📶 Tree On Rock Progression

Credit to Reddit/Bonsai and u/Snoo29536, who shared the progression of this wonderful bonsai.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonsai/s/dXtSCOT19Y

Ishizuki Journey

This is a (short) story about this Juniperus sargentii "Itoigawa," which my friend sold to me in 2022. He was doing some experiments with rock and plants but had no idea what to do (and no time to do it).

In the first step, in March 2022, I pruned the primary branch and wired everything.

In the second step, in March 2023, I wired everything again to form compact pads but left some space between them. Only during the final photo did I realize that the principal branch was too long, so I took the scissors and TAC, a nice and compact plant.

During the summer of 2023, I started to pinch the strong buds and added a little Cotoneaster on the left side of the rock.

In winter 2023, I used only a few tie rods to position some pads more precisely.

In the summer of 2024, I fertilized, pinched, and cleaned the lower part of the pads again.

The next step is to make space through the vegetation, cut some pads, and create some shari!