Post em' Up! Non-Coniferous Yamadori in the Americas

[A Random User]

Taking off from the thread "Deciduous yamadori in the US"...
And seeing all of the talk as of lately about how only "Conifers" seem to matter...

I thought it would be nice to see some of what the rest of the "Americas" are working on! Also, to see perhaps how diverse the varying types of material are for folks to work on. So, post them up if you got em! Does not matter if they are deciduous, evergreen, tropical, if it flowers... or what ever! As long as they are not Conifers in the traditional sense of what one thinks of when they think of conifers, that being pines or junipers, etc. You guys working on trees like Bald Cypress, we'll let you slide! This is just reserved for what the rest of the America's are working on! Also, seeing that the ABS Conventions don't care where you come from as long as you are located in the continental "Americas" or their territories, then neither should it matter here if your from outside the US, or your material is! As long as it meets the ABS Conventions ideology of what "American" Bonsai is about. So, you folks in Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, where ever let's see em!

Also, doesn't matter if they are Yamadori collected from the wild, or "Urban Yamadori"... seeing that often one has to get em' where they can find em!

Here is my first one! A Shohin Lantana, with deadwood. Was in Flower, before I started working it 2 months ago... Can't wait to see it flower again! This tree was collected along with a whole bunch of them from some old vacant lots... Not necessarily sure if they were once landscape plantings, or if they just grew on their own, seeing that in fact these are just weeds... That grow really big!

 

[Giga]

I have a few, I'll post them up with some nice pictures tomorrow.

 

[A Random User]

I have a few, I'll post them up with some nice pictures tomorrow.

Cool! I think it would be nice to see all the different types of Material one can play around with!

 

[Anthony]

Here you are Stacy,

Zanthoxylum [ I think it also called - satinwood ]
Good Day
Anthony

 

[A Random User]

Here you are Stacy,

Zanthoxylum [ I think it also called - satinwood ]
Good Day
Anthony





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Sorry! Forgot to mention you guys in the West Indies doing Bonsai as well!
Very cool tree! Love the deadwood shari running up the trunk!
Thanks for sharing!
I know you guys have a lot more growing down there you could post up!

 

[A Random User]

While we wait for more...
Here is a Literati Buttonwood with shari's and jins, that will be going into a new round Bunjin type pot this coming summer.
This was collected from nature here in Florida.

 

[Vin]

Here you are Stacy,

Zanthoxylum [ I think it also called - satinwood ]
Good Day
Anthony





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DAMN! That is really nice!

 

[A Random User]

Man... no one wanting to represent where their from or the type material they have available?

This is a Wild Tamarind that I have been working for some time... This tree was collected from nature here in Florida. It is a compound leaf tree, which can be pressing sometimes! and quite hard to work with. At night their leaves close up and wilt, when day comes they pop back open and up.

I have done a substantial amount of work on this tree, and I am currently working on it's ramification, which has come really far in the past year. It is hard to get a comprehensible photo of what is going on within the tree at the moment, due to me allowing certain areas to grow to build more branching. Also, I am just letting it go till spring to get through the winter and build up new energy. So most of the negative spacing within the tree has filled in. Come spring, I will cut it back. First and second photos are from tonight. In the first you can see, where I am allowing some of the newer branching to run free to catch up to the size of the branching I currently have. Second, shows a little better the interior of the tree. Last Pic, is from this summer.

 

[Vin]

Virginia Creeper. View from the top which will be the front eventually.

 

[Bunjeh]

I will not be posting. Though I have numerous collected non-coniferous trees, I have yet to uncover true "Yamadori".

 

[A Random User]

I will not be posting. Though I have numerous collected non-coniferous trees, I have yet to uncover true "Yamadori".

Yeah... What ever!

 

[A Random User]

Virginia Creeper. View from the top which will be the front eventually.

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I like it!
Are you planning on cascading the trunk? Or perhaps allowing for just the foliage to cascade?

 

[Vin]

How about an Urban Yamadori Boxwoods?

 

[Vin]

I like it!
Are you planning on cascading the trunk? Or perhaps allowing for just the foliage to cascade?

Thanks! Cascade trunk but not the foliage with a bit of exposed roots.

 

[Vin]

Man... no one wanting to represent where their from or the type material they have available?

This is a Wild Tamarind that I have been working for some time... This tree was collected from nature here in Florida. It is a compound leaf tree, which can be pressing sometimes! and quite hard to work with. At night their leaves close up and wilt, when day comes they pop back open and up.

I have done a substantial amount of work on this tree, and I am currently working on it's ramification, which has come really far in the past year. It is hard to get a comprehensible photo of what is going on within the tree at the moment, due to me allowing certain areas to grow to build more branching. Also, I am just letting it go till spring to get through the winter and build up new energy. So most of the negative spacing within the tree has filled in. Come spring, I will cut it back. First and second photos are from tonight. In the first you can see, where I am allowing some of the newer branching to run free to catch up to the size of the branching I currently have. Second, shows a little better the interior of the tree. Last Pic, is from this summer.

The branch structure and movement looks perfect. How do they respond to root work?

 

[A Random User]

The branch structure and movement looks perfect. How do they respond to root work?

This one, little by little I have been removing the roots, above the soil line that I felt I didn't need. I have had folks suggest I ground layer it... But to be honest I kinda like the roots it has, which sounds funny... but I like that they give some direction to an otherwise straight up and down tree, to the right and mimic the bottom right branch.

 

[Vin]

This one, little by little I have been removing the roots, above the soil line that I felt I didn't need. I have had folks suggest I ground layer it... But to be honest I kinda like the roots it has, which sounds funny... but I like that they give some direction to an otherwise straight up and down tree, to the right and mimic the bottom right branch.

Well, I thought for sure you were going to say you were going to remove the one just under it pointing to the left. However, I do see what you're saying about giving it direction.

 

[wireme]

Man... no one wanting to represent where their from or the type material they have available?

Probably nobody wants to bother, after all everyone knows only conifers matter.
Here's a something else from coniferland.

 

[jriddell88]

Wasn't really ready to show this one...ah what the hell..

Flowering pear

 

[wireme]

Wasn't really ready to show this one...ah what the hell..

Flowering pear

Does that hole go all the way through or is that just nighttime in Narnia I see in there?