes I put entire full twists on a branch if it's pliable enough.
Princess persimmon in a Teizan pot.

 

[Flounder61]

Pyracantha
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Christ that is beautiful!

 

[Handsome John]

Here's a few that haven't suffered as bad from so much rain and heat here, a honeysuckle in a pink unknown Japanese pot



A kiwi vine in an American pot (still looking for who made it)


A cotoneaster in a misfired Japanese,



And two negari barberry in Ashley Keller pots.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

You need to put dimensional bends into your branches, your technique looks good as far as the actual wiring. But needs to be up/down, forward and back to good bending. Sometimes I put entire full twists on a branch if it's pliable enough.
Princess persimmon in a Teizan pot.

Love everything about this composition Judy!
Chojubai starting to bloom a little...

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Corkbark JBP Hachi-gen in a Shibakatsu pot.

 

[VAFisher]

Procumbens nana in a Chuck Iker pot. This is after a haircut and a little bit of wire from a couple weeks ago. I had been avoiding working on this tree because it makes me itch for hours after working with it. Need to get some gloves. Should have taken a before pic - it was a big bush.

 

[VAFisher]

This one would qualify for a mame thread, but I guess that makes it shohin too. This is a cutting from my Chinzan azalea that was rooted 3 years ago I think. It's always been in a tiny pot so development has been slow. But I've got time. Bokeno pot.