Big trees that make you say, "It's like a giant bonsai"

Starfox · Jan 20, 2021

Yeah it's bitumen, obviously they have just surfaced the road around it. No doubt it is in the local soil beneath that.
Going to be a nightmare for the council to keep on top of that but credit to them for leaving it alone.
Did some digging and it has either been recommended to be or is(by now) heritage listed which means you can't really do anything to it other than make sure it survives intact.
Page 18 of this mentions it. https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/...ch-Study-Vol-2-Black-Forest-Kings-Pk-2006.pdf
That document itself is a fascinating piece of history, at least to me it is/

JeffS73 · Jan 20, 2021

Scots Pine - check out that super long, low first branch...

Oak - Quercus Robur

Hawthorn

Hawthorn - seems very old. This tree has the subtlest of movement - I have photos of it for more than each month of a year.

JeffS73 · Jan 20, 2021

Alder I think

Same Alder - what a base - not your traditional Nebari. I guess something to do with the soil at that location?

Oak - Quercus Rober. Root over rock? Yeah baby!

Oak - Quercus Rober. This tree leans back out of an eroded bank beside a path.

Same tree in Winter.

S bends in nature - subtle.

JeffS73 · Jan 20, 2021

And to round off, having shown some of my favourite local inspiration:

Cedar - unsure of variety. Park setting, free to express itself. Big tree.

Finally, a bit of a tease. This wonderful Scots Pine is about 4ft tall, maybe 8-10" trunk, I think it's the low branch of a tree that has lost it's top. I would dearly love to collect it, but I think it would be impossible.

Bad_Bonsai · Jan 21, 2021

I passed this on my way to work everyday. Its got a subtle sway in the wind that I love. I've really wanted to emulate this shape but I'm not sure yet which material is best.

leatherback · Jan 21, 2021

how about a yew?

chicago1980 · Jan 21, 2021

BobbyLane said:
IMG_4519 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_8335 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr

Beautiful

Jzack605 · Jan 21, 2021

Metasequoia

Forsoothe! · Jan 21, 2021

Just to show you guys that I've been following your advice and I think I know how to take these nearly good trees and trim them into much better examples of bonsai...

Woke trees! I think I've got fellas, thanks for the education.

Gabler · Jan 22, 2021

Natural Approach Grafting

AlainK · Jan 22, 2021

Very nice approach

I have this much smaller, and not that attractive hornbeam in my hedge :

NaoTK · Jan 22, 2021

Western juniper I found in central Oregon. It is about 10ft tall. Just about 3x too tall. damn.

keri-wms · Jan 23, 2021

Natural windswept

Hack Yeah! · Jan 23, 2021

I pass this tree all the time and finally stopped to take a picture, it's still alive even though it's almost split in half. I'll try to get another shot in the spring after it leafs

Forsoothe! · Jan 23, 2021

That's two trees growing close together. It's an object lesson in why proper branch placement is important, especially pertaining to "Y" branches that will push each other away and the smaller of the two be subject to splitting at that ~union~ over time due to storm damage. Some of these naturally graft and become stronger, and some don't.

Mikecheck123 · Jan 23, 2021

God's wiring job on a valley oak (q. libra):

dlayton · Jan 23, 2021

GSCarlson said:
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You need to get that baby!

Wires_Guy_wires · Jan 24, 2021

The third place for oldest trees in my country, Tilia Europaea, estimated to be 400-500 years old.
2 miles from my home.
Circumference of the trunk is roughly 8 meters.
Hollow trunk with embedded rebar that functions as a ladder for kids and adventurous adults.

ABCarve · Jan 24, 2021

Weeping cherry

Leo in N E Illinois · Jan 24, 2021

Bad_Bonsai said:
I passed this on my way to work everyday. Its got a subtle sway in the wind that I love. I've really wanted to emulate this shape but I'm not sure yet which material is best.

That is probably an Eastern White Pine - Pinus strobus, difficult material to work with. You can make a good reproductions using Japanese white pine, or possibly a juniper, or, since you are in Canada, you can try to re-create this image using jack pine, Pinus banksiana. The jack pine is proving to be fairly good for bonsai.

But to recreate this image I would definitely try JWP or juniper. With juniper, the trick is getting the straight vertical trunk. Start with young material and wire carefully. But the branches will fall in line easily.

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