A Simple Serrisa Bunjin.

I suggest don't do anything, let it grows as freely as it can for 2-3 months, then defoliate again and do the 2nd shaping.

Hi Buddy,

I suggest you get a house with garden land area of at least 3k+ ft2, put up benches, visit around S'pore and M'sia bonsai plant nursery including
those crazy bonsai kaki's places, and start your multi hundreds to thousand collection. You will sure to be occupied trough out all the day light hours.

Don't ever defoliate until botak, just trim like hair cut.

Hi soonhee,


By looking at the photo of your place, it seen to be perfect for Ficus species.
I suggest you Google to find out the difference species of Ficus and start a series of collections.

Aahhhh... good that you found what you want, that's a mirten, Okinawa holly or Singapore holly.
I believe you can have a better initial shaping to your mirten. If you don't mind to show some photos of your
plant with the main trunk vertical and branches open up. I might be able to give you some suggestion if you wanted to.

Hi soonhee,

Your mirten suit literati style. Do Google and look for literati bonsai image that close to your plant.
Your wiring Technic is not exactly right. Mirten with pencil thick size trunk is not difficult to bend but
must do it properly to prevent breaking. If you can post up clearly photos taken both sides of the plant
like below, I might be able to give some suggestions.

A simple literati style initial shaping.

I've this half pencil thick asam jawa Tamarind with all the side lower branches cut off.



Needed 2 difference thickness of wire, the main to allow easy bending is usually double the size of the coil around one.
Always push about an inch of the one end of the wire into the soil before coiling around the trunk.



Now start the snake bend and twist but always bear in mind that do not over do or you can break the trunk.
The bending or twisting process can be done a little at a time ( bend a bit now and bend again one week later ) pending on the flexibility of the trunk.





It should be allowed to grow freely for sometimes before anything to be done to it.

Well, Abgpcx

What I suggest is do some cutting including 2 exposed roots. and post a clear photo again if you wanted to.

You can do roots over rock style if you wanted to.
If plant is grown over the rock from seeding, it will look perfect but that might take a decade.



Alternatively, you can dig your shui mei up, remove all the soil, cut away any roots right under the main stem,
put a rock under and tie round and round with raffle string. Re plant it by burring 2/3 of the rock with soil materials.
To me I think is no so advisable for a novice.

Your shui mei have quite a unique root. My suggestion is to add and top up soil to the roots to level as indicated.
wire the side small branches into a mushroom shape, cut a little more to the 3 bigger branches.



The shape of your shui mei I'm suggesting is something like below. Since your shui mei have a unique root, it can be developed
into a better looking shape than mine in time to come.

Potting a wrightia.

This one dug up from one corner of the planting yard.



Did some brushing and cleaning to the stem, then planted in quite a tall rectangular training pot.

Hi soonhee,

Can't see clearly from your photo, but it looks like a Chinese Jasmin or something close to that.
It has already has a prebonsai look.
I suggest you cut according to indication, don't give straight cut but try to break with your hand to get a natural breaking look.
Do not defoliate.
Re pot it to an oblong pot say about 12 ins long and 2-3 ins height.

After forced to fire my self from job, now sitting at home
And what can I do??? And so what can "YOU" Do?

Oh poor me! Am I going to be like this



No no no no NO.

So bros, if u're interest in bonsai or find Sunfong's bonsai is like an atomic bomb, kindly pm me.

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Nov 6 2014, 03:44 PM

Thanks for suggestion. Bro

After a night of heavy downpour......some shots for sharing

Thanks bro.

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This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Nov 10 2014, 01:56 PM

Thanks bro, just updated my blog.



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This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Nov 12 2014, 09:48 PM

Hi hekhor,

Nice juniper for a starter, I suggest you loosen the wire because it has "eaten" into the branches.
Remove the stones from the pot which can cause soil hardening. Plant some mosses instead.

Shouldn't be difficult to find mosses especially during the present rainy season.