october
Masterpiece
Hello All,
This is my first post on this site. Here is a young shimpaku (itoigawa) that I have been training for 3 years now. It was originally purchased as untrained bonsai nursery stock in a 1 gallon container. The tree had an interesting descending trunk with some branches that ran down it so I thought it had some good potential.
Pic 1 is the tree after the first pruning and it put in a bonsai grow pot
Pic 2 is the tree after a couple of years. An apex and trunk were wired and the tree was growing pretty well at this point
Pic 3 is the tree cleaned up a bit, but not too much....The trees sub branching and tertiary branching still needs much growing at this point.
Pic 4 and 5 is how the tree looks this year.....The tree was repotted back into this oversized bonsai pot to continue growing. Also, last year, the entire upper part of the tree was bent forward. It originally was growing away from the viewer and this needed to be corrected. Also, the tree was given a more downward slant which gives the tree better balance and shows the nice, smooth curve at the base of the trunk.
Comments always welcome..Thank you
Rob
This is my first post on this site. Here is a young shimpaku (itoigawa) that I have been training for 3 years now. It was originally purchased as untrained bonsai nursery stock in a 1 gallon container. The tree had an interesting descending trunk with some branches that ran down it so I thought it had some good potential.
Pic 1 is the tree after the first pruning and it put in a bonsai grow pot
Pic 2 is the tree after a couple of years. An apex and trunk were wired and the tree was growing pretty well at this point
Pic 3 is the tree cleaned up a bit, but not too much....The trees sub branching and tertiary branching still needs much growing at this point.
Pic 4 and 5 is how the tree looks this year.....The tree was repotted back into this oversized bonsai pot to continue growing. Also, last year, the entire upper part of the tree was bent forward. It originally was growing away from the viewer and this needed to be corrected. Also, the tree was given a more downward slant which gives the tree better balance and shows the nice, smooth curve at the base of the trunk.
Comments always welcome..Thank you
Rob