Before I chose this tree because of its beautiful foliage. It is a lovely colour and texture. I originally thought about a literati style for this tree. It is still young (probably about 8-10years old according to the nursery), so I may decide for a [...]
Before This tree was purchased as nursery stock. It travelled 1460km’s from my hometown of Pietermaritzburg in Natal to the City that I currently reside in. The tree was extremely sparse when purchased, so I have done nothing to the tree except feed [...]
Before This is a Creeping Juniper purchased from a local nursery. It has lovely foliage and an interesting trunkline. My initial plan for the tree was to do a cascade, but after closer inspection of the trunk, I decided to take a chance and remove 60 [...]
Before This is a syzygium that I purchased from a commercial plant nursery this year. I have done some initial branch selection and toyed with the idea of two or three different fronts. It has very attractive mature bark for such a small specimen as well [...]
Before The fallen trunk is actually a very thick root removed from another bonsai. The root was thrown under the benches but when it started sprouting new shoots it was covered up with soil.It was removed spring 2012 from the ground, cut back for the [...]
Before The tree was bough as a nursery grown lollypop tree in October 2011. I bought it for the massive nebari. I did not chop the tree immediately because the top had very nice potential as another bonsai so I air layered the top. I removed the air layer [...]
Before This tree was obtained as a gift from a friend as a rooted sucker separated from the parent plant. I have selected this stock as I think it could be fun to make a sinuous raft planting with it. I do not envision a tall planting but rather one that [...]
Before I discovered this Azalia in my garden tucked away behind some shrubs. I removed it from the garden about two months ago and put it in a training pot. I only cut back the long branches initially. I only recently started doing bonsai and a friend [...]