Newly bought Larix Decidua

weeijk

Hello,

I bought this Larch today, it's 103 cm high, the trunk is 5 cm in diameter and it is potted in 1991. I sadly don't know it's age. I payed 20 euro or about $24 for it.

How do you think it should be styled (as if it was your tree) and why?

Please share me your thoughts/insides.

Thanks Wessel

Attached Images

larix yamadori.jpg (68.7 KB, 103 views)

Advertisement

titusblm

We'll the branchs look good on most the tree. You could trunk chop down to 2/3rds your finshed size and add movement to the trunk to devlop a slanting of informal upright or leave it almost it's currant height and form a literali. Though it would take some work putting movement into the trunk.

Pman0

The left side has 75% more branching than the right - what about a windswept style

Paul

Delboy

Would it be possible to post some different angles?

Regards
Delboy

Pill_Man

Windswept - or perhaps lay it down, using the left side for a raft planting?

Carl_Bergstrom

Weeijk,

I can't see where to go with this one. Hopefully I'm missing something.

Tell us what you had in mind when bought the tree. Presumably you bought it for a reason...hopefully you even had some ideas for future styling. What was it that appealed to you about this piece of material, and what aspects of its character would you like to try to bring out through your styling decisions?

-Carl

__________________
In love with trees

pdbbonsai

I have to agree with Carl on this one. The tree is gonna look very full in a couple months. But right now, all I can think is that its "too busy". I am thinking that "less is more" is what is needed.

scale it down a bit. Just my opinion of course. I am only going on what is presented here. Perhaps with the other suggestions for more pictures of different angles....

Paul

__________________
It is essential to experience all the times and moods of one good place. (Thomas Merton)

BonsaiTalk is one good place. (me)

weeijk

Hi Carl and all others,

I bought this tree for 2 main reasons, 1 was it's nice taper of the lower trunk, second was it's age and the fact that it is standing in this tray since 1991, so it must have a very nice rootball.
I've placed photo's of the 3 other sides, one of them "d" is probably going to be the front in my opinion.

I personally like bonsai from 20-60 cm tall, so I'm going to shorten it.
Look at picture d for my future styling. I will cut the tree down at the bend in the trunk, where is a little banch which will be the new top. In this way the cut will be on the back, so not visuel. The lowest branch will be cut aswell. The first branch will be the future caracter branch, the second will be wired towards the back for the backbranch. As you may see there will be tree main branches left which all will be wired down a little.

I also need a proper pot to place it in, I was thinking of an oval, 40cm long and 20 cm wide.

Hope my thinking is understandable, feel free to comment though.

regards Wessel

Attached Images

	larix yamadori b.jpg (72.8 KB, 26 views)
	larix yamadori c.jpg (62.3 KB, 20 views)
	larix yamadori d.jpg (48.9 KB, 40 views)

Delboy

How about something like this? Was going to pot it and move the branches down, a bit rushed, I gotta go out now, but you get the idea.

Regards
Delboy.

Attached Images

larix yamadori.jpg (31.0 KB, 37 views)