AusBonsai

These pictures were taken on 18th/August/2013:


View 1 - 1


View 1 - 2


View 1 - 3


View 1 - 4

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I collected this tree from a rented house while still was in university -- that was eons ago.

Over the years I have attempted to wire it, but wired branches just kept on dying off -- I gave up wiring it.

The shape is not much to look at, but I like it regardless. It is one of the first trees I collected in the first year I started bonsai.

nice one viet !!!

Nice flowrs
Have tried just clip and grow to shape it?

Ken

I agree that they are difficult to get graceful branching. View 1.2 looks balanced and refined to me.

Thanks for posting,

Gavin

Beautiful. How big is it?

Hi Daiviet . mate they are a bit fickle when i comes to wiring . I choose to snip and grow mine , they never behave but a hook and hold wire is one way to hold the branches down then trim to suit . Its still a good looking tree thats for sure .

Cheers Alpine.

I agree with the other respondents, good tree in the making. I also agree with Gavin in regard to photo 1.2 as a prefered viewing side.
I have quite a few plums and I wire them as I would any other species, but I try to have the last bud pointing up a little.

Pretty sure its "elvins" and i wire mine at this time of year just before flowers. They respond well but you should let them dry out for a day or two first. Nice potential and i agree with the others on the front.

Hi Freckl,

Thank you for reading. The pot is a run-of-the-mill Korean pot:

• Width: 31 cm -- at top, outer rim.
• Height: 15.5 cm -- including the feet.

The tree:

• Trunk: about 6 cm.
• Height: about 58 cm.

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Hi Ken,

I did try the clip and grow. But we just had a rather hot Summer, so I let ran free in the last 12 months or so.

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Hi GavinG and Watto,

I do agree that 1-2 seems to be best side to look at this tree. But given my experiences with this particular tree so far, I am not sure how long it will stay that way.

On 1-3, I am planning to get rid of the L root that points to the left too.

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Hi Alpine,

I think "snip and grow" ( or as clip and grow as Ken has put it ) is the way to go for this tree too. I will try guide wire when the time comes.

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Hi Antonio and Bodhidharma,

Thank you for reading

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Best regards.