New Lions Head

[BondaiNate]

I found this Lions Head at a local nursery that looked great for bonsai. Seemed to be cared for very well and it's about 2 feet tall.

As it stands I dont feel like there is much to do to shape this one besides transferring it to a small pot. Any other ideas for this???

 

[Tbwilson33]

Air layer some parts that you find interesting to get the graft out of the picture. That’s what I’m doing with my lions head. I took a part off where the is a side shoot to one day have a mother daughter tree.

 

[BondaiNate]

Air layer some parts that you find interesting to get the graft out of the picture. That’s what I’m doing with my lions head. I took a part off where the is a side shoot to one day have a mother daughter tree.

Cool thanks for the feedback!

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

The graft, straight trunk, and awkward first spilt will make some long-term problems for good design (red X). However, like @Tbwilson33 stated, it has a couple spots that would make good Bonsai. I’d make layers at the blue boxes and get a couple better trunks going from the layers.