Kabudachi Clump Style Bonsai

This is my favorite bonsai style.
Kabudachi clump style bonsai. All the trunks form one crown of leaves in which the thickest and most developed trunk forms the top. I look forward to seeing updates for the new young kabudachi bonsai from your previous video. These trunks cannot be separate unlike a group cultivation yose ue. However we only refer to a multi trunk style if three or more trunks are growing out of the ground from a single root base.
I have the book mentioned in kabudachi style bonsai part one by saburo kato. Project description this episode features the process of building and creating kabudachi or clump style bonsai utilizing seedlings or cuttings of japanese and trident maples. Forest style using five or more trees artists can create bonsai resembling small or large forests. See more ideas about bonsai bonsai tree bonsai garden.
The clump style in bonsai is created by planting a number of seedlings tightly together and styling them to form outward reaching trunks. Dec 26 2013 explore gpollheim s board bonsai clumpstyle kabudachi on pinterest. This episode features the process of building and creating kabudachi or clump style bonsai utilizing seedlings or cuttings of japanese and trident maples. It was titled multiple trunks sharing a single root system clump style bonsai forests technically i don t think you would call a clump style bonsai a forest and it was posted in august 2015 any discussion of multiple trunk bonsai should include clump style japanese.
I have been an admirer of bonsai for many years but i am a beginner at creating bonsai. Covered in this tutorial are elements such as proper seed or cutting stock selection the necessary preparation process for producing a fused base wiring already fused trunks and proper potting techniques for rapid development. Great instruction you make it look easy. In part two of our clump style bonsai series bjorn discusses long term developmental techniques for creating kabudachi or clump style bonsai.