Rosemary bonsai styling help needed

[nabil]

I just got an old rosemary.it was 1.5 meters tall 5 feet

I chopped it to one foot. And potted it in clay pot

please help in styling it, what to remove from branches
And what style it might become.

One of thing am thinking is wind drift. As u can see in the pic
Or what else?
As u know the wood is very hard to bend

 

[Poink88]

Wait and see if it survives first...then ask for styling advice later. For now, leave it be.

Good luck!

 

[nabil]

Wait and see if it survives first...then ask for styling advice later. For now, leave it be.

Good luck!

it wilted for the first few days, but now it start to shoot new growth and look so healthy

what do you think my next step? i want to remove unneeded branches so it pushes energy to wanted branches shoots

 

[Cadillactaste]

Rosemary have a tendency to not transplant well...that said...I agree with Dario's comment to leave it be. If you had a successful transplant...that is wonderful! I myself have a rosemary. I am just letting the sun direct where the new growth pattern takes it by turning the pot and keeping the main trunk from being obscured by branches. By the simple turning of the pot it's planted in for now and the direction the sun...is all the styling I am currently doing. I would suggest at this time...doing the same. It makes one feel they are doing something...while not stressing the tree overmuch.

 

[GrimLore]

Rosemary have a tendency to not transplant well...that said...I agree with Dario's comment to leave it be. If you had a successful transplant...that is wonderful! I myself have a rosemary. I am just letting the sun direct where the new growth pattern takes it by turning the pot and keeping the main trunk from being obscured by branches. By the simple turning of the pot it's planted in for now and the direction the sun...is all the styling I am currently doing. I would suggest at this time...doing the same. It makes one feel they are doing something...while not stressing the tree overmuch.

I agree 100percent and Darlene that looks like a very Happy plant!

Grimmy

 

[catfish chapstick]

Style it like a pine with well defined foliage pads.

 

[coh]

The second image suggests more of an old oak style than a pine. In any case, if this was recently collected or transplanted, I agree with just letting it be for this year. They have a reputation for not liking root work.

 

[edprocoat]

Yes leave it alone, you will not know if its really ok until its had some hot weather. Then you will know if there are enough working roots to keep it nourished and hydrated.

ed

 

[Cadillactaste]

The second image suggests more of an old oak style than a pine. In any case, if this was recently collected or transplanted, I agree with just letting it be for this year. They have a reputation for not liking root work.

I agree...I don't see a pine in that mix. Great bones though...

 

[nabil]

Ok I will leave it for this year. Keeping it in shaded area. Sun one hour early morning and one hour before sunset.

Cross fingers

I just wanted to remove unneeded branches to stress it less by removing more foliage to reduce water loss. As there are a lot of long crossing branches. But you suggested oak style it really great

 

[coh]

I see some crossing and parallel branches that probably would not be kept in a final design, and you could probably remove some of them...but you already removed 4' of tree, right? So a lot of foliage has already been removed. I'd just keep an eye on it for now...if it still looks stressed you might go ahead and prune further. If it seems to be doing OK (growing), I'd gradually increase the amount of morning/evening sun. Might want to keep it as wind protected as possible for a while.

Good luck!

Chris

 

[sbarnhardt]

I have no constructive suggestion to put forward, but would like to make say, I like the looks of that trunk. At least to me, it is impressive.