Before; Buxus microphylla compacta. Actually, I’m not sure this is a perfect example of a before tree. It looks like it has been trimmed a bit already. Anyway, if you look at this and then you look at the ‘After tree’ below, you can still get the drift.
This is not an entry
In fact, it’s by one of the judges, Bill Valavanis. It is however, an example of what you can do with nursery stock.
You can win
There’ll be lots of prizes; $1,000 worth of gift certificates, plus some other donated stuff (you can donate something bonsai if you’d like your name emblazoned and even linked). All you have to do is find some decent completely untrained stock, take some photos and get to work. Here are the details.
After. By Bill Valavanis. Again, this isn’t a perfect example because the stock plant had already been pruned for bonsai (maybe even raised for bonsai). Still it’s an example of ‘almost from scratch’ to a pretty decent tree.
You’ll need some wire and our 25% off all wire sale is still going strong.