badatusernames
Omono
checking the wire on this guy. it might be time, at least in some spots.
The Shohin Tree Thread
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SeanS
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Funky little maple with lots of growing still to do, freshly repotted yesterday. This was a layer I separated 9 months ago. The long straight branch is a sacrifice from the back of the trunk
badatusernames
Omono
korean hornbeam. up early for dawn foliar feeding. bigei pot.
hinmo24t
Masterpiece
badatusernames
Omono
not much but experimenting with mame with a couple of established bougie cuttings. they grow too fast and have leaves too big to be good for this i imagine, but it’ll be fun to mess around with
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luvinthemountains
Chumono
Pink pixie bougainvillea
Carkybones
Sapling
Juniper potted in wood fired container. After trying tea bags and plastic fertilizer baskets, these new copper fertilizer baskets seem to be keeping critters at bay.
SantaFeBonsai
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SniffingKrylon
Shohin
Thinking of potting this up to let it get bigger but I like how wild it looks small.
Cosmos
Shohin
Ficus salicaria, 2019 upon acquisition and after yesterday’s repot. I will try to avoid the ginseng-like tuber look as much as I can when it goes into an even shallower pot in the future, and I’m hoping the thin "neck" portion of the trunk will normalize in width over time so that I can get a true pyramidal sumo shape.
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SniffingKrylon
Shohin
Tigerbark defoliated and cut back.
badatusernames
Omono
The tree fiddy ficus marches on to be abused another day
I’m just letting this willow leaf grow out after defoliating a section
My olive is growing. Can you prune these mid summer? I believe only end of spring yes?
Juniper I made in a class at NEBG
Black pine getting shaggy, need to check my books to figure out when to pluck old needles - first year with pine
I’m just letting this willow leaf grow out after defoliating a section
My olive is growing. Can you prune these mid summer? I believe only end of spring yes?
Juniper I made in a class at NEBG
Black pine getting shaggy, need to check my books to figure out when to pluck old needles - first year with pine
badatusernames
Omono
Ficus - I can never capture this one correctly
ficus growing back after total defoliation and wiring. I think I might take the roots off and have a Jabba the Hutt getting his lean on style tree
schefflera
Some cottoneaster that has black berries. No idea its “good for bonsai”.
and an azalea starting to show a push of growth
ficus growing back after total defoliation and wiring. I think I might take the roots off and have a Jabba the Hutt getting his lean on style tree
schefflera
Some cottoneaster that has black berries. No idea its “good for bonsai”.
and an azalea starting to show a push of growth
badatusernames
Omono
My newest acquisition is recovering from being shipped
Trident throwing growth
dunno what this’ll end up as but here’s my Japanese maple air layer
might not end up shohin but I like the leaves and I’m on a roll
And while I’m at it here’s the bottom of that air layer
Trident throwing growth
dunno what this’ll end up as but here’s my Japanese maple air layer
might not end up shohin but I like the leaves and I’m on a roll
And while I’m at it here’s the bottom of that air layer
Sno
Mame
Cotoneaster from a cutting 3 years ago . It’s late winter here and spring is in the air . I pruned and potted this tree back into its summer pot today . I don’t have time in the winter months to look after my trees too much because I have a winter business , so in Autumn I pot up this tree into a ‘tube’ and let its growth run in an unheated glasshouse .
badatusernames
Omono
Yamadori American larch - it was thriving so I gave it a prune. First shaping this fall
Paulpash
Masterpiece
Messing around developing a little Pyracantha cascade from a cutting in a freebie Dorda pot... apparently this one has orange berries. Trying to do a few more smaller trees, comparatively quick and easy little projects.
PiñonJ
Omono
badatusernames
Omono
Went to Bonsai West for a fantastic group meeting that Zuma was leading. It was great to feel everything I’ve been learning come together and felt confident to start out on this white pine that’s been on my bench since spring.
I’ve been letting myself have a lot of fun (see: chopped boug in a Koyo, why not) with what I’m comfortable doing for the sake of learning - in some instances I’ll be set back a year or more, but I think it’s helpful to get the repetition and thought process dialed in for me this year. I guess I’m seeing this as my transitional year to…. I don’t know. Something else than what I’ve been doing in bonsai.
But trees like this one I’m trying to be good to. I bought it in this pot, next year it’ll go into a grow pot for further development.
before/after
I’ve been letting myself have a lot of fun (see: chopped boug in a Koyo, why not) with what I’m comfortable doing for the sake of learning - in some instances I’ll be set back a year or more, but I think it’s helpful to get the repetition and thought process dialed in for me this year. I guess I’m seeing this as my transitional year to…. I don’t know. Something else than what I’ve been doing in bonsai.
But trees like this one I’m trying to be good to. I bought it in this pot, next year it’ll go into a grow pot for further development.
before/after
