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i would check the spreading of the root first n determine the best part to be the front,

Hi, hope somebody can help me ID this shrub, i bought, it is not a native tree from my country Malaysia. The size of the leaf can be compare with the ruler in the picture. Thanks you

Got this neclected Taiwan White Pine / Taiwan Five Needle Pine / Pinus morrisonicola from a nursery. Thin, smooth, 3/4 up the trunk without branch, two trunk of similar carecter. Do the most logic as i cannot afford to field it b coz i live in flat. 6 month training. Style it to a twin trunk...

Got this neclected Taiwan White Pine / Taiwan Five Needle Pine / Pinus morrisonicola from a nursery. Thin, smooth, 3/4 up the trunk without branch, two trunk of similar carecter. Do the most logic as i cannot afford to field it b coz i live in flat. Trnfered to the bonsai pot n started...

I have just tranfer the chinese swamp cypress from a 3 gallons pot to a rounnd 1foot diameter, 4 inch deep pot. Cut 2/3 of the root ball n 2/3 of the foliage. for the potting material, 80% its original soil 20% cruch black lava. I use back the original soil b coz the tree look very healthy in...

After noticing a tree with me small leaf I never seen before, I could not help wanting it. Went back my house browse thru the net, my first impression was Dawn Redwood however it turn out to be Chinese Swamp Cypress (Glyptostrobus pensilis) with alternate leaf (nursery from Malaysia import tree...

Ang3lfir, thanks for your suggestion.

The small branch are individualy bend by wire to create a whiping style, i had remove the wire.

Ringgit is the curency in my country Malaysia 1USD is about 3.2 Malaysia Ringgit, For the second plant there is un ugly buldge on the trunk due to grafing, thinking of choping of that trunk n redesign it into a semi cascade.

Here in Malaysia everyear durinng Chinese New Year nursery will import many type of mallsai, bonsai or decorative plant from the temprate East Asia country to be use as decorative item in the house, like Christmas tree during christmas, juz could not resist them at Malaysian Riggit 45 about...

Got this imported cotinus 6 month ago from nursery stock. However i live in tropical country, juz wonder if they need cold dormancy. Sorry for the poor quality image bcoz using web cam to take this picture.

Like what most of the bonsai master said in this forum, learn how to manage pine tree first. How ever for a starter, if u wants to start to bonsai this tree, i think semi cascade is a better option becoz the deeper and larger volume pot use for semi cascade provide a more stable medium for the...

I will do the wiring, but the branch n bark can be very brittle, any special technique to overcome this. At the moment i use aluminium wire coiling technique for my other plant

Boxus with their natural crack n rough bark. Got this tree from a local nursury in Malaysia, grown in a 3 gallons plastic pot. Transfer it to a 8 inches diameter (at rim level) pot, just do some triming n the result after one month.

All I ask is about the shape of the tree. Thanks for all the comment, of coure I read a lot about Black Pine from the internet when I decided to grow it. I know about the the techique of field grown the tree and sacrificial branch, but I do not had the luxury of doing so because I live in a...

The fun part about if you do not have a branch on a desired part of the trunk, you can twist the trunk so that a branch on the left part of the trunk can be place on the front, back or even on the right. Besides this, the technique will give a trunk with twsted grain. But always twist the trunk...

Thanks for the for all the comment, these are my other 2 pine of the same age (2 years 6 month) I am 47 years old living in a flat with limited space,i love medium or small pine with movement n curve. If i do not start now i will not get anything later. Tru trail n error i manage to grow...

Fair answer, he has to start from somewhere

Yes you are right it does look like a hindu god "Dancing Shiva" n i shall call it "Dancing Shiva"

Thanks. Yes bonsai standard in Malaysia is very high, but you can hardly find any master bonsai that grow JBP. Huhuhu

I have been training this JBP from nursery seedling imported from Taiwan in tropical Malaysia. Because not many branch available i juz make the best trainning in this shape. What style should this tree be categorize.