bwaynef
Masterpiece
I’ve been admiring stewartia as batches of them pass thru my local bonsai establishment. The color and sheen of the bark, the texture and color of the buds, and the never-gets-TOO-big foliage, and the propensity for ramification are all pretty excellent reasons individually, but you get all this in one species. Often I would admire the trees for those properties without having one really catch my eye. A couple of times, I was slow to commit and someone else surely has a fine tree somewhere. I saw this one out of leaf and decided I’d make it mine.
I’ve read a good bit about them (somewhat contradictory information even) and outside of some maintenance/bulk cuts on batches of them, I don’t have a ton of experience with refining stewartia. I plan to treat it like other deciduous ...as it’s peculiarities allow. Here goes nothing.
This was just a session to shape it and take a little strength out of a couple overly strong areas. I may come back and shorten the trunk in a future iteration. Some branches need to move, but I don’t think mid-spring-push is wise to be wiring a tree with bark as delicate as this.
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Anybody have 2008/2 Int’l Bonsai? I’ve msg’d Bill about it but haven’t heard back.
I’ve read a good bit about them (somewhat contradictory information even) and outside of some maintenance/bulk cuts on batches of them, I don’t have a ton of experience with refining stewartia. I plan to treat it like other deciduous ...as it’s peculiarities allow. Here goes nothing.
This was just a session to shape it and take a little strength out of a couple overly strong areas. I may come back and shorten the trunk in a future iteration. Some branches need to move, but I don’t think mid-spring-push is wise to be wiring a tree with bark as delicate as this.
Follow the chronicles or join in with experiences and/or questions.
Anybody have 2008/2 Int’l Bonsai? I’ve msg’d Bill about it but haven’t heard back.
