Trident Maple

[PeterW]

Here is a nice little Trident Maple. It (aparently) needs another season for better ramification.
Peter

[Jon Chown]

Another goodun Peter, I would like to see it in the round just to see the branch structure a little more clearly.

Jon

[anttal63]

his branch placement, his attention to lines , his famification is next to none. just beautiful. those exposed roots not only fit this design but make up for the lack of basal flare, however i would again love to see the attention to detail given on top, to be also given on the bottom. more taper and ramification of the roots will make this tree a world beater.

[PeterW]

his branch placement, his attention to lines , his famification is next to none. just beautiful. those exposed roots not only fit this design but make up for the lack of basal flare, however i would again love to see the attention to detail given on top, to be also given on the bottom. more taper and ramification of the roots will make this tree a world beater.

Yes the famification is fery gode isnt it....hehehe, sorry mate couldnt help myself. This little tree sits along side lots of other very nice little maples also. Makes me want to cry.
Peter

[Hector Johnson]

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[PeterW]

The tree is obviously young, from the roots. Nice tree there and a lot more to come from it. I'd be very careful with the pot size for this one. I know the owner knows what he's doing but there's not much room for error there, either with root growth or underwatering.

If you do nothing else with bonsai, get a Trident and play with it. They grow so quickly that you'll almost swear you can see it happening.

Yeah they are a great tree for bonsai. These ones are in safe hands. I only wish they were in MY hands!
Peter

[Hector Johnson]

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[PeterW]

Work harder, Peter. You realise the only things keeping you from master status are 20 years' experience, unlimited cash and retirement.

Bugger.......and i thought tht if i keep posting other peoples trees i would automatically become a master! Now you tell me it aint so....i am devistated!
Peter

[anttal63]

wow the more you look the deeper it captures you. it is obvious that there is more to come from this tree, just imagine it in few more years.in the now the way the tension holds you in suspence. its wrong but it cant be any more right. a great example of breaking the rules and thus it becomes a style in its own right. this is what special tree's are about. the left front root coming forward, raised from the earth to give the viewer the feeling that the tree does leave the viewer first before it's trunk plunges forward to the viewer. is it for sale pete, how much?

[PeterW]

I have a few more pictures of some of the Tridents that have been progressed with this one, I will post them this arvo for you. I think they will become available but not for 1 more season i believe.

[PeterW]

I actually had them here on my laptop. They have only been in training for a very short time, something like 3 seasons. It is good to see what we can achieve in a short space of time if we utilize the two growing seasons we have here. Correct feeding programs and timing gets results.
Peter

[Hector Johnson]

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[PeterW]

I find it interesting that even good bonsai practitioners style deciduous trees as though they were pines, quite often.
It' one of the cues that the average layman uses to declare something as "looking like a bonsai".

It will take a long while to break ourselves of habits like those, I believe.

It gets down to preferances Hector, one likes it this way one likes it that way. Growing in a commercial manner, you grow and train what sells.

[63pmp]

I'm not sure I particularly like this tree, the ramification hides a multitude of sins. The practitioner has snookered himself, the roots are very poor, the right root is exposed and turns under, and proper nebari will never develop if the tree remains potted like it is. Yet to develop the nebari will mean the ramification will suffer somewhat. I'm not certain why he chose that front with such a large wound. Every branch is a bar branch, though well disguised with the ramification. To me, this is typical where someone wants to develop a quick tree, where all effort has been given to develop ramification, while simply ignoring a poor nebari.

Paul

[Hector Johnson]

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