Kokufu 2021

[melbrackstone]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCjm7vTfR-Y

[treeman]

The bungin juniper at 2:22 and the maple right after it. - WOW!
All the apricots..
The two trunk white at 10:31 - Too good
The two tunk white pine at - 11:40 (same tree???) OMG the best tree for me..
The rest...Meh.

[TimS]

Thanks for sharing!

On top of Mike's i'm adding:

5:40 - rock planting i like though i suspect partly because it's something different to all the chonk conifers. Its hard to appreciate trees truly through video


0:43 - Really not a fan of the maples with such ridiculous fused bases.

[melbrackstone]

Thanks for your insights, Mike and Tim. Much appreciated!

Here's Mike's choices

bunjinpine.jpg

Bunjin Pine

maple.jpg

Maple

apr1.jpg

One of the Apricots

apr2.jpg

another of the Apricots

apr3.jpg

one more

apr4.jpg

I think this is another Apricot

twopine.jpg

The two trunk pine from in front

twopine1.jpg

The same two trunk pine from off to one side

rockplanting.jpg

The rock planting mentioned by TimS

[MJL]

The strangest alignment … I had written my favourite trees … alas -
+ 1 to those picture above. I think Mike and Tim may have been a rather big influence on me!!


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[treeman]

5:40 - rock planting

Yes that is extraordinarily good. The depth is amazing.
That two trunk pine, I just can't get my head around them being the same tree!

[TimS]

Definitely the same tree, you can see the conjoined trunk that runs along the soil line in both photos. The magic of photography angles!

[melbrackstone]

The second shot of the two trunk pine is such a wide angle it's totally distorted the shape..

[melbrackstone]

Trying to find decent photos of the various trees chosen by Mike and Tim. So far only this one from Bill Valavanis International Bonsai Online magazine #3 https://internationalbonsaionline.com/

picea.jpg

[Pat3222]

Thanks for the share and photos!!

Undoubtedly amazing skills and patience to produce these trees, far better than my humble collection that saw it's first wiring just this lockdown. I just wish they were trying to create something in a more natural style with more negative space. This one looks like Darth Vader's brother from Endor.
Cheers

[treeman]

Thanks for the share and photos!!

Undoubtedly amazing skills and patience to produce these trees, far better than my humble collection that saw it's first wiring just this lockdown. I just wish they were trying to create something in a more natural style with more negative space. This one looks like Darth Vader's brother from Endor.
Cheers

Agreed. Lots of dedication for a boring result IMO. But amazingly developed for a Hinoki.