Coastal Tee Tree Buds.

[boom64]

Hi All ,
A quick snap of a Coastal tee tree and a mass of buds ,sometimes they look better than the flowers. Has been a long time project as this tree had a few tiny little branches at the base at collection time .It had been decimated by a pretty wild bushfire . Slowly getting a bit of shape .Originally thought the two different gins clashed and one would have to go. Thankfully i did not rush in and am now pretty happy with both.
Cheers John.

[Sno]

Very nice . The gins look great .

[Rory]

Coastal tee tree and a mass of buds ,sometimes they look better than the flowers.

So true. I feel the same way about most of my Leptos. *edit* I have a theory that with the buds it gives a better scale to the ratio of the tree, that makes you feel like you're looking at a real tree with smaller flowers. But when the flowers open up - because the bonsai is very small - the larger 'opened flower' look makes it look less in proportion than being covered in buds. Plus the buds have such a rich swirl just as they're about to open, its lovely to see the tree covered in them.

But FIRST OFF.... I HAVE TO SAY!!
What I admire most about you is your ability to further compliment raw material. Your talent is in stark contrast to most 'experts' and a great number of enthusiasts who have the eventual ability to remove the element of nature from yamadori. You on the other hand, accentuate and continue it. You are one of the greatest artists of bonsai in my opinion for this gifted trait.

Lovely tree John. Will only get better with age. I'm guessing throughout the course of time, that long dead branch up at the top will eventually go, either by accident or some other mishap.

Is that also deadwood going out across the bottom? That is epic deadwood if it is!

It erks me though, to see such relatively thin and long deadwood going up and out and still surviving. My brain is imagining it snapping off easily in ferocious winds or rot (if it was a real tree in nature I mean). But thats the fun of having unusual bonsai.

[MJL]

Very cool. As always very moody and rugged. Great pot too.


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[robb63]

Hi John
Well done nurturing this tree back to such good health.
Shoe-horning it into that little pot and retaining vigour is admirable work.
I like your lower gin but am unsure about the top one.
Could need a tweak or just more foliage to break up the strait bits.
Then again 2D pics are deceiving so I may think different if I saw it in 3D
Which brings me to another point I wanted to ask you as a fan of your collected trees.
Could you please add a few more pics of back & top views ??
cheers
Rob

[melbrackstone]

That's a beaut little tree John. I appreciate your ability to keep those jins for any length of time. I'm so clumsy they'd have been broken off a long time ago.

[boom64]

Thanks for the kind words.
The long thin gins are something i originally had an issue with. Shorten them as in the Bonsai way or leave the be as they had survived in nature......
Mel ,Rory it is a miracle they have not broken them .I have splashed some Lime Sulphur on the base and on the curvy gin but have left the top one alone. Can even see a few little black spots from the fire, it seems pretty sturdy at the moment.
Rob as requested i had some extra photos, good idea as it gives a better idea overall.
Cheers John.

[robb63]

Thanks for the extra pictures John.
I like the tree much more now.

[juan73870]

Beautiful and natural. Stunning bonsai

[Sno]

Even better . Where I live fire has helped make the landscape . I am surrounded by trees like this .

[Ryceman3]

Cool tree from lots of angles... thanks for the extra shots, they help to get my head around how it all sits together, lovely composition.