Tidal Bonsai
Omono
I bought this small leaf trident maple stump from Jim Doyle at Natures Way Nursery in PA back in 2018. I was newly into the hobby, and decided to chop the leader for taper. I layered too low, and didn’t really improve the quality of the tree (just the nebari). A few seasons later in 2020, @MACH5 saw the tree at my place and thought the top would make a nice sumo shohin or a clump style. Knowing better than to argue with a master, I took the top of this tree from a gnarly mess (that needed chopping anyway) to a really powerful small tree!
Basic structure was set by Sergio in the early spring 2021, and I defoliated/cutback and wired it partway through the season.
More editing/wiring will happen later, it just got light cutback for now.
Summer of 2018 (Initial Cutback)
Spring of 2019 (Initial Air Layering)
Spring of 2020 (Sumo Air Layering). The base of the tree is with @Njyamadori now)
Spring of 2021 (Sergio’s Initial Structure Setting)
Late Spring 2021 (Defoliation/Cutback and Wiring)
Fall 2021
Basic structure was set by Sergio in the early spring 2021, and I defoliated/cutback and wired it partway through the season.
More editing/wiring will happen later, it just got light cutback for now.
Summer of 2018 (Initial Cutback)
Spring of 2019 (Initial Air Layering)
Spring of 2020 (Sumo Air Layering). The base of the tree is with @Njyamadori now)
Spring of 2021 (Sergio’s Initial Structure Setting)
Late Spring 2021 (Defoliation/Cutback and Wiring)
Fall 2021