Crazy Shimpaku from Evergreen Gardenworks

[Brian Van Fleet]

Starting a thread on this one...
From Brent at Evergreen Gardenworks in February 2014. As offered:

And as it arrived:

Potted:

 

[thumblessprimate1]

History in the making.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Allowed to grow all of 2014...with one air layer applied in the spring to the bottom branch. No photos of the season, but the air layer was successful.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Then it got Crazy...I let Bonsai Crazy style it as a demo at our 2015 ABS Spring Show.
As usual, I wasn't there to see it happen, but I gave him free reign, with the only caveat that it couldn't be full cascade. I didn't want any part of it to extend below the base of the pot, because they're a pain to move and transport.

 

[Eric Group]

Bonsai Crazy??

 

[Adair M]

Uchi. He goes by "Bonsai Crazy".

Very talented guy. He can go a bit "crazy", so on refined material, you might want to be there to keep him on the sane side of "crazy", lol!!!

Wow, you guys had him and Kathy Shaner at the same time!

He wears sunglasses at all times to keep his epilepsy under control.

 

[Stickroot]

Bonsai Crazy??

Yep!
CRAZY!
One BADASS SHIMP!!!sorry, had to

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

After Crazy finished:

A little virt I did playing with the eventual Shari:

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Bought a shin-watari pot from Bjorn a year ago, and repotted it this spring:

The wire staple shows Crazy's intended front and planting angle. It will take a couple repots to get there, but it's off to a decent start, with the tree not touching the rim of the pot.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Growing a bit this spring. No more work yet this year.
April:

May:

 

[0soyoung]

Oooo, want to touch!

 

[sorce]

Nice to see a new one!

Real nice!

Sorce

 

[dirk hoorelbeke]

Like it a lot. With the middle branch gone in a few years it might even be better.

 

[drew33998]

I've looked at those shimps he has many times thinking man I should pull the trigger. But the wife would kill me since we are saving for a new home.

 

[quietobserver]

Starting a thread on this one...
From Brent at Evergreen Gardenworks in February 2014. As offered:
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And as it arrived:
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Potted:
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Great tree!.. actually tried to purchase from Brent but you'd already purchased it and the site wasn't updated.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

@drew33998 ... Wise man. Happy wife, happy life. Always time for bonsai later (she tells me).
@quietobserver ... Everything's for sale at some price. As long as you're not in Drew's boat, feel free to make an offer.

 

[Daluke]

Wow. Beautiful tree. I look forward to updates in the future

 

[KennedyMarx]

I assumed that the sunglasses were a part of his "crazy" gimmick.

I feel like there was a cool upright tree in there before he went crazy on it. It's not my tree though, so as long as you're happy with it, that's what matters.

 

[yenling83]

looking good!

 

[herzausstahl]

I assumed that the sunglasses were a part of his "crazy" gimmick.

I feel like there was a cool upright tree in there before he went crazy on it. It's not my tree though, so as long as you're happy with it, that's what matters.

See adairs post, it's to control his epilepsy, but one would think that partly led to the nickname. I agree & was curious which direction it could've gone as an upright...Brian thanks for the posts too! Great help for us noobs