Common Boxwood

constantstaticx

I created this tree from nursery stock last year. I'm am very happy with how quickly it has developed. In the fall I plan on creating a uro at the site where the cutpaste is and also at the to where that small jin is. The tree is 5" tall and will stay this size.


Tom

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Eaglion

I have two boxwoods. One of them was easy to convert into informal upright but the other had an awful upper branching. I had to cut it down to 13 cm (apprx. 5") as you have. Unfortunately boxwood is very slow growing specie and i am afraid it will take years to have a good branching even as a shonin.

It looks like yours needs some more branches, too. What is your plan for style? Broom or upright or something else?

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Taylan Benker
Eurosia Bonsai Club-Turkey
www.avrasyabonsai.com

constantstaticx

My plan is an informal upright. Yes I do need more branches but I pretty much have them in the form of buds. The apex should fill out pretty early this year and I have a back branch that I will use to fill in the gap above the right branch. This tree, for me, has grown very quickly considering it looked like this pic last spring.



Tom

Eaglion

It is lot bigger here. I think it is hard for you to make informal upright. The bottom part of the trunk is straight as a laser beam. You can not bend a boxwood wood trunk unless you cut through trunk to reduce stiffness.

Looking at your last picture, formal upright is the only way to go. If you want any other style then you have to chop it once more and make fresh start, which i would not dare. Buying a new potential boxwood with suitable trunk for that style will be much more comfortable.

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Taylan Benker
Eurosia Bonsai Club-Turkey
www.avrasyabonsai.com

constantstaticx

I completely disagree, I'm sorry. You are focusing entirely on the rules and aren't raelizing that you don't always have to follow them. I believe, in a couple years it will be a fine little tree. Sometimes you have to have a little bit of imagination. Imagine that this tree was a part of a group of trees that had died in a storm or something. Then it also lost a branch in that stromm, this will be conveyed with the uro I will create.

I also have anothe english boxwood, which I posted here, that I will be training in the oak style.

Tom

Eaglion

Dear constantstaticx,

I completely agree that, we do not always have to follow the rules. At the same time, i believe that rules are there to make our life easier. There must be some benefits to break them. Do not get me wrong. I more feel like, i belong to naturalistic school than old school.

Please consider that my comments are more for boxwood and not in general.

I am sure that your plan will look great in a group planting. On the other hand, when displayed alone, there will be some eye distracting points on the tree. Also It may not look so natural as you think. As you know, not only its physical structure but also its impression over the viewer is stiff. Because of this stiffness, it is hard to hide the flaws.

Anyways, I am looking forward to see your tree's progression. Good luck.

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Taylan Benker
Eurosia Bonsai Club-Turkey
www.avrasyabonsai.com

constantstaticx

Thanks for all the comments I do agree with you there. I do like to go for the naturalistic style more than traditional. I believe I may be able to correct the flaw by creating a shari from the uro that I plan on creating at the cutpaste site. That would help explain why there are no lower branches. If none of my efforts are successful then I could try and fine some small boxes to put underneath this one and make a three group, come to think of it I like that idea.

Anyone else have something to add?

Tom