New baby

[WNC Bonsai]

We hosted a local grower at our Blue Ridge Bonsai Society meeting yesterday who was selling a bunch of nice pre-bonsai. Great prices and lots of stock if you wanted J. maple, trident, stewartia seedlings. He also had a bunch of J. black pine he grew in deep pots for use as exposed root plantings. Also a variety of large more devloped stuff including this little black pine. This little guy is about 8 years old and seems pretty healthy. There are a couple branches that need to be removed and a little bit of a knob to work down but it should be a fun project tree and I like the contorted shape and interesting nebari on the front. Here are some shots of all 4 sides. I also included a shot showing a proposed cut to remove one partial branch and reduce the knob. The price was too good to pass up even with the knob. Suggestions gladly accepted.

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[Housguy]

Nice pickup! Should be fun to see the progress on this one.

 

[penumbra]

Very nice little pine. No hurry to rmove the branch. Why don't you leave it on this winter and mull it over. You can decide in the spring. I have made many cuts that I later questioned.