Trident a little different.

[anttal63]

G`day all sorry to get away from the hair dressing talk , I love this tree ant it has a great natural look . I would love to see this styled in what I would call a natural broom style. Mate I have done a sketch showing how I would style it , sure there are some flaws in this one - like straight trunks. I think this is a minor problem which can be hidden with foliage, I love the shari . GOOD BUY CHEERS ROD.. PS.I may have made the canopy larger but I ran out of room.

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Rod i know you 're a bloke but if you were here i'd kiss ya! That is really beautiful and is the feeling i have for this tree. I thank you so much for taking the time to do that for me! The issue is, the flaws that add to beauty are great but the flaws that need to be hidden by foliage are a shame for a tree like this and must get fixed. To be able to show this tree naked and hold my head high is what its all about. Again thankyou mate, i will do you proud on this tree,Promise. You are a true gem in Australian bonsai! i mean that.

[Rod]

Not a problem ant , mate I have to make it clear I just put out for any body if your not careful you will start tongues waging . This tree is the style of tree I love, mate don`t get to hung up on faults I think all good trees have some kind of flaw . I should have worded it differently about hiding with foliage, branching and design can also be used to blend the flaws. I am sure you will do this one justice, and get the best from it. CHEERS ROD....

[Greth]

Thats the kinda thing I thought you were going to go for Ant, should look great!

[anttal63]

Thats the kinda thing I thought you were going to go for Ant, should look great!

Greth you're back

[anttal63]

Not a problem ant , mate I have to make it clear I just put out for any body if your not careful you will start tongues waging . This tree is the style of tree I love, mate don`t get to hung up on faults I think all good trees have some kind of flaw . I should have worded it differently about hiding with foliage, branching and design can also be used to blend the flaws. I am sure you will do this one justice, and get the best from it. CHEERS ROD....

Mate no worries letm wag! The fact that you have vision, can translate it on paper and are willing to share that with people on the web makes you a jewel of Aussie bonsai. Im not pissin in ya pocket, it aint my style.

[Rod]

Hey mate, thanks for the feedback and the compliment. I really enjoy doing virts and thinking about ideas for styling trees. I think we all benefit from a forum like this. It's good to get different opinions. Cheers Rod

[anttal63]

UPDATE!!! THANKS ROD AGAIN!

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[Amanda]

Sweet as. Can you get some movement, a kink or something in that right branch?

[anttal63]

Sweet as. Can you get some movement, a kink or something in that right branch?

Thanks Anja; hope in time it will move a little more. That is all for now. Will also have a look at some thread grafting at the potting stage.

[Elias]

Looking good!!

[Jamie]

you know these are the types of deciduous trees i dream of Ant! this is going to be a corker, dont stress about flaws, i know you wont as in time these will blend and become part of the overal image showing age on the tree and its life in nature.

i can see this one ramified nicely too, would get a little more movement in the RH branch but it is how it would grow if let be, up out and straight, as time passes it will weigh down!

Rods vision for this tree are spot on, gotta catch up soon champ!

keep it up bro! both of ya

Jamie

[jarryd]

ant you have out done yourself mate great styling i really enjoy the direction you are taking this tree. the only suggestion i can make is to possibly thread graft a seedling on the left hand side to flair out the root spread a tad more.

great work mate, jarryd

[Josh]

Ant - BEAUTIFUL work buddy. Does this mean that when i go on holidays, you will babysit my trees and i will come back to them looking like this?
I initially thought the purchase price of $350 was a bit steep for this tree, now i truly see it as a bargain!
Once again, well done. Inspirational shari!

[sreeve]

Hi Antonio - looking really neat and fantastic progress.

Sweet as. Can you get some movement, a kink or something in that right branch?

I'm with my fellow coastie here.....c'mon get some elbow into it you big woose
Regards
Steve

[anttal63]

Thanks all of you for the posative feed back. This tree is definately one of my favourite. I knew as soon as i saw it, it was gonna be a winner. Thanks to the inspiration given from the IBC that week. $350, you dont get much tree these days, definately a bargain. Steve and Anja i have re anchored the wires and tweaked a tad harder! It is moving.