Shohin Torulosa Juniper

[A Random User]

Love working on Torulosa junipers...
Year 3 for this tree, and it is on its way to becoming a nice little tree.
Overall height of the tree is 11 inches. Repotted today in the pot that I made for it.

 

[Coach]

Wow! Stunning image. Awesome pot and tree. I love it. Another amazing piece of work. You are good, really good!...thank you for sharing

 

[Wilson]

A great combination! Do you have any larger size torulosa? I love the way these trees grow.

 

[A Random User]

A great combination! Do you have any larger size torulosa? I love the way these trees grow.

I have some that are a little larger, but not really big ones. Their trunks often grow straight as a telephone pole, I added all the curves into the trunk in the first year of working on the tree.

 

[A Random User]

A great combination! Do you have any larger size torulosa? I love the way these trees grow.

Here is another one that started off as a Telephone pole and ended up somewhere totally different! The thread regarding the splitting of its trunk can be found here...
http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/splitting-tree-and-severe-bending.18915/

 

[LanceMac10]

Really awesome work with these, they all look great, bro!!

 

[Wilson]

Epic re design! Nice work dude!

 

[KennedyMarx]

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Love working on Torulosa junipers...
Year 3 for this tree, and it is on its way to becoming a nice little tree.
Overall height of the tree is 11 inches. Repotted today in the pot that I made for it.

I just happened to see the picture of that big bougie in your Easter bunny thread before I tabbed over to this one. Seeing this tree next to the bougie really makes me appreciate the scale of both.

 

[JoeR]

I really like it, but my only issue is the trunk showing in front of the foliage is perfectly horizontal. Personal opinion, but it just kind of bothers me.


I would pot it more upright like this:


And adjust foliage as well.



Thats Just me though, either way great little tree!

 

[JoeR]

Oh and I enjoy the foliage on these, are they a common garden variety?

 

[A Random User]

Oh and I enjoy the foliage on these, are they a common garden variety?

They are... their foliage is a little longer in nature, but they easily turn to adult foliage, and pretty much never resort back.

 

[cockroach]

I don't comment much but will do so. These are just my unrefined "feelings/opinions" about the trees and hope they are taken as such. How is that for a pre-emptive looking to be all fair opening?! LOL

I really enjoy the work you do in all aspects from art to trees to stirring the pot. I really like these two trees and can defiitely see the progress you are making as a bonsai artist getting your style.

Tree 1:
I like this tree and on first impression it is great. However, after looking at it more I wonder why that branch would grow down so radically when the tree does not seem tormented or struggled. It seems to go against phototropism and struggle to imagine where I would see it out of pot. I still like it, but a s bonsai not a tree. (no debate etc etc starting)

Tree 2:
Shut The Front Door!! Dude this one kicks arse with a capital A. I can see how this tree is trying to grow out the bottom of a hill after a rock fall that knocked it out of place breaking some bones. FANTASTIC and well done.