Friday, 2 September 2011

Bonsai Progression - Acer palmatum (Sango-kaku)

In early August of 2011 I came across this small Acer palmatum at Lee verhorevoort's bonsai nursery, which I can highly recommend to anyone going that way as he has a wide selection of imported Japanese trees which are at bargain prices, and decided to buy it for a mere £29. After some maintenance and light pruning to get some foliage lower down on the trunk the tree was beginning to take shape. I then decided on a new front, here are some images of the tree when I bought it.

Back View - August 2011

Front View - August 2011

 New Front View - August 2011

Tree before, during and after repot into it's new angle on the 20th February 2012. It was repotted into a bigger pot to allow for more growth.


 Front View (before repot) - February 2012


Nebari View - February 2012


New Front View (after repot) - February 2012


Back View (after repot) - February 2012

2 comments:

  1. Well done with the blog Tom. Looking good ;)

    Mike Jones (Bonsai-Passion)

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  2. Cheers Mike,

    A lot fo inspiration has come from blogs like yours so I'd like to thank you for that. Hopefully I will keep my blog updated over the coming years, still trying to work out how I will organise my posts, updates and progressions.

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