Bodhisattva Bonsai

Haven't had much time to work on bonsai, however this Privet deserved a visit from the scissors. Going to clean up alot of the free growth, and partially defoliate to reduce leaf size to spur further back-branching and ramification of the crown/apex. Before work begins, looking a bit wild. Trimming and defoliation complete. View of the hollow I'm working on over time to carve into the main trunk.

San Jose juniper bonsai - big steps forward

Published on 2011-04-23 23:49:00

This is a San Jose Juniper; it's nursery stock tree that I've trained since last summer. This is her first major working since initial reduction and making a few branch decisions; it looks to be going the way of windswept, the branches all have natural movement from left to right. Difficult to find a path for this one, time will tell (alot of time!) if I'm going the right way or not. The tree's initial history can be found here. Here's where things are after a few hours work today. A

Juniper Blaauw prebonsai material strikes a pose

Published on 2011-04-12 21:42:00

This little nursery tree has been with me approx 2 1/2 years, slowly getting worked here and there until I felt it was time to move into a 'training' pot that I specifically created for it some time back. It's a good 8-10 years from being presentable in any fashion however I like it's deadwood areas and trunk movement - again another 'training' tree for me of a juniper species, with deadwood to play with.. If the green survives and can pad out as I've wired, it could in the future be

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