The Tree Thread

[BobbyLane]

Thats the idea yes! It was just a straight broomstick at the nursery!
This is the Tree thread, each post requires a picture of one of your trees @Bonsai Forest

Here's a Thuja plicata/Western Redcedar I picked up from a garden centre a few weeks ago and repotted then done nothing else with, ill allow it to establish itself in the pot before any more work, lets see if it rewards my patience
It has a nifty nebari

 

[Deleted member 47471]

Thats the idea yes! It was just a straight broomstick at the nursery!
This is the Tree thread, each post requires a picture of one of your trees @Bonsai Forest

Here's a Thuja plicata/Western Redcedar I picked up from a garden centre a few weeks ago and repotted then done nothing else with, ill allow it to establish itself in the pot before any more work, lets see if it rewards my patience
It has a nifty nebari
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Oh right! Sorry!

 

[Deleted member 47471]

Thats the idea yes! It was just a straight broomstick at the nursery!
This is the Tree thread, each post requires a picture of one of your trees @Bonsai Forest

Here's a Thuja plicata/Western Redcedar I picked up from a garden centre a few weeks ago and repotted then done nothing else with, ill allow it to establish itself in the pot before any more work, lets see if it rewards my patience
It has a nifty nebari
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That’s a very pretty color
Grouping for Winter

 

[Clicio]

And casting a spell on us all! It is haunting and beautiful at the same time

And you owe us a picture of one of your trees...

EDIT: Sorry, I missed your answer with the trees.


Calliandra Spinosa

 

[erich_raudebaugh]

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Is this a Sharp's Pygmy?

Here's my oddball trident this fall:

 

[Clicio]

Chamaecyparis obtusa Nana Gracilis
Hinoki Cypress

As purchased:



Today:

 

[snowman04]

Chamaecyparis obtusa Nana Gracilis
Hinoki Cypress

As purchased:

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Today:

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Very nice! I have a similar tree to your starter. How long before the end picture?

Korean Hornbeam for spring...

 

[Clicio]

Very nice! I have a similar tree to your starter. How long before the end picture?

Korean Hornbeam for spring...

The "before" picture is from mid 2020, so it's been less than 4 years.

JBP han kengai begging for a trim.

 

[snowman04]

Thanks. Looks like a new journey in the spring with mine!!!

A tree I reget passing on last year...

 

[SeanS]

Dwarf flowering quince (not chojubai) after 2nd partial defoliation of the season.



@Cadillactaste the quince I mentioned in the comments on Instagram earlier this week

 

[SantaFeBonsai]

 

[SeanS]

A couple of Elaeagnus in development

 

[MACH5]

A little grafting this morning. Baby pink ume.

 

[MACH5]

Big arakawa maple that I am developing for a client. The entire top had died several years ago and a whole new top was regrown. It was then left to grow freely to strength it. The tree was brought to my place in May of last year and now it will be here for a while until I can get it back on the right path. A hard cut back was made in the fall to open up the canopy and encourage denser ramification. A lot of interior growth was unfortunately lost due to lack of light. It will be repotted and put into a box or another pot this spring.

 

[Clicio]

Eugenia Sprengelli is a native of Brazil, often used for bonsai.
This tree was gifted to me by a very good friend some three years ago, as a bush, and unfortunately I have broken the trunk in its upper third, compromising the apex. So I took some grafting tape, joined the split trunk tightly, and waited.
Today it had a little trim, and luckily the trunk seems to be healing very well.

 

[Wood]

Big arakawa maple that I am developing for a client. The entire top had died several years ago and a whole new top was regrown. It was then left to grow freely to strength it. The tree was brought to my place in May of last year and now it will be here for a while until I can get it back on the right path. A hard cut back was made in the fall to open up the canopy and encourage denser ramification. A lot of interior growth was unfortunately lost due to lack of light. It will be repotted and put into a box or another pot this spring.

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That is an insanely fun pot. Any idea who it's made by?

An air-layered cedar elm clump that I took early last year, very excited to properly pot it up this spring

 

[MACH5]

That is an insanely fun pot. Any idea who it's made by?

An air-layered cedar elm clump that I took early last year, very excited to properly pot it up this spring

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Not sure as I have not really looked closely to be honest. But it looks to me like it might be from Lubos Skoda.

Birch in a more formal setting. The elements are not all quite right or to my liking yet but fun to do these types of exercises.

 

[MACH5]

Here is the same tree as above in 2013 as Eric Schrader, the original owner, entertained the idea of styling it as a weeping bonsai. He later changed his mind. Good move!

 

[Carol 83]

Here is the same tree as above in 2013 as Eric Schrader, the original owner, entertained the idea of styling it as a weeping bonsai. He later changed his mind. Good move!

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You've done amazing things with this tree. Your vision and talent are inspiring.

 

[Clicio]

Not sure as I have not really looked closely to be honest. But it looks to me like it might be from Lubos Skoda.

Birch in a more formal setting. The elements are not all quite right or to my liking yet but fun to do these types of exercises.

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Sergio @MACH5 , as I have already said, I'm a big fan of your work.
Amazing!

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That below is a sad story.
I got myself a big double trunk Shimpaku some years ago. As I was doing extensive deadwood work, I noticed it was full of borers.
To make a long story short, after much suffering from both sides, it died.
I keep it on my bench to always remember that trees die, no matter what were the efforts to save it.

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PS: Nope, it will not become a tanuki, ever.