Orlando Bonsai » clump style https://www.orlandobonsai.com The purpose of this site is to share and enjoy the art, history and horticulture of bonsai and to provide current bonsai news and information. Sun, 19 Sep 2021 06:47:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 The Clumps https://www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=1097 https://www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=1097#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:47:51 +0000 http://www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=1097 I have been looking for a clump style bonsai for a long time, but never have been able to find one that I really liked.  However yesterday when I visited Jim Smith’s nursery I was able to track one down.  This is a pretty large planting, and will take some work to get it right, but it is easy to see that this will be a great bonsai one day.

Raw clump pre-bonsai

Raw clump pre-bonsai

 Here it is as I bought it.  It never fails to amaze me when I see the small amount of roots needed to support so much foliage. 

Clump repotted

Clump repotted

I wanted to do a few things by repotting this tree.  First I will get a wider root base.  So when I repot in to a more shallow pot in the future I will have more surface roots.  Also I need to get more energy to the top of these trees so I can develop more branching.  Also I want to add another trunk on the far right side to balance the tree.  Right now I have 6 trunks and I need to get to an odd number and 7 is the goal.


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