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Omono
Hello, Here is my potential shohin shore pine (P. Contorta contorta) yamadori – “Little Oyster” (collected in the late summer of 2008), its just under 12” (30cm) tall from the soil layer, just over 12” wide and has a diameter (caliper) of just over 2” (5cm) at the base but I think that it gets bigger under the soil?!.
Sorry but I don’t have any before shots, initially the main branches took off horizontally from opposite angles/sides from the main upper platform branch...........I know that some of you may tell me that its too soon for its first styling ..... but it looks so healthy lol
As with most of my collected trees I fertilized it well last fall, again this growing season and this little guy has responded so well and even though it’s hard to see from the photos it has really back budded nicely so I thought I could give it an initial first styling.
I see a lot of potential fronts (even with the slightest change of angle from the attached photos) and I like it from a couple of favorite angles so the photos are from different sides A, B, C etc......
I just couldn’t see where to go so I followed my mentors (sensei?) advise and wired the whole thing up (all but the smallest of branches), then examined it from all angles and followed a basic design, yeah I know a simple "S" from some angles (however I did notice that the S shows up (is more dominant) a lot more in the photos than in person ....as in the upper part of the S ...it moves away or towards the viewer?!), then I tried to incorporate triangular shapes (whole tree, upper part) and from the various angles/sides even along the main branches and established potential foliage clouds/pads.
I’ll keep the lower two branches for a year or two (to maintain its health/vigor) and perhaps re-pot it in the spring of 2011.
Thoughts and comments most welcome.
Sorry but I don’t have any before shots, initially the main branches took off horizontally from opposite angles/sides from the main upper platform branch...........I know that some of you may tell me that its too soon for its first styling ..... but it looks so healthy lol
As with most of my collected trees I fertilized it well last fall, again this growing season and this little guy has responded so well and even though it’s hard to see from the photos it has really back budded nicely so I thought I could give it an initial first styling.
I see a lot of potential fronts (even with the slightest change of angle from the attached photos) and I like it from a couple of favorite angles so the photos are from different sides A, B, C etc......
I just couldn’t see where to go so I followed my mentors (sensei?) advise and wired the whole thing up (all but the smallest of branches), then examined it from all angles and followed a basic design, yeah I know a simple "S" from some angles (however I did notice that the S shows up (is more dominant) a lot more in the photos than in person ....as in the upper part of the S ...it moves away or towards the viewer?!), then I tried to incorporate triangular shapes (whole tree, upper part) and from the various angles/sides even along the main branches and established potential foliage clouds/pads.
I’ll keep the lower two branches for a year or two (to maintain its health/vigor) and perhaps re-pot it in the spring of 2011.
Thoughts and comments most welcome.