grouper52
Masterpiece
Thought I'd start a progression thread on this guy. I think he may be posted somewhere in my gallery last year when the leaves were a briliant spring yellow.
Got him at an auction two years ago. Bidding was low since these are reputed to be difficult bonsai, and this one was very non-traditional - but both those factors appealed to me. The pot alone seemed worth the price!
Story that came with it was that this was a Vermont tree found along a roadside where it had been butchered each year by the county maintenance. Rescued while the owner was on vacation, it was brought to the Seattle area, where it was cared for for 15 years.
Yesterday I repotted it , repositioning it somewhat in the pot, and did some wrap and guy wire work to reposition the branches a bit. It now looks a bit like that old "Keep on Truckin'" cartoon guy from the Sixties. Oh well.
The fall colors were unimpressive last year, but if the spring colors turn out as nice as they were last year I may post again then.
Got him at an auction two years ago. Bidding was low since these are reputed to be difficult bonsai, and this one was very non-traditional - but both those factors appealed to me. The pot alone seemed worth the price!
Story that came with it was that this was a Vermont tree found along a roadside where it had been butchered each year by the county maintenance. Rescued while the owner was on vacation, it was brought to the Seattle area, where it was cared for for 15 years.
Yesterday I repotted it , repositioning it somewhat in the pot, and did some wrap and guy wire work to reposition the branches a bit. It now looks a bit like that old "Keep on Truckin'" cartoon guy from the Sixties. Oh well.
The fall colors were unimpressive last year, but if the spring colors turn out as nice as they were last year I may post again then.