a scots pine experiment
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a scots pine experiment
It has been a long time for me between new material, I think perhaps 2 years since I had some raw stock
I finally got myself motivated and went and bought a tree I have ummed and ahhed over for a while now, a grafted scots pine.
Why did I um and ah?
well, it's nursery material, not grown for bonsai, which means it could well be rubbish, it's overgrown so the growth is a long way from the trunk and also very hard to see into, and its a graft, ahh no a graft
It's not a bad one though So why did I buy it?
I havent styled raw material in 2 years!
Also it's old, the graft is barely visible and it's a dwarf variety of scots pine, so good bonsai material with even smaller needles.
Now this is never going to be your traditional pine, but I have those, and this is actually quite fitting with the thread just started by squiz on pine styling.
I wanted this tree to be wild, I wanted it to be like the pines I admire when driving around the southern highlands of NSW, those big, old, beaten, messy, not at all bonsai like pines that look fantastic
I always asked myself (again much like what squizzy was asking) why I had never seen a pine growing in nature that looked anything like the pines I admired as bonsai, so with this tree I wanted as best as I could to try and bring some of that in, and I think the material was right for it.
Now as I said above, this tree is full of problems, and some haven't been addressed yet, some have kinda (i'll finish the jin) and some I don't care about whatsoever (yes, I know it has reverse taper, I DID happen to notice). I'm done with writing trees off because of a few issues, if you have a perfect tree awesome! but I havent seen one yet.
Anyway, here it is cleaned up and branches selected And here it is styled, I can't decide what I want to do apex wise (if you can call 3 branches an apex) but once it fills in I'm sure I'll work it out I hope you all enjoy it, I enjoyed styling it, I enjoyed the challenge, and most of all I think I enjoyed thinking about a tree where my first step wasn't to bring the branches down
It's a bit of a rant but so what, it got me thinking and hopefully it does the same for others
Cheers,
Kerrin
I finally got myself motivated and went and bought a tree I have ummed and ahhed over for a while now, a grafted scots pine.
Why did I um and ah?
well, it's nursery material, not grown for bonsai, which means it could well be rubbish, it's overgrown so the growth is a long way from the trunk and also very hard to see into, and its a graft, ahh no a graft
It's not a bad one though So why did I buy it?
I havent styled raw material in 2 years!
Also it's old, the graft is barely visible and it's a dwarf variety of scots pine, so good bonsai material with even smaller needles.
Now this is never going to be your traditional pine, but I have those, and this is actually quite fitting with the thread just started by squiz on pine styling.
I wanted this tree to be wild, I wanted it to be like the pines I admire when driving around the southern highlands of NSW, those big, old, beaten, messy, not at all bonsai like pines that look fantastic
I always asked myself (again much like what squizzy was asking) why I had never seen a pine growing in nature that looked anything like the pines I admired as bonsai, so with this tree I wanted as best as I could to try and bring some of that in, and I think the material was right for it.
Now as I said above, this tree is full of problems, and some haven't been addressed yet, some have kinda (i'll finish the jin) and some I don't care about whatsoever (yes, I know it has reverse taper, I DID happen to notice). I'm done with writing trees off because of a few issues, if you have a perfect tree awesome! but I havent seen one yet.
Anyway, here it is cleaned up and branches selected And here it is styled, I can't decide what I want to do apex wise (if you can call 3 branches an apex) but once it fills in I'm sure I'll work it out I hope you all enjoy it, I enjoyed styling it, I enjoyed the challenge, and most of all I think I enjoyed thinking about a tree where my first step wasn't to bring the branches down
It's a bit of a rant but so what, it got me thinking and hopefully it does the same for others
Cheers,
Kerrin
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Re: a scots pine experiment
Great work Kerrin,
Agree 100% what you are saying about design ,more freedom less conformity.......Cheers John.
Agree 100% what you are saying about design ,more freedom less conformity.......Cheers John.
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Re: a scots pine experiment
Always a good job Kerri.
Are you sure it's a scotts pine?
Trunk and foliage reminds me of one of those bunnings christmas tree's (of which I have one).
Name escapes me right now unfortunately..
Edit: Picea Glauca Christmas Star?
Are you sure it's a scotts pine?
Trunk and foliage reminds me of one of those bunnings christmas tree's (of which I have one).
Name escapes me right now unfortunately..
Edit: Picea Glauca Christmas Star?
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Re: a scots pine experiment
Nah Boics, pinus sylvestris saxatilis
It’s a dwarf cultivar, no idea how it will go with bonsai rigours but it’s been in that pot a while
It’s a dwarf cultivar, no idea how it will go with bonsai rigours but it’s been in that pot a while
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Re: a scots pine experiment
Really like the look of that mate good job.
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Re: a scots pine experiment
Well this tree has had quite a year
I have never had a tree thicken so fast, and looking back at the initial work I am staggered by how much growth it had over the spring/summer
I took the wire off very lazily over the last 2 months and I am embarrassed to say this tree has the worst wire scaring I've ever been responsible for. On the plus side, the areas where I first took the wire off have already begun healing so I don't it will cause any lasting damage
Anyway today I decided I would rewire the tree and here it is
I was tempted to pot it up but it might be slightly late, maybe early spring. Either way, so far I feel the experiment with nursery stock is going well
Kerrin
I have never had a tree thicken so fast, and looking back at the initial work I am staggered by how much growth it had over the spring/summer
I took the wire off very lazily over the last 2 months and I am embarrassed to say this tree has the worst wire scaring I've ever been responsible for. On the plus side, the areas where I first took the wire off have already begun healing so I don't it will cause any lasting damage
Anyway today I decided I would rewire the tree and here it is
I was tempted to pot it up but it might be slightly late, maybe early spring. Either way, so far I feel the experiment with nursery stock is going well
Kerrin
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Re: a scots pine experiment
The outcome of your ‘experiment’ looks fantastic. You’re Einstein vs my work that’s reflective of a primary school lab. Another beauty Kerrin.
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Re: a scots pine experiment
Not sure what the future plans are, but I really like the 'squat' stature and very wide spread. This gives the tree a unique character.
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Re: a scots pine experiment
Thanks folks
Future plans are just to keep it going in the current direction, I don’t think it would work if I tried to “traditionalise” it, and I really enjoy the current form. It’s been a nice surprise to see it develop as it has thus far
Future plans are just to keep it going in the current direction, I don’t think it would work if I tried to “traditionalise” it, and I really enjoy the current form. It’s been a nice surprise to see it develop as it has thus far
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Re: a scots pine experiment
Potted this tree up about a month ago, thinned out and removed some branches also
Cheers
Kerrin
Cheers
Kerrin
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Sh!t that’s good. So, so good in 2 years. You’re showing me and others how to get better....
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