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shane's bonsai studio
Join Date: Aug-2005
Location: Northwest Louisiana
Country: USA
Posts: 37
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Japanese Black Pine Root over Rock
This tree was recently aquired by a client and was in need of wiring and thinning. Having dealt with a lot of this material, I estimate the tree was imported in the mid 90's. Since that time it appears the tree had been trimmed routinely but not wired. Many branches have elongated and needed removing as they lacked interior branching and taper. The branches that were not removed where all wired and arranged to allow maximum light to the interior portions of the tree. There are many small buds and branches inside that would have likely died this winter without wiring of the tree. The branching is rather coarse, but should improve quickly, with proper care and continued wiring.
With regard to design- the lower right branch will be removed after the trees ramification and shaping has advanced, if all goes well next winter. Removing this branch will open the view of the stone from the front. Also the planting angle and container will likely change so the stone is not at a 90 degree relation with the container.The new container will need to bring out the soft bowing curve in the trunk and vertical height of the tree.
I hope you enjoy, your questions and comments are welcomed.
Shane
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