JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
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2018: the three year bonsai time capsule
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JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
I did not keep the triple trunk, but am working hard on the secondary trunk now. These are slow to ramify...
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
Since I didn't update the Hawthorn, thought I'd throw this one back in. It's filled out very nicely. Looks great naked.
Gary McCarthy
Chumono
Love the naked shot!
thomas22
Chumono
My Bougainvillea went according to plan but I am looking for better pots for both trees.
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Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Been working to close the chops faster than they could rot out, while also developing some primary and secondary branches. Two contradictory tasks. The chop was drilled out, rot removed, and filled in with epoxy putty. It is closing, but slowly. The primary right branch was grafted on and growing strong. Leaf reduction is also coming along well.
The current photo was taken while I was working on a different display, but took the opportunity to get the update photo, not really an intended pairing. New stand by David Knittle, main pot is by Ino Shukuho, and the accent is erodium in a Tofu pot:
The tree is 6” tall.
Vin
Imperial Masterpiece
You must be where I'm from. San Joaquin valley. Gotta love fresno county but the weather this summer has really sucked. My trees are not the happiest.
Dav4
Drop Branch Murphy
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So, this one stayed on schedule through 2016- the ground layer was separated and the base screwed to a board to develop the new nebari.
In 2017, I decided to remove all the heavy branching using the Ebihara wedge technique where you remove large branches over several seasons. This year, I decided to use runners from those branches to start some thread grafting. The roots are developing nicely but the canopy will take decades to develop... time capsule 2028, anyone?
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thomas22
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Here is my second tree for the contest. California juniper that I didn't really have any idea where I was going with it. I took it to a workshop with Mauro and he
set it in the right direction. I just got done wiring this tree and it looks a little rough in the pic but I am excited about its future.
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Brian Van Fleet
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Big improvement.
thomas22
Chumono
This tree is growing well but I am waiting for the trunk to thicken before styling. The two long branches going left are sacrifice branches that come off the trunk. One will be jinned and the other will be shortened. I'm going to up pot this tree next month to encourage as much growth as possible on the sacrifice branches. I think this could be one of my best trees in a few years.
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barrosinc
Masterpiece
I had forgotten this one... i wad taking the picture and realized i hated it and chopped it away the same time....
So this is a couple of months later it started to bud out at the top.
So this is a couple of months later it started to bud out at the top.
Hi @MACH5I'll throw one in. This is a very old Colorado blue spruce from Todd Schlafer. Collected about 4 years ago with a completely natural taper. In 2016 I will put it into a smaller wooden training box. In 2017 I'll do the first styling. In 2018 I will probably place it into a bonsai pot. I am excited about this tree! I think it has the potential to be one of my best. We shall see.
Is there an update on this one? Would love to see it
MACH5
Imperial Masterpiece
MACH5
Imperial Masterpiece
Tommy this is what the tree looked like after it was styled by Mauro Stemberger and then tweaked further by me.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
I decided to add this post as Smoke because I started it as Smoke. I wanted to add to it before the year ended.
The pyracantha was doing quite well and the July before my wife died I had a bad sprinkler incident and lost some trees. I lost half of this one. Seems the same half @Brian Van Fleet lost! It made it to a new pot but now I have to make lemonade out of whats left.
Sorry for the glare the sun was right in my lens. Need another three years to salvage this thing.
The trident is coming along pretty nice. It has had two pots since the original post. Still a long way to go building the apex.
Pot by Yamafusa
This Prostrata juniper has had the large long branch on the right removed and still working on canopy reduction and branch selection. Coming along OK I think.
Lots of shari added to the trunk and the ever changing front???
The pyracantha was doing quite well and the July before my wife died I had a bad sprinkler incident and lost some trees. I lost half of this one. Seems the same half @Brian Van Fleet lost! It made it to a new pot but now I have to make lemonade out of whats left.
Sorry for the glare the sun was right in my lens. Need another three years to salvage this thing.
The trident is coming along pretty nice. It has had two pots since the original post. Still a long way to go building the apex.
Pot by Yamafusa
This Prostrata juniper has had the large long branch on the right removed and still working on canopy reduction and branch selection. Coming along OK I think.
Lots of shari added to the trunk and the ever changing front???
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Looking good Al, bummer about the pyracantha. Mine looked like that for a year too. It’s dead as a hammer now.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
You mean all of it died....
