A Japanese maple

[dbonsaiw]

Stunning. Would it be possible for you to provide general measurements of the tree - height of tree and width of base?

 

[Dav4]

Stunning. Would it be possible for you to provide general measurements of the tree - height of tree and width of base?

So, The tree is 39 inches tall from the rim of the pot, which is just about 22 inches wide. The root spread is exactly 1 foot wide.

 

[Paradox]

Fantastic tree Dave.
I saw that some suggested to graft a branch on the low curve....I disagree and thinking would be a mistake to do that

 

[Nybonsai12]

looking good dave!

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Looking great man!

 

[Dav4]

Almost naked...

Side note- I really need to get this one into a better pot within another 1 or 2 re-pots.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Looking really good…it has definitely earned one of them “better pots”…
Not a hint of fall color here yet. Rained on 9/28 and not again until 11/1, and it’s been in the mid 80s.

 

[Dav4]

Looking really good…it has definitely earned one of them “better pots”…
Not a hint of fall color here yet. Rained on 9/28 and not again until 11/1, and it’s been in the mid 80s.

It's been very dry and warm here as well. We had an inch of rain in early October and maybe one tenth since. Also, we'd normally be seeing morning temps in the mid to low 20's F by now... I was still pulling tomatoes off some potted plants on my patio last week.

 

[JudyB]

Will be looking forward to seeing what you pot this into! Looking really good. Dry and too warm here too, but winter will have it's way with us at some point i suppose.

 

[Dav4]

Will be looking forward to seeing what you pot this into! Looking really good. Dry and too warm here too, but winter will have it's way with us at some point i suppose.

I'm looking for an oval or bag, preferably deep green or blue, but it needs to be big, as in 26" plus in width by 4" tall... not an easy pot to source.

 

[JudyB]

I'm looking for an oval or bag, preferably deep green or blue, but it needs to be big, as in 26" plus in width by 4" tall... not an easy pot to source.

There are so many custom makers out there now...
A bag would be cool actually.

 

[Dav4]

There are so many custom makers out there now...
A bag would be cool actually.

I've reached out to several but haven't been able to lock in the commission yet.

 

[Dav4]

Obligatory end of season photo when this gets moved to its redneck Brute trash can pedestal for the winter. I was tempted to include this in the new "Elegant Bonsai" thread but ultimately decided it didn't belong. It's got the curves but the trunk, even with the steady taper from bottom to top, is still a bit heavy, and the branching and ramification, though greatly improved since I acquired this one years ago, is still a bit coarse. The heavy, masculine rectangle pot doesn't help. Anyway, great deciduous trees look their best without their leaves and this one looks better... more elegant... with them. Hopefully, time will change that.

 

[baldone]

Very nice!
These are the trees that made so interested in Bonsai.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Obligatory end of season photo when this gets moved to its redneck Brute trash can pedestal for the winter. I was tempted to include this in the new "Elegant Bonsai" thread but ultimately decided it didn't belong. It's got the curves but the trunk, even with the steady taper from bottom to top, is still a bit heavy, and the branching and ramification, though greatly improved since I acquired this one years ago, is still a bit coarse. The heavy, masculine rectangle pot doesn't help. Anyway, great deciduous trees look their best without their leaves and this one looks better... more elegant... with them. Hopefully, time will change that.

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Love the movement in the trunk. Agreed...I think the pot being the shape it is. Deflects some of it to a degree. Good luck finding a pot. I've tried commissioned for my Ryusen...with no luck. Even reached out to Sara Rayner. Her medium doesn't take a dark blue glaze. And that's what I'm after. So I've grown comfortable in the shoes it wears. I'm kind of done looking. One will fall into my lap one day. But I've had 3 potters unable to make it. I've not asked Victor Harris though. hmmmmm

 

[Dav4]

Today is the winter solstice and it’s 31° in my workshop/cold room. There’s been some tweaking here over the last month or so since this one got moved inside and there will likely be more tweaking to come. I thought the mid afternoon sun shining low through the window and onto the trunk offered a unique photo opportunity .

 

[Dav4]

Ok, I think I’m finally done messing with this one for now. Using guy wires and copper braces, I think I’ve got the upper 25% of the canopy, and particularly the apex, sorted out and not so jumbled.

Last post on this one this year… I promise

 

[GreatLakesBrad]

Dynamite tree Dave - all state show soon?

Oh and one vote for not reducing the height of this one, I just love the structure. Feels likes a grand tall deciduous to me.

 

[Dav4]

Dynamite tree Dave - all state show soon?

Oh and one vote for not reducing the height of this one, I just love the structure. Feels likes a grand tall deciduous to me.

I really don't want to show this one until it finds a better pot... still looking but no luck.