Post your favorite Bonsai

Jcmmaple · Jun 19, 2018

So I am fairly new at bonsai and this forum, I started about a year and a half ago getting into bonsai. So I know there are a lot of people in it for way longer, but I would like to see your favorite in your collection and maybe how long you have had it. I will throw mine in there but it will not hold a candle to some, but it’s my first and my baby. And thanks to all the info I have received and learned from this site, you guys have been very helpful and I like the critics because it helps me learn more. Hopefully I will have a collection and trees like some of you one day. Thanks and I can’t wait to see what you guys have. So I will start, this is mine a Shindeshojo maple.

Nemoose · Jun 19, 2018

Just repotted today

Jcmmaple · Jun 19, 2018

That’s a good one with a nice nebari

Nemoose · Jun 19, 2018

I found it like that at a landscape company for $7 just today. Creative hunting pays off some times

Jcmmaple · Jun 19, 2018

Yes is does and it also helps when the price is cheap. Here’s another favorite that needs time to fill in but it was free, a guy threw it in the the mix when I bought 2 other trees. This one took damage from lightning.

Nemoose · Jun 20, 2018

When it is well rooted I would chop it just above the scar and hope it back buds lower. Next apring when buds start to show would be great time

Anthony · Jun 20, 2018

You can test this on the expendable part, tree seen above -
take a knife and choose a spot where you would like a bud and eventually
a branch.
Press blade into cambium and barely touch the inner wood [ diagram calls
it - anual rings ]

A bud is supposed to form near the cut.
Good Day
Anthony

Jcmmaple · Jun 20, 2018

Wow didn’t know about that, thanks I will definitely try that. This tree is experimental anyway, it’s not like I’m losing any money on it but I don’t want it to die either.

Cadillactaste · Jun 20, 2018

Favorite...I have a top five list. Let's see if I can cut it to less. In no particular order...
Bougainvillea who...sulked at a few colder nights...did the two step. Recovering and leafing out. Forgot it one night outside while I was dealing with sick family members.

The 10" Bald Cypress...

Chi chi Ginkgo...4" base/nebari

There...shortened the list by two. ?

Been in the hobby just shy of 5 years...have a total of 22 including projects. I wish to enjoy the hobby...along with other hobbies and a family at home. My mental headcount will not go over 25.

atlarsenal · Jun 20, 2018

@Cadillactaste I am digging that bougainvillea!!!

bonsaidave · Jun 20, 2018

That bald cypress looks crazy. I like it!

Cadillactaste · Jun 20, 2018

atlarsenal said:
@Cadillactaste I am digging that bougainvillea!!!

Thanks...an EBay find...from humble beginnings.

Cadillactaste · Jun 20, 2018

bonsaidave said:
That bald cypress looks crazy. I like it!

Thanks! Yes, I was like a dog on a bone when I found it on a FB auction. Here is a thread with more photos. Looking back...sure like how the URO is rolling over. ? It hadn't started that when it arrived on my bench juat realized that.
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/shohin-bald-cypress.23146/

Cadillactaste · Jun 20, 2018

Can't do it...absolutely forgot about this one...forgot I totally had it. I blame lack of sleep for the past week,and a bunch of crazy...to cause brain fog. It has Neagari roots...? Satsuki Azalea.

Jcmmaple · Jun 20, 2018

Wow what awesome trees,I love the BC it hasn’t sharp movement. The others are just insane crazy, which in my book is the best.

Cadillactaste · Jun 20, 2018

Jcmmaple said:
Wow what awesome trees,I love the BC it hasn’t sharp movement. The others are just insane crazy, which in my book is the best.

Thank you...its about great bones for me. Allows interest on the bench while developing further.

bonsaidave · Jun 20, 2018

Cadillactaste said:
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/shohin-bald-cypress.23146/

Nice thread there. Gives me some ideas for the future.
Love the little bright green leaves when the first pop in the spring.

TyroTinker · Jun 20, 2018

I'm fairly new too
Only had it a week and a half but I like this little guy the most. But to be fair its the only one I have in a pot. (I just got it at an auction)

Brian Van Fleet · Jun 20, 2018

Jcmmaple said:
I would like to see your favorite in your collection and maybe how long you have had it.

Here’s mine, Itoigawa Juniper from Evergreen Gardenworks. It’s not the biggest or best, or even a standout in the garden, but I dig it. I dig the foliage color and texture, the trunk movement, the Jins and Sharis and the character in the base. Simple, but not too simple. 21” tall. One day, I’ll find just the right pot, this is a Sara Rayner. As purchased in 2011, and in 2018:

arreaux · Jun 20, 2018

Mine started it Bonsai life in 1988.
Hinoki Dwarf Cypress

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