Bonsai Raft Style

Turned my x mas tree into a raft style pre bonsai.
Bonsai raft style. Creating a raft syle bonsai nearly any species of tree could be used for a raft style bonsai but you ll have more luck if you stick with material that is as pliable as possible. Made my own very large 90 cm wooden training box. At the moment there are 18 trunks branches. Best viewed after leaves have fallen.
Outright amazing raft style bonsai connected by same root system the ramification is well developed main branches break intro a network of smaller branching then dense twigginess. By bonsailearningcenter feb 25 2016 bonsai learning articles. Ed s interpretation of a raft style using australian pine was begun with the plant shown below. Straight raft style bonsai in the straight type raft bonsai as the name suggests the tree s trunk which would be generally straight is laid on its side in to the soil.
Raft style or netsuranari bonsai mimic a natural phenomenon that occurs when a tree topples onto its side. Casuarina australia pine raft style bonsai by ed trout 2010 when possible this natural occurrence is replicated in bonsai in a shallow container. I basically followed this tutorial i found online. Commonly this style is found in a straight line or ikadabuki imitating a tree trunk occasionally you see a more sinuous root connected style netsunagari which is usually imitates a connected.
The right part of the box has the originial root ball used rope to pull the branches vertical. We created these raft style bonsai. Hawthorn raft style hawthorn raft style by harry harrington this case study shows a hawthorn found in a forest and trained into a raft style bonsai tree. I ve been lurking for a while and enjoy this community on reddit.
Each branch is then grown as if it were an individual tree. The raft and sinuous styles are characterized by a single trunk that is growing along the ground with three or more trunks rising from it. In raft style the trunk along the ground is perfectly straight and illustrates a tree in nature that has been blown over by the wind taken root and had its branches on the upward side continue growth as new trunks. Very excited to see this dwarf little leaf inkberry holly take shape in the future.
Instead of digging the tree out after being found it was initially chopped back and left to recover in the forest. The club in my area hosted a small event. The branches are trained to grow upright from that trunk.