Informal Upright Of Japanese Black Pine 2003
Informal Japanese Black Pine 2002
This Japanese black pine was purchased in 2012 after been grown in the ground and developed its branches since the early 1990s. It has fairly decent nebari and branching structures, a credit to its initial grower. After having been in the nursery for 2 years, it was time to finally work on it. the aim was to simply set the branching structures in the appropriate angles for further refinement down the track.
Before any work
Thinned out the needles
One major design issue became apparent after the needles were thinned out, the branch angles coming off the trunk were not downward enough. so before any more work took place, the branches were undercut halfway through 2-3 times then pulled down with wires.
Undercut for main branches then tied them down into better positions
Once they were done, the majority of branches were wired into positions. i only wanted to set the branch structures correctly at the moment. fine wiring will happen when all the smaller inner buds become mature.
Rest of the branches wired and placed in positions (Front)
Left view
Back View
Right view
Birdseye view
- Height: 86cm
- Width: 73cm
A couple more issues with the tree:
- The first branch splits into 2 branches that turned sharply to the front and to the back, a result of incorrect pruning long time ago.
- The second left branch and the back branch are bar branches. in the next styling, they will be positioned so that they appear on the different level.