This splendid Mugo pine with its impressive deadwood belongs to Walter Pall. You can find it on his blog, Bonsai Adventures. It was collected in Switzerland by Peter Thali in 2003. It is 60cm (24") high and according to Walter, about 150 years old. The pot is by Derek Aspinall.
Even though more and more bonsai action is moving to facebook, there are still a number of excellent bonsai blogs out there in our digital wonderland, and Walter Pall’s Bonsai Adventures is one of the very best. How Walter puts together, styles and maintains such a vast and impressive collection of bonsai, in addition to traveling, teaching and blogging, is a testament to a considerable talent and a remarkable work ethic.
The tree shown here is one (#14) of a series of Mugo pines on Bonsai Adventures.
The back. Sometimes the back just as easily could have been the front (and vice versa of course), but in this case, almost all the impressive deadwood is on the other side.
Before. For more photos of this tree and other remarkable bonsai transformations, you can visit Walter's Bonsai Adventures.
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