Shimpaku - Before And After

Thomas_J.

Here's a shimpaku that I picked up at a bonsai nursery last March for $65. As soon as I got home I got right to work. I immediately saw the potential in this one at the nursery when I eyeballed the trunk. It just needed to be tilted to about a 45deg. angle as you will see in the next pic.

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Thomas_J.

As I said, the initial styling was done immediately after purchase. I let it fill in real hard throughout the summer and finally did some clean up work on it today. This one really loves the water.

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buzzy

this is a nice example i really like what you've done with it.

zeb

Thomas, that must be the best instant bonsai I've seen.
I wish I had even one tree like that, you've got tens of them.

Keep on doing what you're doing.

Zeb

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ripsgreentree

Thomas_J; man am I laffing at my self. I did a vertual on adding a guy wire to redirect the crown and after finishing realised who I was talking to. Better that we should listen to how you plan to direct this tree than for us to make suggestions. I will be interested to hear how you intend to finish this tree.

Glenn

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GaryS

Nice find Thomas.

I've found that one of the problems with finding good hefty shimpaku stock is that unless they are trained early to a single trunk, most of them are multistemed. Looks like someone left that nice jin on the right side just for you.
It ought to be a fun tree as the years go by.

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DavidN

Nice nice material Thomas. What are your plans for the apex? I would reduce it rather than try and wire it back straight above the pot. What are your plans overall?

David

Karl Thier

Hi Thomas,
A wonderful Juniperus. Perhaps one could take the beautifully curved trunk to the validity better. One should reduce of the green a little and in any case use a more beautiful shell.
They forgive if I see the Juniperus so.

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Thomas_J.

To all of you that commented on the apex; your right on. This is the biggest flaw in this tree in that the main trunk goes up at a 45deg. angle rather than straight up. My first intention was to cut the apex down a bit and develop a new leader with a branch from the back side. Instead I just let it ride through the summer to let it green up and see what kind of growth I could get out of it.
Something will definetely need to be done with it though. I'll probably try wiring it first to see how much I can bend it.
Glenn,
Whenever you feel you have an idea for something I post, bring it on. I'll listen to whatever anyone has to say. Someone might see something I may never see, and in so doing might help me quite a bit.
Karl,
Thanks for the virtual. It's certainly something for me to consider.
Thanks to all for all the nice comments.
Thomas J.