Serissa Repot

Mame Cotoneaster Repot

Japanese Maple Leafing Out.

Creating a Forest Bonsai Part III

Finally! This was the project as assembled at the end of the last blog post.  The last step was to complete some pruning and adjust some crossing trunk lines.

Before

inverse taper and an unattractive kink in the main trunk to be removed

Various wires used to loosely secure trunks

From the side

From the opposite side

After.  A new beginning.

Some things to improve in the short term future:

1. Shift the planting to the left at the next repot so that more negative space is to the viewers’ right.
2. Encourage back budding on the thinner trunks so that they can be reduced in height.
3. Perhaps add an extra minor trunk at each end in future.
4. Encourage thickening of the two major trunks.

Any other suggestions would be welcome.

Chinese Juniper Finally Out of a Box

Literati Black Pine Repot

Large Cedar Repot

An overdue repot into a mica training pot.  More attractive than the wooden box anyway.