AusBonsai

This is probably the best example I have of a decent nebari. There is a lot of work to be done though.
I am going to experiment with the toothpick method on this eventually but I am developing the trunkline first.

Squizz

Hey Squizz, I wild be getting some Maple starters from Ray and root grafting them on there now as they will take a year or 2

Ken

1925 Bougainvillea. My Avatar tree.

Some beautiful butts here. Great post. Hope to see more.

Tony

Kkkkk, this pick looks like the makings of another tree. Sorry, i just had to say it.

Found a picture in my archives of one the nebari of my old trees from the suburban days.
This is from a Formal Upright Japanese Larch, mostly container grown, seen here at about 7-8yrs old from a seedling. At a guess, the base of the trunk is about 60-70mm in diameter. In hindsight, I should have held onto this tree and improved it further, but a friend of mine made me an offer that I couldn't refuse at the time, so I parted with it. The tree has a 360 degree nebari and the moss on the soil surface is hiding a few of the radial roots, but you get the idea. At the time, I was quite surprised at how fast Larches can grow and develop a decent sized trunk. I must have some more pics of this tree somewhere on disk, if I find them I will share.

Cheers,
Mojo

Collected M. lateritia with Nebari,

This is from my trident maple, I think it's ok...

A quick bump and a Japanese maple base

A stunning base for a Japanese maple Jow. Thanks for starting the thread again, here is an Irish Strawberry.

This is a crabapple I just purchased

Little peiris japonica

Trident Maple

Will this count? Its on a ficus natalensis.

maple wrote:Trident Maple

If that's your trident it has the best set of pins in this country and id also say it was a early imported example. please elaborate

Hi Matthew,
yes, it is an imported tree brought in in 2000. Very nice nebari and was very lucky to find it. From what I could understand from the seller who had little English and I had no Japanese, he believed it was not "terribly" old. He said maybe 25 to 40 y.o. Probably sounds a lot to us but still very young compared to what is found in Japan.
One problem with a nebari like that is finding a good quality pot the right size for it. It was recently critiqued by an American demonstrator and bagged for the pot shape and colour. I told him it's very diificult to find something that width and depth in Australia because good quality pots that size are so hard to find. He casually remarked that I should import one from Japan. Easier said than done, particularly on the pocket but I did it . I'll pot it up this season.
BTW, Recently I have seen some excellent examples of a couple of Victorian growers that have grown their own Maples in the ground and lifting annually to root prune and are establishing fantastic nebaris over 10 year periods that will be every bit as good as mine in time. I am very interested to follow the progress of them and will try hard not to buy one!