I believe it is. I’ll have to check the Show book. In that picture, it looks like it had just been trimmed, defoliated, and cut back!Is it this one?
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Bjorn Bjorholm Speaks Out On Hedge Pruning
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Woocash
Omono
Holy ramification Batman! I will freely admit that the perfect dome shape is not my cup of tea, but I can not deny the workmanship. I suspect that the image does not do the tree justice. Thanks guys.
Anthony
Imperial Masterpiece
@Woocash ,
2 things to remember Robin -
[1] Cultivar
[2] Camera has but one eye, flattens and makes Bonsai look
denser.
plus always note size in inches / cms.
You see a good deal of the above in images from Bonsai
Today's gallery.
We do up close checks on the ramification of local trees
as most are new to the Bonsai cultivation work.
Thus far we still have match the zelkova cultivars.
Good Day
Anthony
2 things to remember Robin -
[1] Cultivar
[2] Camera has but one eye, flattens and makes Bonsai look
denser.
plus always note size in inches / cms.
You see a good deal of the above in images from Bonsai
Today's gallery.
We do up close checks on the ramification of local trees
as most are new to the Bonsai cultivation work.
Thus far we still have match the zelkova cultivars.
Good Day
Anthony
It appears my photograph truncated some of the description. One key word, in particular, is missing! The word “not”.
It should read:
“This bonsai has extremely small foliage which was not developed by defoliation.”
Anthony, I have seen this bonsai in person. It is 15 inches tall. It’s a regular trident maple, just meticulously maintained. Each leaf was 1/2 inch long. At the most! Extremely ramified and dense. Even up close, it was nearly impossible to see the trunk.
This is the most highly ramified bonsai I have ever seen.
I don’t know what the point is you were trying to make in your post. The way I read it, it appears to imply that the tree is not as ramified or dense as the picture shows it to be. I can assure you that, if anything, the picture understates it. This tree is stunning!
Woocash
Omono
Wow thanks Adair! That is crazy. Is it variegated as well? I may upset some folk here, not my intention, but it does look like an ivy hedge. Hedera Helix, which grows up anything in it’s way over here. I’d love to see it in person. That’s one thing i’m looking forward to next year is getting out to some shows and seeing some proper bonsai and getting some real inspiration.
By the way, I can see why you have classes with Boon. I checked out a couple of his videos and loved the way he explains things. He’s got a really nice manner, on camera at least.
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
I do know some trees like seiju elm are perfect candidates for hedging. It's all in the way they grow and the speed in which they grow.
I imagine most decidious trees with small leaves and twigging are also parfect candidates for hedging.
Other coarse species such as hawthorns wouldn't.
Just my thoughts and experience on this.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
I think I am more impressed with the defoliated trimmer version! Somehow the leaves mask the intense branching below..
No, it’s not variegated. The USNationals is held in late September, and the leaves were old, and beginning to turn yellow for fall.
Boon is, in my opinion, one of the best teachers of bonsai in the US. His intensive classes set the standard that many others have copied.
Indeed! That is why in Japan the major shows are held in the winter!
Next weekend, in Kannapolis, NC, there will be the Winter Silohette Show, which is the one of the only winter shows I know of in the US. It’s one of my favorite shows, because not only do the deciduous trees look their best, pines do, too! Lol!!!
leatherback
The Treedeemer
It is not such a good tree though. Breaking a major rule that the roots should cling to the surface of the rock. I can see below the root on the left.
Anthony
Imperial Masterpiece
Sifu,
I trust your eyes over photographs.
Good Day
Anthony
I trust your eyes over photographs.
Good Day
Anthony
thumblessprimate1
Masterpiece
I'd like to see an advanced hedged "bonsai" one day. I've seen many excellent traditionally maintained deciduous bonsai, and I love them. Cannot talk about hedged ones if I haven't seen them in person.
Anthony
Imperial Masterpiece
No special cultivar, just a seedling trident maple.
It wasn’t anywhere near 30 inches wide. No, it was maybe about 20 inches wide. It’s a relatively small tree.
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
This would be the one to peruse.
thumblessprimate1
Masterpiece
It's a well known tree, and one I used to like. But it's not a tree I love anymore. I think my opinion might be unpopular, but I don't like so much the movement or lack of it in the trunks. They dont appear to have much taper, and the from trunk to branches at the apex, the transition looks very abrupt. There's other things too. But this is what I see from pictures alone. Could things be better when seen in person? Maybe.
Ah, you eye is getting educated! And out
Where all the ramification is, if you look carefully, there are a lot of twigs growing back inwards, towards the trunk. Trees don’t typically do this. They tend to head out, away from the trunk, towards the light.
thumblessprimate1
Masterpiece
Very much like a hedge.
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