Monkey
Seedling
Ok, so I've been off and on somewhat with bonsai for a bit. Recently got bit by the bug and decided to pick up a couple of cheap trees to play with. One is a Bird's Nest Spruce, and the other is a Juniper horizantalis 'Blue Chip'. I was more confident with the blue chip so I got it in an old plastic bonsai pot I had and gave it a pretty good trim so I could see it's structure some. The spruce...I'm more apprehensive about. I've seen some great spruce bonsai, but I've read more bad than good. I've trimmed of as much as I'm brave enough to, and I think I'm going to let it grow out for the summer and maybe try making alterations come fall. I'm going to post pics of both trees so any care and/or styling tips would be greatly appreciated. These trees are both mostly unaltered, having had maybe a half hour of work each.