Goshiki Osm False Holly - 1st broadleaf evergreen (progression)

[Deleted member 47471]

Branch selection and reductions, minimal wire applied (working from bottom-up)










Was eyeing this for months at the garden center. Now is mine.

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Pretty straight trunk.. ive never seen as a bonsai so thats cool. Where do you see the design going?

 

[Deleted member 47471]

Pretty straight trunk.. ive never seen as a bonsai so thats cool. Where do you see the design going?

My idea is a formal upright with an irregular dome-ish apex. I have began to orient the secondaries and tertiaries as with a deciduous dome style. Maybe additional pruning:



I definitely wanted a challenge. I think I found one.

 

[Yamabudoudanshi]

I have a variegated variety like yours, but much smaller. They can make great bonsai, but are not very common.

The dwarf flowering variety is a little more commo and has much smaller leaves, but still pretty rare to see.

Following along.

 

[Deleted member 47471]

I have a variegated variety like yours, but much smaller. They can make great bonsai, but are not very common.

The dwarf flowering variety is a little more commo and has much smaller leaves, but still pretty rare to see.

Following along.

Nice! Would love to see it

 

[Deleted member 47471]

Minor tweaks:

 

[Deleted member 47471]

Future pot ideas:

 

[ShimpakuBonsai]

This is not an other conifer species but a plant in the olive family.

 

[Deleted member 47471]

This is not an other conifer species but a plant in the olive family.

Ah! Thanks, I’ll post the next same holly (if I get one) in the other page

 

[Deleted member 47471]

Canopy tightened a little more to dial in






Considering lowering the 1st/left branch creating negative space between its foliage and the rest of the canopy in the long term.

Likely to repot in Spring ‘25. Unsure of color but thinking an unglazed pot is suitable since this is an evergreen shrub. But the leaves are broad and shiny…

 

[Matt3839]

Pretty cool! I’ve got one in England but we have it in the garden as a hedge.. Beautiful colors and exposed roots on yours!

 

[Deleted member 47471]

Pretty cool! I’ve got one in England but we have it in the garden as a hedge.. Beautiful colors and exposed roots on yours!

Not sure what to do about the roots. Should I build up moss now? And transition to bonsai pot? Or is it better to attempt to flatten the root flare rather than have it tall like it’s current state?

 

[Jrmcmich]

Not sure best answer but looks like either embrace it or air layer it above?

 

[Deleted member 47471]

Not sure best answer but looks like either embrace it or air layer it above?

I think I will embrace it since it has given me naturally good nebari and no need to attempt to create it. I will eventually repot and build the soil and moss up to the point just above where the all the roots make a drastic decline/angle downward so the nebari has a flat appearance. That will be good for the composition.

 

[Yamabudoudanshi]

Nice! Would love to see it

Here's the Goshiki and the Hime
Goshiki I got in winter, chopped down tpo the lower buds and repotted at an angle.

The hime I got recently to replace the tiny one my wife forgot to water this August.

 

[Deleted member 47471]

Here's the Goshiki and the Hime
Goshiki I got in winter, chopped down tpo the lower buds and repotted at an angle.

The hime I got recently to replace the tiny one my wife forgot to water this August.

Nice! I like the Goshiki variegated foliage, and the other one looks healthy. Happy growing and thank you for sharing!