In the spring of 2017 I collected the Virginia pine, Pinus virginiana, pictured multiple times, below. I love the bends and curves in the trunk but have, to date, focused on its health and recovery and have not decided how to take advantage of those curves to make a nice bonsai. It has been doing exceptionally well so I thought I would give some consideration to the future design starting with the planting angle.
I’m sure it’s difficult to see, but from this side, above, the trunk comes toward the viewer and hides it connection with the soil, so this side is pretty much out.
I played with the angle, above, considering a design that would drop the trunk line down in a cascade before turning back up again. I pushed it a little further by rotating the camera to imagine a steep drop as in the image below.
Ultimately…
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