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 ...
'Found this tree highly neglected in a nursery.
The tree started to build compost-pockets within the branch-bases.
Such was the sinking in oblivion ..Undescribably ...
Nonetheless, the Junipers comes with some bonsai-features already.
'Like the bark and the green parts close to the trunc ...
I consider that good raw-material ...
Well, the heavy Prunus Serotina decided to leave me.
She is heading for W. P.'s garden.
And again no hard feelings. I am just glad that she found her perfect destination.
The new owner can do more for this specimen than i ever could.
By the way, can anybody help to get the tree from Hamburg to Munich?
I hardly dare to show this tree ...
It had been a very bad season for this particular specimen
(storm-damage, watering-issues e,t,c, ...)
I underestimated the difficulty of designig A. campestre.
' Shortened the tree a bit.
At least the lower branches have increased in diameter ...
The top will will certainly recover very quickly ... So just for the record :
Today i had the great honor, to have Mrs. Heike van Gunst being
a guest in my humble garden.
Heike really is famous among the bonsai-community!
She was born in 1966 and was very much interested in plants
from early childhood on.
At age 13 she saw a bonsai tree for the first time and began to
gather experience in 1981 with seedlings and a first bonsai book.
At first she learned from books, magazines and her own experiments,
later she learned more in a local club and in workshops with
several teachers.
The former IT consultant works for the Bonsai Art
magazine since 2013 and since 2016 she is the chief editor.
She translates bonsai books and bonsai demonstrations and travels
to bonsai events in Germany and abroad.
An update of my "Abor Vitae", Thuja Occidentales, Eastern white cedar ....
Slowly, very slowly i am approaching my design-vision ...
If you want to obtain such raw-material, than ask the owner of your local
garbage-dump.
Each spring and autumn a whole lotta stumps will be tossed out of the gardens
in your neighborhood ... So simple is that ... (Just an example ...)
The rest is gentle work with the creature in empathy and passion for the wonder of creation ...
