Orlando Bonsai » trunk 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 It’s about time https://www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=1101 https://www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=1101#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:50:51 +0000 http://www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=1101 I have had this tree for about 3 or 4 years now, and I had never styled it.  I’ve just been letting it grow out so that I had some branches to work with.  Well today I decided to take a look at it and get some branch structure devloped.

Black Olive pre bonsai

Neea Buxifolia pre bonsai

This is more than a bush than a tree when I first took a look at it.  It does have a nice trunk, good movement and nice nebari.

Black Olive Bonsai initial styling

Neea Buxifolia Bonsai initial styling

As I started removing branches I found a lot of them were not useable, and much of the foliage had blocked new branches from growing on the upper trunk.    However I was able to define the trunk line, and open the tree up.  The first few branches are now defined so it is a matter of developing th etop of the tree.  Speaking about the top of the tree, it is a bit long.  As new branches start I can see what other options I have for creating a new top.


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Well what can I say? The top of this tree in the picture above was horrible. It all just needed to go. Look how much bigger the trunk looks now, and what great movement. The new leader is a thread graft from the branch coming out of the left side. By the end of this year this tree will have shape and nice branching. Mar 2007


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This is the trunk this huge canopy has been hiding. It is only a 2 1/2 years old and already over a 2″ trunk. It has great bark and lovely movement. I believe next year this will make the transition to a bonsai. July 2005


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