The Shohin Tree Thread

[Brian Van Fleet]

Really ugly zelkova early in training. It’s only remnant from a gift from a friend, and is actually an air layer of an air layer. Maybe in 20 years it will be something. The color of the buds almost match the pot.


The original tree, which I sold years ago is here:

The 5 Year Zelkova Challenge

So here is a project I've been working on since '06 and I'd say I'm at about the halfway point. This is a Zelkova that belonged to a friend, given to him from another friend, who styled it with Ben Oki in the 80s or 90s. Neither of them were satisfied with how the tree looked, but since it had...

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[ABCarve]

American hornbeam. Gonna be interesting with how leaves reduce.

 

[atlarsenal]

American hornbeam. Gonna be interesting with how leaves reduce.

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They will reduce just fine. The second pic is year before last when it was out of control.

 

[vp999]

Finally putting my twisted roots Pyracantha that I bought from Judy B over the winter in a bonsai pot. Love it.

 

[ABCarve]

Eastern hemlock

 

[SantaFeBonsai]

 

[badatusernames]

Continuing to work with Zuma from Bonsai West. If you’re nearby and can, I highly recommend it.

Japanese black pine. I need to get better at photos and making sure I take them dead on...

 

[BonsaiGnome]

American hornbeam. Gonna be interesting with how leaves reduce.

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I really like that trunk!

 

[Deano]

Dwarf Pomegranate WIP
Kept as a houseplant under lights for a couple years to see how it would do, it grew really well and flowered just fine.
So I chopped and root pruned last summer and just recently trimmed it back.

 

[SantaFeBonsai]

 

[atlarsenal]

A little clean up on my favorite little Chinese Elm.

 

[badatusernames]

Chojubai

 

[TomB]

Crab apple.

 

[badatusernames]

Crab apple.
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Stunning.

And now, the Larch

 

[badatusernames]

Decided to slip pot the chojubai for the season in a Heian Kosen

 

[badatusernames]

here are smoke more in the works

 

[badatusernames]

desert rose i’m trying to save in a bunzan pot i really dig. if you ever want to complain about “potato trees”, well:

 

[Hartinez]

Spirea nipponica (snowmound spirea)
It’s supposed to produce summer flowers. Hopefully so as I don’t plan on trimming growth for some time. Needs recovery from an aggressive repot. So far so good.

love the bark. Though it seems like it’s going to take some serious time to heal those chops.

 

[Gert]

Thinned out this Japanese Maple today. Would like to get it into a shallower pot eventually. Still has a long way to go.

 

[SantaFeBonsai]