The not so yamadori "Yamadori" experience.

During my recent trip to The Scandinavian countries, the coach I was on was forced to stop in the middle of nowhere on a Norwegian mountain road due to road works
some distance away.



....how to survive if one will has lost in a land like this!



Found something of great interest on this deserted land.







Beautiful mountain junipers are every where. How I wish I can dig up some and bring them home!

The Putrajaya Flora show is on. Usually there is a corner for bonsai.
Wondering it has it this year?

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Jun 15 2014, 09:04 PM

It's wrightia all right but minus the chilli api!

My suggestion.

No hurry to change pot.
Usual first time bonsai shaping - defoliate/ pluck away all the leaves and let the tree botak. Then cut a mushroom shape like to give it an apex.

Wow AZ,

You got some healthy stuff. The volcanic soil material is good.
Do you have a photo of the bag that contain the soil material?

Working on Ficus.

My Ficus post on 31st Aug 2013.



Now after 10 months...





After repotting in a flat pot. Front ??? Back???



This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Jun 25 2014, 01:46 PM

Working on another ficus.

Another Ficus which was dug up from the ground sometimes in Sept last year.



Time for repot an styling improvement.





Now in a flat pot and with the aired roots arranged. Hope more aired roots will grow out from the branches...





This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Jun 25 2014, 01:45 PM

Good Materials!

AZ is right!

Hi Loo,

Good stuff !

Boxwood again!?

Ignored for quite sometime..



Finally it has a chance to look better.



Unfortunately I do not have a suitable pot for it.

This Chinese Elm was bought sometimes in 2008 from a Chinese bonsai trader at a shopping complex's parking lots.
The main trunk was full of cut wounds and wiring scares. It was then potted in the flat pot and left to grow free.



Finally decided to do something to improve it's look, but first some hard cleaning works are needed.







Oooh No! Such a big bushy foliage ! How shall I do it ?



( to be con't.... )

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Jun 29 2014, 09:03 PM

Thanks to Thien211 created this topic 6 years ago. At the moment, this is post no. 1985, page 100 and will be getting 160,000 views !
Hope Mr Thien can be back, posting up here and also everybody else con't to support to make this topic a much more interesting one !

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Jun 29 2014, 09:34 PM

Wow! Loo. Good Shui Mei and limau!
It looks like you got good collections of these two species!

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Jul 5 2014, 05:53 PM

Chinese Elm Con't....

First Round Styling - Wind Swept

Working on the big bushy foliage.......



After 3 hours only 3/4 done... now whether to keep the top branch or not?





Decision made and another 20 minutes later ...

Front



Back



This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Jul 5 2014, 05:40 PM

The first round of wind swept styling is only getting the tree a style that I'm looking for.
There are much much more to do including improvement on the ugly unrecoverable wounds at the main trunk.



Chinese Elm is a vigorous growing specie. This tree will properly take about 3 months to recover and grow vigorously again.
Now it's size compare to a Kumpung Koh chilies sauce bottle.



This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Jul 5 2014, 05:59 PM

My limau rawit growing from a seedling, after 6 years still with the miserable pencil thick trunk.
Hope the Limau master Mr Loo can share his limau tree trunk thickening secret.



With the Kumpung Koh chilies souse again..



This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Jul 6 2014, 02:21 PM

Wow! Really fertile! what's the fertilizer use?

My Young Casuarina.

Started from air layering. (post 541 11/Jan 2014)



Now just after half a year.

Hi Bro, thanks for the info.

3 "shui mei" Wrightia R Update.

One year ago, when 3 trees combined together.



Only the strong survive.



This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Jul 13 2014, 05:30 PM