Live Oak

jaron

Does any one know any thing about the live oak style. Here in Mississippi there are many live oaks and they are beautiful and I was wondering how the looked as a bonsai. If any one knows please tell me what kind of species could be used to make this style.

Please put many pictures if any one has any.Thank you.[B]

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grampz

jaron,

The 'live oak' style has become for me a major goal in my bonsai collection...This is my third time around with bonsai, and this time I find myself concentrating more on trees that look like the ones I see often...The Southern Live Oak [Quercus virginiana] is one...

I am currently working on 'Yaupon Holly' and 'Japanese Boxwood' with the 'live oak style'...These trees stray far from many of the accepted guidelines of bonsai [branch size, taper, and curvature; overall outline shape; callused wounds], yet the artistic guidelines should still be present in my opinion

I do not know of a collection of 'live oak style' bonsai photos, but I am also interested in seeing some...

I think you may find this article of interest

Lake Charles Bonsai Society Newsletter

and

Part 2

I hope to some day see a book written and devoted to some of the Southern US styles...Flat-top Bald Cypress and Live Oak for example...Perhaps you will be the one to author such a book...I keep watching for something from Joe Day on the subject, but have not heard of anything...

Regards
Behr

David Chauvin

I have posted an attempt at the live oak form using kingsville boxwood. Check it out in the gallery.

Regards,

David

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rockm

Here's a link to a photo of a live oak (quercus virginiana) bonsai:

http://www.american-bonsai.com/cata...oducts_id=2819.

It's darned expensive for such a small tree, but approaches the "natural" live oak style.

I have been working with a large collected live oak bonsai for the last five years. They are great bonsai material to work with.

The subspecies quercus virginiana "fusiformis" is probably the easiest to work with and the hardiest when it comes to cold --although this probably isn't a concern down your way. Fusiformis also has smaller leaves. It's an upland species that grows primarily in Texas, though.

I think others are working with the coastal form of this tree in your area.

TreeBay

Dead link!

Regards,

Matt

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rockm

Sorry. Go to www.american-bonsai.com

Click on the "specimen" bonsai catalog link and the tree is abotu halfway down the list.

David Yedwab

Here's a just re-styled attempt at doing a kingsville dwarf box in a "live oak" style, with suggestions from Mike Page and Jim Lewis last winter.

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jaron

Wow, thats lots of information I didnt expect to get that many replies. So thank you all for the great information and please keep trying to get some pictures of bonsai or live oaks in the wild. I would post some pictures of them in the wild but I dont have a digital camera or scanner.

Does any one know if Joe Day has any live oak style bonsai I'm going to his house to buy some maple seedlings.

Thank You So Much Everybody I Really Appreciate It.

jaron

Wow, that looks great I give it a 5. Thank you so much for the picture.