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‘Burl Base’ Rocky Mountain Juniper Styling

Posted in Before and after, tagged , on August 13, 2010 | 17 Comments »

Previously this tree was featured in a repotting post: http://crataegus.com/2010/03/19/rocky-mountain-juniper-potting/ And this is the styling post, five months later. This massive juniper has always intrigued me. It has a bit much mass for the ‘juniper’ feel that we tend to appreciate about these elegant, sinuous trees. And yet within the mass, there are dynamic lines. [...]

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Hemlock group

Posted in Before and after, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on March 22, 2010 | 4 Comments »

This Mountain hemlock has been one of those intriguing trees that is so big at 65″ it is almost more of a conversation piece than a bonsai. And yet thinner trunked trees can be considerably taller and still ‘work’ as bonsai. I collected it about 1 1/2 years ago, and put it in pumice in [...]

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Ezo spruce, again

Posted in Before and after, tagged , , on February 25, 2009 | 10 Comments »

As promised, here’s the final ‘potted’ photo of that Ezo spruce clump styling in yesterday’s post— Two things I’ll do in the future is move the left trunk further to the right as it’s a bit too balanced where it is. Also I’ll add a clump of broadleaf evergreen, probably a small-leafed azalea, to the [...]

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Ezo spruce clump

Posted in Before and after on February 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »

This Ezo spruce is a prime example of one ‘gone to seed:’ A tree long neglected, grown more as an ordinary plant in a pot than as a bonsai. Before:   And after:     You might notice I did not cut the branches off cleanly, leaving quite a few large, ugly stubs. What I’ve [...]

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Pacific Rim juniper

Posted in Before and after, Uncategorized on January 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »

A rangy juniper reworked in a half-day refinement session at the Weyerhaeuser collection in Federal Way, Washington. This 40″ tree is a collected Sierra juniper grafted with shimpaku:

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Two Old Pines

Posted in Before and after, tagged on January 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »

These two imported black pines have been through a number of hands in the United States, most notably Boon Manakitivipart, who established the basic branch framework of them. A client owns them. The refinement work shown here is typical of that applied to very established conifers. Both trees’ key branches needed shortening, having slowly grown [...]

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