Windswept privet

[pelt]

This is my attempt at a windswept privet I made from a cutting,I"ve got it this far but would like to improve it more........any suggestions?

I think it's a bit to busy.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

It's ok, just needs to be thinned out...show more of the branching structure.
Otherwise, the story doesnt work...how can a tree become so lush in winds so constant and strong that the tree and its branches are all blown in one direction.

 

[GrimLore]

Check this out - I found these trees facinating when I went to Aruba. They actually form a tunnel effect over some roads they are so thick. The constant wind there causes them grow a lot like that Privet looks atm.

http://www.google.com/search?rlz=&q...YDw&biw=1462&bih=752&sei=igkQUfS6G-zh0wH3woFo

 

[rockm]

If you want to convey a more windswept image, along with thinning, a shallower pot in a different shape--(An elongated oval, possibly or even a small thin slab) would impart a "windier" feeling. The current pot is cvastly too big visually (and probably physically) for this plant.

 

[KennedyMarx]

Looks good. I don't really have much to add. Seems like the suggestions are spot on, but they're things that I wouldn't even really considered. I can probably count on one hand the number of windswept style trees I've seen.

 

[GrimLore]

I don't think these are "too busy"

http://www.google.com/search?rlz=&q...YDw&biw=1462&bih=752&sei=igkQUfS6G-zh0wH3woFo

 

[pelt]

thinned

ok,i've thinned it out and i have to say i'm liking it alot more now.....as for the pot i'll down size in a couple of months when the season is right.i think i have just the right pot in mindthanks everyone for your help.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Better, still a little top-heavy, but it may be the photo.

 

[pelt]

hahaha.......it maybe my poor bonsai skills

 

[GrimLore]

It's ok, just needs to be thinned out...show more of the branching structure.
Otherwise, the story doesnt work...how can a tree become so lush in winds so constant and strong that the tree and its branches are all blown in one direction.

Did you bother to look at these? http://www.google.com/search?rlz=&q...YDw&biw=1462&bih=752&sei=igkQUfS6G-zh0wH3woFo

Looking at those i would have left the top alone for a bit and worked on the trunk... Not arguing. Just I have spent time there and they are Natural.

 

[pelt]

Yes I looked at the pic's,their awesome and now that I've exposed the branches more I want to grow the foliage out more to sort of a point.

 

[jk_lewis]

I think you need to do a bit more thinning in the topmost part of the tree. You still can't see the branches thru the foliage.

Windswept is a style where it is almost OK to have pom-pom foliage (foliage only at the ends of branches) since it contributes to the windy image. Note that I say Almost.

 

[Jason_mazzy]

it depends on your motive, yes? I know that there are times a crazy storm is coming in and my trees look 1/2 bowled over but they are still "lush" and full. The winds are not common enough to force a complete change. I think the privet reminds me of a windy day. Quite a bluster but it will be over soon. Especially with the pot dressing. Looks like little pathway stones. Maybe a tree in a park in London durnig a storm?