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The following tree was a large Shimpaku (Juniperus chinensis) I worked on towards the end of my first stay at Taisho-en, Japan.
Before the majority of the work (first branch wired)
It is a tanuki (or phoenix graft) which had a couple of issues.
The first problem was that the grafted foliage was of a very large and coarse variety which at the time of styling was not particularly popular with buyers in Japan. They were more interested in the fine dense foliage of the itoigawa shimpaku from the Niagata region and similar fine shimpaku varieties.
The other problem was that the live veins were not entirely convincing in how they were attached to the deadwood.
Having said that I still feel that the tree ended up an impressive bonsai and I am proud that I was allowed to have an imput into the tree future.
After many hours wiring
This is the first post i have made on this new blog. Hopefully these posts will be fairly regular and will record whats happening in my garden and any interesting things i come across. I will also try to include a few bits and pieces from my studies at Taisho-en in Japan.
As a start i will kick things off with this small shimpaku i styled on my last visit to Taisho-en.
Nichigo Bonsai 