Stick in a pot for Si

[bonsaibp]

As requested by Si Nguyen I'm posting one of my sticks in a pot. This one truly was a stick. I wanted to try to get the most from a pretty uninspiring piece of material. This is a Podacarpus gracilor or Fern Pine. It was part of a hedge that some of my guys dug up.
Before any work-

After removing a bunch of branches

I'm left with a straight trunk with a large scar and no taper. I decided that a little carving would help disguise the lack of taper and add some interest to a boring trunk.


The foliage on these trees id long and lose so I decided to make it a weeping style.
Here it is after about 3 hours of work- still a stick in a pot but a little more interesting anyhow. I'll do another round of carving one of these days to add more taper to the top and details to the hollow.

 

[JudyB]

Most sticks in pots do not have nice base flare, and are not that large, don't know if this qualifies. But it is nice to see what can become of a telephone shaped tree, nice carving to start off.

 

[Smoke]

Never seen a carp weep. Pretty cool.

 

[gergwebber]

podacarpis... who knew.... You guys think the foliage will shrink?? I bet trimming the leaves would look bad.....

on second thought it looks like they have already, and the scale of the tree helps too! cool find!

I like the fact you are using lots of landscape material. I think that is more gratifying and intriguing than buying a nice pre bonsai, (not that I could afford one anyway)

 

[Si Nguyen]

Not bad Bob! Not bad at all. But we'd be more impressed if you made a cascade out of it.

 

[bonsaibp]

I've never seen one weep either so only time will tell how well it'll work. I think by keeping the leaves thinned out they'll be in a decent proportion. I'll post new pics in a few months to show how it's coming along.