The Oak
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Hi people, I am new to bonsai and have never shaped, pruned or wire-manipulated a tree in my life.
Of all the bonsai styles I like the "Old Oak" look the most (see pictures below) and I want to shape a nursery-bought tree in this style.
Now, thing is that I don't want to wait long years for the trunk to become thick, lol.
So how do I approach this then?
I read that Boxwood makes great oak-style bonsai trees. I do have access to relatively large Boxwood trees (40+ centimeters in height), but what bothers me is that Boxwood grows sooo slowly... Like I said, I don't want to wait long years after pruning for the tree to recover.
I can also get very tall (1,5 meter) conical Junipers and Thujas, but I am not sure if they can be turned into good looking Oak-style trees as their trunks are not thick enough and the trees themselves are also way too long and narrow.
So what would be the best approach here? Should I just go yamadori hunting and hope to find a stunted tree in the forest?
Any other commonly available species, other than Boxwood, that would give me an instant oak look?
Thanks!
Of all the bonsai styles I like the "Old Oak" look the most (see pictures below) and I want to shape a nursery-bought tree in this style.
Now, thing is that I don't want to wait long years for the trunk to become thick, lol.
So how do I approach this then?
I read that Boxwood makes great oak-style bonsai trees. I do have access to relatively large Boxwood trees (40+ centimeters in height), but what bothers me is that Boxwood grows sooo slowly... Like I said, I don't want to wait long years after pruning for the tree to recover.
I can also get very tall (1,5 meter) conical Junipers and Thujas, but I am not sure if they can be turned into good looking Oak-style trees as their trunks are not thick enough and the trees themselves are also way too long and narrow.
So what would be the best approach here? Should I just go yamadori hunting and hope to find a stunted tree in the forest?
Any other commonly available species, other than Boxwood, that would give me an instant oak look?
Thanks!