In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “From Every Angle.”
Some summer shots of my Chinese elm bonsai tree. One from above showing the extent of the canopy, a shot from the side focussing on the textured trunk, and my favourite, looking up from below with a clear sky behind.
Chinese Elm
Show prep – Chinese Elm
My chuhin sized Chinese Elm that was repotted earlier this year. Taking a while to get going but foliage will hopefully fill out over the next few weeks and I can then wire it for the first time in the autumn. Took a while to moss up today but worth the effort. Another tree that I’m hoping to have on show at The Bonsai Experience next weekend.
Before
After
Chinese Elm – a new front
An overdue repot of my Chinese Elm. I was never entirely happy with the spoke like appearance of the old front with most branches coming from one spot on the trunk. Saw it from a new angle by chance at a club meeting last autumn and I think it’s much better.
autumn 2014
April 2015
Hopefully a bit of wiring later in the year will make a bigger difference too as some branches need to be manipulated into better positions as well.
Scratch Bonsai 