Just an update for my records. Comments welcome.
BLC JBP:
This tree's history is pretty well documented
here. (In brief, its a workshop tree I got in June at the Bonsai Learning Center.) I plucked some needles around august (I may've given more specific dates in my journal. I don't recall) and even decandled a few long candles.
I need to work on ramification and, by extension, needle reduction. Overall, I think its grown pretty well, though a little faster than I'd expected as a few wire scars will attest. The foliage will hide said scars until they heal.. I'll probably remove the guy wires soon.
Crape1:
I pretty much let this one run rampant this year. I did remove the flowers as quickly as I could to put most of its energy into growth (and healing wounds). Theres a pretty big scar at the back that needs some carving work to allow to heal. Thats coming this winter.
I let it dry out (along with a few others) about 2 weeks ago and it dropped most of its leaves. I put it on my porch to keep the frosts off it, but let it remain in the cold. The leaves you see are the result of ...drying out and pretty cold temps, and being in the shade. Not the best situation but I'm doing the best I can NOW.
My apologies for cutting off the top of this one in the photo. 70lb lab, no tripod, and squatting make for a poor photography environment.
*This is my only tree in a proper bonsai pot.*
Boxwood1:
I'm not sure if I've ever posted this one. Its fairly homely but I see potential there. Its being grown, for better or worse, in the traditional pine tree informal upright style. I'm working on ramification, contemplating wiring, contemplating guy wiring it. Its mostly 2-d right now. It could use some back branching and theres one branch that popped very opportunely. The nebari is pretty good, but it could use some work too. I know the pot's horrible. It was about the size I wanted (overpotting) and I don't really care about the color of the pot when I'm growing it out.
I've a few others I'd like to post, but I need to take their pics as I was running out of daylight and didn't want to rely on work lights, reflectors, and flash to get a decent picture.