This tree is the subject of my book, a pictorial cause-effect book showing how to develop a JBP Bonsai. This represents its 10th year of training as a bonsai, after purchasing it from Brussel’s in 2007 for $350. It was candles cut later than normal this summer to make the second flush of needles shorter. Once the growing season was finished, (new needles set firmly in their fasicles) it was time to thin out needles, prune, and wire. In mid-November:
Needles pulled, and lightly pruned over Thanksgiving:
Wiring the fine branches, starting at the bottom…
And working my way up…
To the top…
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