bonsaial1

I had started this thread some time ago. It was during the fire when bonsaiTALK was down for a week. When it came back, many threads that were not saved with the server were deleted. This was one of them.

The subject of the thread had to do with me obtaining some Japanese books by Kyosuke Gun. The great expert in the field of shohin, and also a great illustrator for the pages of bonsai today.

In these books I found a great key in the formation of shohin bonsai. Cut away all that is not good and work on the plant that is left and make trhat better. That is the subject of this juniper.

I started with a shimpaku juniper that is about 12 years old. It was growing in a 5 gallon container and was pretty good as it was. The branches were starting to develop and the foliage clouds were starting to thicken. The trunk was small though and no amount of branch manipulation was going to hide that fact.

The before tree.

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