Shimpaku Shohin

[Heshian]

Hi Guys,

For those who likes shohins. This tree was purchased August 2008 as part of the Canberra Bonsai Society bus trip to sydney. The tree was purchased from Bonsai Environment. A fellow club member picked the tree, saw potential but didn't want to buy, so I took it. Over the last 2 years I reduced the height from about almost 1 metre to just over 6 inch. Anyway to cut long story short I have attached a photo of the tree now styled Monday 150310. Final height of the tree is just over 5 inch from base to top.

Hope you like it.

Mario

[Jamie]

love it mate!!!

excellent work, these are the sorts of trees i love it will look great once it is in a pot too

do you have any progressional shots of this from when you were starting it at 1m high?


jamie

[craigw60]

Hi Mario,
Lovely little tree just the sort of material we should be seeing more of on the sales benches in Australia.
Craig

[Heshian]

Hi Jamie,

Thanks for the comment. Unfortunately i do not have any progression shot anywhere. I only started taking photos mid to late last year. Am not sure if I have a photo of it in the background of other bonsai, but I haven't found any ot this stage.

Hi Craig,

Yeah it would be nice to see a lot more on offer around Australia so we don't have to wait 2 yrs thanks for your comment

Mario

[Leigh Taafe]

G'day mate ! Nice tree - good work!

How many hours of styling do you think you put into this one?

[Jamie]

cool mario, thanks for look

if you ever decide you want to sell this little puppy come to me first


jamie

[Jester]

Very Nice, pls re-post when you have in a pot.!!

[bodhidharma]

A lovely little tree Mario.How long do you anticipate before it goes into a pot? I am also interested in foliage refinement on such a little tree. What is your plan with this

[kcpoole]

Nice mario
Into a pot this winter ?

Ken

[Mitchell]

WoW!!
Awesome stuff, keep us updated!

Any chance of seeing it against a black background?

[hugh grant]

That's got to be the best looking bonsai tree of that size I've seen yet!
Awsome, I love it.

Hugh

[Pup]

Nice work Mario so far. I do see the need for some branches / foliage at the apex to cover the trunk. It looks to me, just an opinion flat at the top.
As in two dimensional.

At the moment when you have a full apex it will be a real stunner.

Cheers Pup

[Mojo Moyogi]

Mario, I really like what you have done so far, it does need a little depth, please build the branches and apex before the tree goes into a bonsai pot, there is no need to be overly eager to rush it into little or no growth. If it were an Elm, then yes into a pot.

What I also like is that you are using shimpaku, a very desireable species that has a limitation, in that trunks take ages to thicken, but you have brought the height down to a scale that works with the trunk caliper you already have. A lot of people 3 years into their bonsai journey would have made a 30cm tall tree from the stock, which would not have worked at all. I know I would have at that coresponding stage. I expect that a few of us that are reading this are nodding their heads too.

It can be done, credible mini bonsai from stock to pot is possible in 5 years.

Once again, well done.

Cheers,
Mojo Moyogi

[Jamie]

this one will fill out really well, you might run into a little difficulty when secodary branch starts but that can be sorted too. the apex will fill up quite quickly with some pibhing and being in a collander it will give you a really solid fibrous root system

i still love it


jamie

[Mitchell]

I expect that a few of us that are reading this are nodding their heads too.


Cheers,
Mojo Moyogi

Where's the "Nodding" smilie?