The Yamadori Thread

bonsai viking · Jul 22, 2017

1 -european larch collected in april -17 from mountain forest. 2 picea abies from forest -16.. 3- pinus sylvestris collected from sandpit april -17
4- pinus sylvestris collected from granit mountain maj -17 all trees collected in middle sweden

sweden

Tentakelaertje · Jul 22, 2017

Nice! Is middle Sweden by chance somewhere around Norrköping? I saw a bunch of sweet yamadori when on vacation over there a couple of years ago.

Especially #4 and the one above it are nice.

bonsai viking · Jul 22, 2017

no around örebro..but i was around norrköping this year...to little time that time to collect
but the area.....wow....i got 1 pine on the way home in pure frustration of not scoring in
norrköping....next year....time again baybee..

bonsai viking · Jul 22, 2017

4 has a natural good look from start lookn forvard to shape it next year start
the one above is juniperus squamata himalaya juniper...

chicago1980 · Jul 22, 2017

bonsai viking said:
1 -european larch collected in april -17 from mountain forest. 2 picea abies from forest -16.. 3- pinus sylvestris collected from sandpit april -17
4- pinus sylvestris collected from granit mountain maj -17 all trees collected in middle swedenView attachment 154056 sweden

Doing it up!

arcina · Sep 13, 2017

Big ponderosa pine collected in 2016. It was growing with rootball on the side of the boulder so the trunk was laying down on the ground. I was able to get the whole rootball.

360

http://www.chobonsaiyamadori.com/#/pine

Ponderosa 36

mattspinniken · Sep 17, 2017

Thuja

Wilson · Sep 17, 2017

mattspiniken said:
Thuja

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DAMN!!! Thats some heavy material! You are gathering quite a collection of White cedars. I will offset your jumbo collected tree with a krummholtz zone shohin. The fir and spruce I have collected seem to backbud fairly strong.

wireme · Sep 17, 2017

mattspiniken said:
Thuja

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Those are sweet, looking forward to seeing them progress as I'm sure you are. Doug fir, same tree before and after first moves this summer.

arcina · Nov 18, 2017

I just finished working my Ashe Juniper. It is the only one I kept and probably the oldest collected tree (2009) I have. The more I learned about yamadori and bonsai, the more I sell the trees I started with. However, this one has been a learning tree. Ashe don't like to lose more than 30% of their foliage. They revert to juvenile foliage. This tree is maybe 20% and therefore I pushed it to the blink of death several times. Now I know so I'm more careful. I worked this tree with Owen in June 2015 and then recently, Owen gave me guidance through an online consultation. The tree is still a little too foliage heavy but I need to be extra careful and slowly get the foliage where I want it.

The following link has the 360 for before and after the consultation.

Ashe Juniper 3

http://chobonsaiyamadori.com/#/own

The following link has a clip of the online consultation

http://bonsaiconnect.com/#/currentArticle/98/

Thanks

Alvaro

River's Edge · Nov 18, 2017

Sub Alpine Firs, I Collected Vancouver Island, 2017. Approx 4,000 ft. Level, Exposed Mountain terrain.

bonsai dave · Nov 18, 2017

Here are some of the mountain hemlocks I have gotten over the years.

Vance Wood · Nov 19, 2017

bonsai dave said:
Here are some of the mountain hemlocks I have gotten over the years.

Nice material. When are you planing to do something with them? I hope you will share the experience with us.

chicago1980 · Nov 19, 2017

bonsai dave said:
Here are some of the mountain hemlocks I have gotten over the years.

Beautiful trees! Wow!!!

bonsai dave · Nov 19, 2017

Vance Wood said:
Nice material. When are you planing to do something with them? I hope you will share the experience with us.

I just stated to work on the hemlock in picture #2. I’ll start work on the other 2 in a few weeks or when ever I get my new greenhouse done. I have not be able to do much work on them due to health issues the past few years. I’ll post more about them soon.

bonsai dave · Nov 19, 2017

chicago1980 said:
Beautiful trees! Wow!!!

Thanks.

River's Edge · Nov 22, 2017

Pinus Contorta
Collected Vancouver Island 2012
Volcanic Rock Northern British Columbia

Adair M · Nov 22, 2017

arcina said:
I just finished working my Ashe Juniper. It is the only one I kept and probably the oldest collected tree (2009) I have. The more I learned about yamadori and bonsai, the more I sell the trees I started with. However, this one has been a learning tree. Ashe don't like to lose more than 30% of their foliage. They revert to juvenile foliage. This tree is maybe 20% and therefore I pushed it to the blink of death several times. Now I know so I'm more careful. I worked this tree with Owen in June 2015 and then recently, Owen gave me guidance through an online consultation. The tree is still a little too foliage heavy but I need to be extra careful and slowly get the foliage where I want it.

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The following link has the 360 for before and after the consultation.

Ashe Juniper 3

http://chobonsaiyamadori.com/#/own

The following link has a clip of the online consultation

http://bonsaiconnect.com/#/currentArticle/98/

Thanks

Alvaro

Nice! I’m not familiar with Ashe juniper. Is the foliage floppy? Or does it grow upwards?

The reason I ask is I see a lot of “hanging foliage”. That is foliage and little branches growing downwards. Usually, Junipers have woody understructures to their pads, and all the foliage is on top.

If Ashe has a different manner of growing, that might be difficult to achieve.

River's Edge · Nov 22, 2017

Tsuga Mertiansis Mountain Hemlock
Collected 2012 by Anton Nijhuis
Purchased in nursery pot November 2014 Victoria Bonsai Convention

Adair M · Nov 22, 2017

Utah Juniper, collected over 20 years ago. Put in a box at collection, and pretty much neglected until August 2017. Tree was delivered to Boon’s garden in August, and the old box fell apart. So, potted in this container:

Boon placed a root graft and some Kishu grafts 20 years ago right after collection. Tree had been left unattended until the potting in August. In November 2017, five new Kishu approach grafts were placed on the single lifeline. The old Kishu graft was retained, and cut back.

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