I recently bought this tree from Mister Jens Ringe who is running a bonsai-shop near to my hometown.
As well he is the man behind the bonsai-workshop "Bonsaikunst Hamburg".
Maybe i will straighten up the trunc on the next styling session.
I am really looking foreward for working on the deadwood-part of this yew.
So it went on. The tree is leaning to the side without branches.
I hollowed and carved the truncs top to create some taper, as far as this is possible at all,
since the trunc is a straight stick.
Now the yew will be left in peace for two years to establish the new design.
.. because Tosho is the japanese word for Juniperus rigida.
And this seems to be Juniperus Communis or J. Squamata.
Anyway, today i styled the tree for the first time.
The lowest branch on the left side looks really silly. It will be removed soon.
The planting-angle has to be change of course.
Tosho sounds good.
Technically a needle-juniper is meant by this japanese term.
In this paticular case it is a simple juniperus communis variety.
Potted in late summer 2019, shortened in late spring of 2020.
First maintenance-aim is to promote the inner budding.
This has been succesful here and there so far.
No major "insults" planned for the 2021 ...
'Digged this yew in spring 2019 on my garden-ground as kind of waste,
'cause the fence had to be renewed.
And yes, it is debatable, wether this material is worth saving for further deyelopment.
No, it is not worth it.
But i simply could not resist, to try to do something out of nothing.
Otherwise, should i have thrown it away?
Design-options:
Possibly wind-swept, a leaning trunc or even a fallen trunc, as some kind of raft ...
Pictures as of the beginning, for record:
In my opinion the "Kifu"-class (between 8 and 12 inches height) is an underestimated Bonsai-format.
I figured it ideal for me, since i had this disc prolaps.
I used to dig, collect and therefore carry heavy dicidous yamadories.
Now i am buying raw-material from nurseries mostly.
Anyway ... ,
here comes my second kifu-yew.
A repanda-variety of taxus baccata two years under my control.
Still under structural construction. Two branches less, two tiny jins more ...
Just for the record ...
