Right, sir, cultivars, plain species and subspecies can be found at garden centres.I don't understand why they graft Mugos in Europe where they grow wild? Must be some sort of named cultivar.
Are you saying the corresponding roots of a mugo pine has the potential to die if the foliage is removed? Mug pines do not readily cube out? So the portion of this tree that has been dead wooded, has the potential for the xylem / phloem system to to die through to the roots as well?Just a word of warning: Mugos tend to be architecturally isolated in that a branch, especially a large one like on your tree, can cause the tree to die all the way to the ground as the roots associated with that branch also die. Being that this is a grafted tree that might change here.
Yes; that doesn't mean necessarily that it will, but I have seen it happen more than once. I'm not sure I understand your terminology "Cube out"?? I just assume it means the same thing?Are you saying the corresponding roots of a mugo pine has the potential to die if the foliage is removed? Mug pines do not readily cube out? So the portion of this tree that has been dead wooded, has the potential for the xylem / phloem system to to die through to the roots as well?
It is a named cultivar I just can't remember which one... Thanks for the warning on branches and roots dying!Must be some sort of named cultivar.
Thanks! First picture will be the front. Maybe I will bend the top branches a bit more. This could open up the crown and show a bit more of the deadwood feature in the back.Very nice work, I like first pictures as for a front.
Just a shy note: the branches higher in crown can be bent more towards the viewer, it would improve 3D feeling and there's is enough of trunk to look at in lower 2/3 of the tree.
There is a site on the NET that offers some classes about wiring. The first series used to be free. Craftsy I think is the name of the site. You will learn a lot.@Vance Wood Thanks for the advice and kind words, I really appreciate it, especially coming from you.
I have been taking lessons for a month now, once a week. There are 5 students working there at a time. I get personal advice, but I think it's difficult for the teacher to 'divide his attention'. He gave me some useful (albeit basic) tips about wiring, but it's still a bit sloppy. A lot of crossing wires, loose bends, etc... Maybe I could be a bit more adamant about the advice I'm getting, or get some one-on-one lessons to develop my wiring-skills.
Thanks again for advice!
There is a site on the NET that offers some classes about wiring. The first series used to be free. Craftsy I think is the name of the site. You will learn a lot.
I don't mean to be unduly critical of your teacher, but if the teacher does not take wiring seriously enough to recognize talent sitting in front of him and offer some additional help I wonder just how much he knows. If you learn some of the basic skills you could do 100% better than you have shown here, and he should be forcing you to learn them. It is amazing that you have gotten the kind of results you have with the wiring skills you have exhibited.
I personally know someone who teaches classes in bonsai that shouldn't be doing so. Great guy and I love him as a friend but he has not taken the time to hone his own skills enough to be qualified to teach bonsai to anyone serious to learn. His wiring looks a lot like what you are doing.
recognize talent sitting in front of him and offer some additional help
Very nice work! I don't understand why they graft Mugos in Europe where they grow wild? Must be some sort of named cultivar. I like it very much.
Just a word of warning: Mugos tend to be architecturally isolated in that a branch, especially a large one like on your tree, can cause the tree to die all the way to the ground as the roots associated with that branch also die. Being that this is a grafted tree that might change here.
Yep, that's the one and the same. When it did that I started looking for answers short of the standard you can't make a bonsai out of a Mugo.Did you tell me that this Mugo I got from you is where you learned this?
Half of the tree died?View attachment 166547
Looks like you found those answers.Yep, that's the one and the same. When it did that I started looking for answers short of the standard you can't make a bonsai out of a Mugo.