Fuchsia Bonsai - Katjan

fbonsailady

Advise please - How can I improve this little 8 year old tree.
(first time posting - hope I've done everything correctly).

Attached Images

fuchsia katjan.187.jpg (62.4 KB, 296 views)

__________________
Kath zone8b UK
http://www.bonsaigarden.net

Advertisement

jemmick

Bonsailady,
Wow, IMHO ,Ilike it .I've always wanted to one do have never undertaken the task. How long have you been training it .
It looks great to me .Yeah, you did everything right.
Regards,
Jonathan

__________________
Jonathan

DavidN

Very nice fuchsia.
The only problem I see is that with time you will most likely get some reverse taper as there is a bar branch with the first left branch and the second right branch. This point will swell up over time. However this I believe might me difficult to fix. Maybe trying to disguise that point with folage might help and bending the left branch lower down. You have a few options in trying to disguise that point.

Just my opinion.

David

fbonsailady

Hi Johnathan, This was a cutting 8 years ago and have been training it eversince.
Thank you for the advice David, see what you mean about 'reverse taper' will have to give that some serious thought.
Kath.

__________________
Kath zone8b UK
http://www.bonsaigarden.net

BonsaiMon

Hi Kath..good to see ya made it here with your beautiful shohin fushias .. the power of the computer can make that a perfect lil tree but does it break back when pruned hard ? How bout broken branches do the heal easy enough ? Don't know if this virtual is at all possible but here it is..enjoy..

Attached Images

fuchsia katjan[1].jpg (58.7 KB, 254 views)

__________________
peace,
tom stoute

http://bonsaiinsights.spaces.live.com/

fbonsailady

Hello Tom
Nice to see you here as well. Thanks for the virtual, that looks great. Yes this particular variety comes back very quickly when pruned hard and broken branches heal very well. Thanks once again for the advice will do my best to achieve same.

__________________
Kath zone8b UK
http://www.bonsaigarden.net

Treebeard

Hi Kath,

First comes the compliment:
What a beautiful display of flowers, and a very nice tree overall.

Second comes the critique:
Basically the same as Bonsaimon. But also the roots could possibly be improved by bending the second from right root out towards the front, and away from under the rightmost root.

Third come the questions:
If I was to buy a garden centre fuchsias this spring, what would be the best advice you could give for encouraging it to develop a trunk, is there a particular method you use? Also which variety to buy?

TIA

Regards,

TB

__________________
"Do not be hasty, that is my motto"
-JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers.
-----------------------------------
christopherguise.co.uk

fbonsailady

Hi TB,
Firstly thanks for advice, will try to achieve same. In respect of purchasing fuchsias with intention to bonsai:-
(a) Any small flowered cultivars with short distance between nodes.
(b) The encliandra type fuchsias are ideal, have very small flowers.

(c) To develop a trunk. If it's a hardy variety grow in the garden for a couple of years. If it's a non-hardy variety grow in garden in summer, remove in Autumn and place in a flower pot for winter, if possible keep at 45f/8c during winter in greenhouse, and return to garden when all risk of frost has gone following year.

__________________
Kath zone8b UK
http://www.bonsaigarden.net

fbonsailady

Here it is again, one year later, still working on it, but think it is an improvement on last year!

Attached Images

fuchsia katjan-018.jpg (55.8 KB, 143 views)

__________________
Kath zone8b UK
http://www.bonsaigarden.net