first time for this shimpaku

[hugh grant]

This Little shimpaku has been in my possession since i began bonsai, in fact it was my first plant i bought (besides my other ‘first tree’ which i killed too quickly to count). It was only a 2-4 year old starter plant and quite small so i left it to grow and thicken never really touching it apart from a pruning every few years and 2-3 repots. Due to the tree only ever being grown in small trainer pots for its whole life, the tree never grew as large as would have been hoped. The tree, now after about 8-10 years of growing since a seedling, was styled with a particular design in mind.

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The tree was fully wired, placing the structure first and then fine wiring each branch and twig out to each foliage tip.

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H. 28cm

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[thugdeezee]

Looks Good!

[Andrew F]

Wonderful work Hugh, Love the downward movement of the lower branches and stance of the tree as a whole.

[Ces]

really nice work Hugh

Look forward to seeing it in a bonsai pot.

Cheers,

Ces.

[jezz_39]

For a first style this oozes class, Hugh
Look forward to seeing it filled out and into a nice pot

Jeremy

[FatMingsBonsai]

Great work there !! Would love to see in a nice pot soon !
Have fun with it and enjoy

[kcpoole]

what a lovely result
Very nice movement and outline. Congratulations

Ken

[Boics]

There can be little doubt that you have this "Bonsai thing" going just fine Hugh.

Great result!

Looks awesome now.
Is going to look mighty fine given some time to fill out.

[squizzy]

agree with everyone hugh

Top job

squizz

[hugh grant]

thanks for all your kind words, really appreciated
ill be looking for a nice pot over the next few months, and if i find one ill repot in october, if not ill still need to repot for the change of angle

[anttal63]

Way to Go Hughie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!