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Japanese Black Pine Styling: #3
Here’s one more rough Japanese Black Pine. There hasn’t been much taper on these 3 pines. A large cut to a new leader is in order for this one as well. After cutting back. The big shoot comes off a promising new leader. After setting the branches. We left that strong shoot on to thicken […]
Japanese Black Pine Styling: #2
Here’s another Japanese Black Pine with major choices ahead. Let’s take a look. A scruffy little Black Pine with a few promising lower branches and a lot of nothing halfway up. After several initial cuts the pine is half the size. The top came back hard, and the two lowest branches were shortened. A slight […]
Japanese Black Pine Styling: #1
Last week we took a look at this leggy Black Pine. The pine reminded me of a crane. Taking off with its long neck stretched out. It won’t be a good bonsai with such wings. So they need to be tucked in. And that neck is overlong. Nice bark on this one. Maybe 35 years […]