Twin Trunk Bonsai

In this video i took a tam juniper i recently purchased from a nursery and turned it into a multi trunk pre bonsai.

Twin trunk bonsai. Should i cut back hard. Do twin trunks follow the same design principals as other designs. About a year later the tree responded well and started growing strongly again. It is therefore to the advantage of a beginning student to master the principles of twin and triple trunk plantings before attempting a forest.

In this episode i work on a mother and daughter style bonsai and explain why it is not exactly a twin trunk bonsai. This case study shows the collection of a hawthorn tree and its training as a double trunk style bonsai. Native collected bonsai in the coming years. This is a robusta green juniper i styled as a twin trunk bonsai.

I like the twin trunk for this little guy. After being spotted the tree was chopped back significantly and left to recover. Twin and triple trunk plantings are generally not thought of as forests but the principles inherent in their construction are repeated and ramified in the construction of a forest planting. The thicker of the two trunks is pretty straight and then moves back toward the smaller trunk at the first division.

Ash seedling twin trunk post by shibui 48 minutes ago there s no scale in any of the photos so it is a bit hard to recommend actual sizes but 1 cm for the stronger roots would probably be appropriate. Welcome to part 2 of this mini series on boxwood bonsai. Twin trunk two trunk sokan by ofbonsai magazine author rocky mountain bonsai society member stephan rausch. I love to create instant bonsai from nursery stock.

Styling took 3 hours or work. I m thinking it should cut back hard to develop taper and movement. The juniper cost 29 at a local nursery. Twin trunk branch pattern 1 year 3 weeks ago 49511 jzurita982 wrote.

It s not perfect and you need more practice but i wouldn t call it horrible. Click to share on twitter opens in new window click to share on facebook opens in new window. If you enjoyed this. This is merely the first step in a long process.

A bonsai planting consisting of more than one trunk can technically be considered a group planting. Also good to hear folks are getting the hang of collecting them. Twin trunk two trunk sokan. Conifers as truly old material for native bonsai.

I really like seeing texas oaks being used for bonsai. In order to force the tree to grow a dens root system a trench was dug around the tree cutting through its thickest roots. I will not repot it until early.