just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Interesting.... what is that?
Interesting.... what is that?
Wow!
Holy smokes. What a base hidden under that mud. Looks like it’s at least 1.5”. Great find and thanks for posting.
Humor is all you can have in the face of blatant sarcasm. I see you have a million or so messages and likes. Any nursery trees in there that have truly humble beginnings? in all seriousness id love to see em if you've got em. Your profile pic alone speaks of years of quality and experience. Either way, thanks for the words of encouragement. I enjoy this art.
So pretty, really nice job!
This is really the only one that I know of from straight nursery material. Mostly I work from excellent bonsai grown material or California juniper from the desert.
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/trident-maples-a-chronical.3149/
That’s what I’m saying right there! Thank you! Beautiful tree and documentation. one of these days when my confidence is high enough that I feel like I won’t butcher top notch bonsai material, I’ll stop with the nursery stock. But until then I’m inspired by excellence through humble beginnings as most of my trees have started as just that. (Not excellent just yet though)This is really the only one that I know of from straight nursery material. Mostly I work from excellent bonsai grown material or California juniper from the desert.
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/trident-maples-a-chronical.3149/
Actuallly there are a few cultivars of Rocky Mountain Juniper on the market. The are sold with the common names so you seldom notice that Juniperus Scopolorum, the botanical name of the species, is not directly pointed out depending on vendor source.That is a Rocky Mountain Juniper and you got it at a nursery? Cool. You don't see many native junipers at nurseries (save collected trees at a bonsai nursery, which are astronomical). Guess I need to go to Albuquerque some time.
There are 29 named cultivars of this tree available in the nursery trade, according to Dirr.This is really the only one that I know of from straight nursery material. Mostly I work from excellent bonsai grown material or California juniper from the desert.
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/trident-maples-a-chronical.3149/
Congrats! You did an excellent jobSeeing if I can a good thread going showing before and after results of Nursery stock trees. If a thread like this already exists, than I can't seem to find it. Im about 7 yrs in and though I've dug several yamadori at this point, much of my collection comes from nursery stock. For myself and so many other newbies, its the best way to practice methods, styling, aggressive work vs. patience, etc. I also love the challenge nursery stock presents.
Would love if every tree posted had a before shot in its original state and the price you paid, though I understand that can't always happen!! Thanks and Tree on!!
I'll start. Here is a RMJ I bought from a local nursery for $21. styled it as a formal upright in spring 2017 and planted it on a rock slab today, spring 2018.