Recent content by ChrisV

Long time since I posted anything so here is an update on the white pine. Left to it is the yew from another post. Just wanted to share them .

His name is maarten verhoeven you might know him. He's the main man here in eu. He ownes bonsaiplaza.

Nah These trees didnt cost much really. Just look for trees.with potential and make the best out of them

Yess I can will do when I go back to the garden

That was a different yew. I couldnt make it to that demo so yannick kiggen took my place with that yew. This one is in another thread just started this project

Little update on the white pine it is growing strong. The right weaker part is also filling out and backbudding. Also the slab is made by a good friend of mine really awesome job he did. Already on his way to become a master in his craft. Next to it is my yew project and i'm in the picture for...

Thanks! Deadwood was done by hand. Broke some of my powertools on this one in the beginning so I had to do it by hand.

Little update on the yew. It's alot shorter now. The lower trunk was nice however halfway up, the trunk split into multiple trunks. This gave it a bad inreverse taper. So I decided to use only one trunk and make the tree out of that. I transplanted on to some slabs too however the whole thing...

yes it looks like kaizuka to me too

Ok quick sketch of what I had in mind i'm at work so its really fast done, but it can give you an idea of my.vision.

Can i give a tip? Did you ever considered changing the angle? For example tilting it to the right just enough so the the trunk won't have straight lines going upwards. Meaning the trunk will go to the right and the upper part to the left. Then bring down the main branch closer to the trunk this...

Thanks for the compliments. @Bonsai Nut Thats the trick it looks heavy but it in fact isn't . From the all sides the pads look round and full however when viewed from above they are spread and open to let air an light come in. It is all about branch placement. No clumping up foliage to make...

@defra no problemo ;) i'll let you know

@defra the garden is coming along nicely. I'm adding more trees every week or so. bigger ones for my private collection and smaller ones for selling etc. End of may after my demo's i'm adding another 30 trees for selling and around that time the path and plantings in the garden should be done...

Thanks guys! @LanceMac10 the owner is an older person just started out with bonsai and just buying great trees because he loves to have and look at them and can afford it. So he still has heaps to learn thats the reason why I and some other people teach him. I also maintain some of his trees as...