Before & After

[bonsaiBlake]

spent many many hours staring at this tree before seeing the informal upright hiding in there.

 

[johng]

Bald Cypress

2009

2014

 

[lordy]

Very impressive, John. I can almost see the full sized item if I squint. Nice job.

 

[jason eider]

My Ponderosa, before and after

J

 

[shohin kid]

My little itoigawa shimpaku

Wired a couple weeks ago.

 

[shohin kid]

Hollow Trunk Satsuki

Decided I didn't like the branches on this tree when I bought it, so I started over and cut it back completely flush to the trunk. Now I have a lot to choose from. I love azaleas!

(pictures are in reverse order for some reason)

 

[sikadelic]

Decided I didn't like the branches on this tree when I bought it, so I started over and cut it back completely flush to the trunk. Now I have a lot to choose from. I love azaleas!

(pictures are in reverse order for some reason)

I have to ask...what's up with the screen over the soil?

 

[shohin kid]

I have to ask...what's up with the screen over the soil?

Bought this tree from my teacher Dave Kreutz http://satsukibonsai-en.com/. He does this at his nursery so he can hose down all his azaleas pretty quickly when he waters, and the screen keeps the soil in place.

 

[lordy]

this is a bougainvillea purchased on ebay last year. Came in pretty sparse, with a good bit of rot in the trunk. I cleaned out the rot and applied wood hardener, then repotted in BGI soil for bougies, and fed the thing senseless. I had it under a sprinkler with the rest of my trees for about a month during this summer while on vacation. Seems happy.

 

[dkraft81]

A couple of siberian elms that I made a forest with this spring. It is coming along nicely. Probably need one more growing season to get the lower branches to fill out the way I'd like.

 

[cascade]

Parsoni juniper





Best,
Dorothy

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Awesome, just purely awesome.

John

 

[MACH5]

RMJ

[BEFORE]






[AFTER]

 

[wireme]

Mach5, that might just be my favorite tree on the site.

Give me a few more years with this one, I think it'll turn out alright too.

Collected in 2011.

 

[ChrisV]

Dorothy superb work as always!

 

[Nybonsai12]

Tough acts to follow! Ill make it easier for the next person and revive this thread. Rough styling. Entire right trunk will become dead wood, will make more reductions on skinny jins everywhere.

 

[Vance Wood]

Tough acts to follow! Ill make it easier for the next person and revive this thread. Rough styling. Entire right trunk will become dead wood, will make more reductions on skinny jins everywhere.

Tree has a great start and wonderful possibilities.

 

[leatherback]

I do not have any trees worthy really. But.. Maybe we can revive this thread?

These are about 5 years apart. Still far apart from the final image.:

 

[Vance Wood]

I do not have any trees worthy really. But.. Maybe we can revive this thread?

These are about 5 years apart. Still far apart from the final image.:
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This is a good tree that will only get better.

 

[leatherback]

This is a good tree that will only get better.

Thx Vance!
Means a lot coming from you!
I like it, especially since it is a female Taxus. I had the first berry this season. Wanted to take a picture over the weekend. THen the birds had it