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This tree spent a brief amount of time in the ground where it never really thickened but I was able to get a good headstart on healing a wound up top. I liked the slow curve in the trunk and the nebari was pretty tidy for an Elm, but back when I purchased this tree I was all about thick trunks...

I purchased this large trunk 3 years ago and it's been slowly chugging along in a box. I finally got out and purchased a big training pot for it and got to have another look at the nebari. It has many flaws but there is potential, I really like the base! The large wounds will need to be...

This is a sort of progression and future styling question. I've had this Elm for 5 years, spent its first year in the ground then got attacked by my (still?) novice hands. The first photo is December 2012 - a clear contender for the ugly tree thread. There was a wound on the trunk that I decided...

I've had this tree for 4 years now without paying too much attention to it. Did some carving work recently and finally settled on a design. When I purchased it, all the trunks were the same height with no useable branching, the trunks have had a number of chops in that time as the initial chops...

12 months in between photos of this pre-bonsai stock I purchased a few years back. I don't have earlier pics but the main trunk was over twice the height of the tree now. It was cut back and jinned and the tree was born through the first branch. Still a long way to go but it was nice to finally...

This Fig started as a pencil thick seedling in one of my my MIL's pots in 2013. It was defoliated, root pruned, and wrapped in a moist paper towel to sit in the car for the 4 hour journey home. The tree grew vigorously in its 1st year and as most Ficus do from seed, they develop bulbous roots...

This is a little pre-bonsai I purchased in 2014, I'm unsure of the species but it may be heterophyllum? I believe most would know it as Escambron? An extremely fast growing tree, back buds all over old wood, callus rolls fast, small leaves and internodes, nice flaky bark, and if you treat it...

As we are reaching the end of Winter down under, its time to rip some trees out of the ground and pay attention to the roots. These have all been in the grow bed for 2-3 years, maybe another 3-5 years they will be ready for pots. I don't have much space so these occupy one end of a raised vegie...

Having a wet start to Winter here so decided to get out the wire and give this little Fig a rough styling. As purchased it was fairly similar to the S curve Figs everyone on this forum adores:p The good thing is that the curve was only at the base. I got it in October 2014, repotted and realised...

Here is a not very well documented progression of a 'deciduous' variety of Fig. First photo is from November 2012, second photo as of today. I purchased this early in my growing fascination for bonsai. One may look at the starting stock and ponder what I saw in it, myself included! I was drawn...

Figure I will keep on smashing the tropical forum and boring anyone who views this section to sleep lol I bought this tree to enter a competition on the Ausbonsai Forum to create a shohin on raw stock in 18 months. No branch training allowed. The long overly thick branch on the left had a chop...

Starting to make a bit of progress with a QLD Small Leaf Fig (Ficus Obliqua/Eugenoides?) so will mark this as a progression. This was actually my very first tree and what sparked my interest in Bonsai. I had purchased it as a gift to my mother, with a beginners book and promptly potted it up and...

I think I need to turn to the forum for help with this one. I have had this Grafted Malus Sutyzam 'Sugar Tyme' for 2 years now and the development is disappointingly slow. I have found that after coming out of dormancy it will put out a few leaves then flower. After flowering it sits for a...

Picked up this early 90's stock recently and decided to give it a first styling. I tried to retain all the trunks to create a clump style feel, imagining it sitting on a nice slab. But I felt they didn't work in the overall design and it needed to be simplified. I will wait until winter before I...

Hi all, I recently purchased this Hokkaido Elm. Just finished tidying up all my Ficus and thought I would do a general tidy up and arrangement of the new Elm while its still in leaf. Trying to utilize the majority of branching with the aim of a more natural look. Im hoping to keep the canopy...

I purchased this Juniperus Squamata 12 months ago and finally drew some inspiration to tame the beast. This is my first time styling a Juniper and while I don't think ive hit the mark, a few more seasons of growth and foliage mass may present more options. The first photo is from purchase...

With summer well and truly upon us its time to tidy up some Figs This one was collected early 2013, it was a straight boring trunk with a mass of aerial roots high up the trunk all on one side. Soil was moist so and I just yanked it out. Not a great trunk, and no real options as far as...

This is a Fig I purchased last year, unsure of ID at this stage, the leaf shape and bark suggest possibly Tiger Bark variety but I will post more photos later in the year The first photo is from December '13 after an initial cut back and wire. The trunk was already carved upon purchase, since...

This was one of my first trees 2 years ago which has sat around uninspired. As a newbie I was instantly attracted to this tree, but as I researched more I found there wasnt a great deal of pruning info and how to control the course growth. I did a first styling about 8 months ago and its been...

Ok, we have all read or experienced the benefits of growing in colanders/air pots etc but I thought id throw this out there.. This may not apply to many people and may be a case of growing in humid conditions, but are there any real benefits to growing Ficus in colanders? At present I only...

This is an English Elm i purchased last year, Ive always been fascinated by them but they arent found locally. Got this one from a guy who collected it in the southern states. They are considered a pest here and they are usually found on farmland. Anyway, I thought it had a unique trunk with...

Thought id show one more, its a good way to track process of trees and hear opinions from all prspectives. This is a thick cutting I took off a larger tree last year. Ive recently trimmed back the clusters of shoots from the trunk and wired most of the tree. Seeing as this is still a 'young'...

This is a small tree ive been working on for 12 months. The first styling wasn't to peoples taste on another forum but I knew where I wanted to take the tree and kept at it. The general consensus was that the apex leaned too far forward... in my eye thats perfectly acceptable, expecially since...

This is a Crepe ive been working on. It is a dwarf cultivar known as 'Covergirl' here in Australia. The flowers are pink but unlike the full size variety, this thing flowers persistently. I was of the frame of mind that Crepes only flower on this seasons growth, therefore, to see it in bloom...

I picked up this Willow Leaf Fig a few months ago. I don't have any photos as purchased but its heading in a similar direction. It had a rock wedged in the roots but was loose, I decided to keep the rock, flipping until it was a more snug fit and strapped a long root tight against it...