styling advice

I bought this Toyo Nishiki from a reputable Bonsai nursery site unseen. I was sent this plant with a horrible base. Looks like a weird butt. Maybe I have it wrong and I am supposed to make a clump from cuttings or what do I do with this fugly plant? Please help.

What to do with this? Please post your opinions... There is no budding below and the trunk is hard and I'm not able to bend it. Styling ideas please

Having spent some more time on BonsaiNut - I've learned the preferred approach for requesting beginner advice is to consolidate a tree into a single thread. This will also be useful for me to keep track of previous work / thought processes. So here we are. Part 1: Purchase I wanted to invest...

Hi Everyone, I recently bought a dwarf jade. I've never owned one and it's highly addicting. I trimmed some unnecessary branches off right away that I didn't like and now I have a cutting forest.... I'm looking for some suggestions on styling direction. I have some ideas but I would love to...

Hey everyone. Working on my first Yew at the moment. I have it growing in the ground after a trunk chop that removed probably 8 feet of upward growth from 3 large diameter trunks. It's had some die back but for the most part is very healthy and pushing lots of new growth. No clue where to go...

I have a ficus microcarpa that I just made some drastic cuts to. It’s growing very vigorously right now so I took a leap to give it a massive haircut and began some styling. Here’s a before and after photo: The tree had not been carefully styled beforehand. Had large grouping branches...

I picked up two Ficus Benjamina a while back, with the intention of using them in a different project but realized that they would make great bonsai. Any ideas for styling? I’m thinking a formal upright/broom with the smaller one but don’t really have a plan for the larger one. I put some wire...

So I have have this Indian Hawthorn (Raphiolepis Umbellata Ovata) that I bought at a nice discount l, and I also wanted to work on bigger marerial as the plant had a very broad base. However, it has some features that I find hard to work work with. For example, it has a 'double nebari', layered...

Hi guys I recently found a good deal on a Hinoki cypress and thought what the heck, try it out. The tree measures roughly 42 inches tall and I’m planning to cut back and create a new apex at some point but I wanted to get your thoughts on initial advice. There are 3 main trunks and I’m thinking...

Just finished styling this nana juniper, I think I’m going for a twin trunk approach. I would love some feedback on how I did or if there things I could improve upon.

Hi Everyone, I just need ideas on styling this black pine. I'm new to all this and not sure if I picked a good starter or not. I'm also curious if I can make it grow on a large rock or not. Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated.

Similar to the other I posted, I ga e to make a choice that will cut off about 1/2 the tree either way. Suggestions on which branch to continue on as leader is greatly appreciated. One continues more vertical with the existing gently curve while the right makes a more dramatic cut and removing...

I just purchased this trident maple. It will be my best tree yet. I'm super excited to get this and get it potted up. I don't have it yet, but I should get it next week. I have a 21" x 21" wooden box with holes and such that I made that I'll put it in. I'm just a little nervous about getting it...