my shimpaku

[dragon]

hi all this is my slanting style shimpaku
cheers dean

[dragon]

4 days not not a single post it makes me wonder why I bother to put up my tree's ( not happy)

[Booga]

4 days not not a single post it makes me wonder why I bother to put up my tree's ( not happy)

Just a beginner here so I cant comment on the tree apart from that the foliage pads seem to be placed in the right spot
A couple of larger images would be good

113 views too

[Tenka]

A lovely, healthy tree, Dean.

Are you happy with it as is? I always feel like Shimpaku needs an amount of jin to really bring out the character of the species.

Thanks for posting.

[Qitianlong]

lovely tree, any bigger pics?

[eliass]

Healthy looking tree! If it was mine I would do some serious bending/ compresion of the trunk and create some Jin, I love to work on trees like this to see just how weird i can make them look.

[bodhidharma]

It is a nice tree and sorry i missed it Dean. Has it had any wiring done on the secondary branching? That would be the next step in the trees progression. it needs to be thinned out and secondary and tertiary's wired to bring it to its best.

[alpineart]

Hi Dragon , i agree with Bodhiharma . I love these Shimpaku but with such thick foliage they loose their intricate character inside the foliage pads . Each to his own on how to groom the foliage as in clouds or well ramified intricate branches . I prefer to see ramafication now , as to full foliage as it adds age and character . As for no comments , some of us just like to look and admire , that's a good thing with forums . To me postings not a bother but a privileged i enjoy when i find the time , the same thing applies to replying to comments , time , just not enough made in my days .

Cheers Alpine

[bodhidharma]

Hmmmm, well Dragon it is time to pay the Piper. We listened and took the time and you are not reciprocal.

[squizzy]

Hi Dean,

I couldnt find the question in your first post. Where was it?

Squizz

[dragon]

hmmmm gday guys
for some reason I did answer you all and the post are removed that I put on here so I did answer you bohdi and squizzy
but for some unknown reason the answers have gone

[Boics]

G'day Dragon..

Ausbonsai had some technical difficulties which resulted in a loss of messages/posts from the 26th November.

There are a couple of threads titled something like...

What just happened?
And is there a problem with the Ausbonsai website?

That cover this...

[dragon]

G'day Dragon..

Ausbonsai had some technical difficulties which resulted in a loss of messages/posts from the 26th November.

There are a couple of threads titled something like...

What just happened?
And is there a problem with the Ausbonsai website?

That cover this...

thanks for that I am not on that often due to medical problems but when I am I do try to answer what I post
cheers dean

[LLK]

Well, here's another worth. You should be accumulating quite a capital in the long run.
For a start, the forking trunk with equally thick sub-trunks is un-bonsai, leaning style or not. I bet that if you went to a top class workshop they'd make you opt for one or the other.
Next: your tree is very top heavy and looks like it's falling over. The clouds are too big. Actually, the whole emphasis of this tree seems to rest on those clouds: nicely shaped (except for the unfinished top ones), but too dominating and too numerous.
Next: The tree is planted much too far too the left. The roots have been neglected, they are exposed and not going in the right direction for a leaning tree.
It's excellent, healthy material, well looked after , but if I were you I'd take it to a bonsai workshop with a top class leader. Sorry about your medical problems, I hope you'll soon recover.

Lisa