Walter_Pall

Now my personal conclusion:
This is an example of an interesting development of very poor material into a fair bonsai (for international standards).
This does not show that one can make a good bonsai out of anything as long as there is enough time and skill involved.
It shows exactly the contrary: What a shame to spend such time and effort with such a poor piece of material. What a shame to have chosen the informal upright form for this right from the outset. It should have been the informal broom form. This was the form the tree was crying for, but it is not in the books.
What a shame to have started with such a poor nebari which never got much better in twenty years. It will never get better. The only solution is to airlayer the tree and start a new nebari. But then the nebari will crawl upwards and the first branch is too low.
What a shame to work for twenty years on this tree and now NEVER show it because it is just not good enough for major shows and never will be.

If one wants to spend something like 300 hours with a tree in the furure it is not asked too much to spend 30 hours for looking at the right starter material. It is not asking too much to spend much much more that you are willing to if you find the rigth material.

But all this is only true if you take bonsai for very serious, for art. If it is just a hobby then what you are seeing here is good enough.

When I started with this tree bonsai was just a hobby for me. Interesting to see the development of an artist with this series.

best regards
Walter Pall