ficus ...2 years of work

hello!
i d like to show you a ficus i work since two years now...i like it...i think it is in a good way
i bought it maybe seven or eight years ago
lost it when i change of house(yes ..it s possible)
and refund it in a friend 's green house...we ve forgot both of us that i gave it in care four or five years ago
well..this is for the story
the pictures start in june 2009 ...
i ve repotted it...cut all the branches to the trunk
to restart completely


there is still a lot of work ...

2009


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2010
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2011
new pot

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and today
after a cut of the strongets shoots

for the rest...time will tell
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Very nice ficus Cram, I am sure this going to be a stunning tree. I have lots of ficus too.

Best wishes
ka pabling

Cram,
Very nice and quick work.
Jerry

thanks to both of you!
yes very quick
i just try to follow the tree .... it is very strong

thanx for the post, at least now I have some insight to work on a a similar yamadori

[/i]Hi Cram,

This is a wonderful tree. Good work!
I am new to Bonsai and to this forum. My first tree is the Ficus (too little) Benjamina. I am also rooting some cuttings from a Varigated Ficus Benjamina. Your photos are an inspiration to me. I hope to be able to create such a beautiful specimen. Thank you for sharing!

Leslie

Leslie wrote:[/i]Hi Cram,

This is a wonderful tree. Good work!
I am new to Bonsai and to this forum. My first tree is the Ficus (too little) Benjamina. I am also rooting some cuttings from a Varigated Ficus Benjamina. Your photos are an inspiration to me. I hope to be able to create such a beautiful specimen. Thank you for sharing!

Leslie

Welcome to the forum and good luck to your bonsai journey...take it slow and easy at first...then next month shift to full throttle!

regards,
jun

its an awesome work! I really love the way you have trained this tree....

Good tree. I would however change the pot to a terracoto dark color. The collored pot looks too feminine for this masculine looking tree imho.

[i]Thank you, Jun for your warm welcome.

thank you for the kind words

ak panama...you ve found my wicked side....the association pot - tree
i am really down for this...

and the worth is that i was satisfied of the blue pot for this ficus

hahahah Well if you like it this way, who am I to tell you are wrong in your choice?

Rules are meant to be broken! Let´s call it, innovation!

Hi Cram
Very interesing tree. Very good job. It is F.retusa?
Pavel

Suggestion, try selective defoliation. Remove about 1/3 of the largest leaves, in a few weeks (depending upon growth rate) remove another 1/3 of the largest leaves. If you keep doing this you will reduce leaf size over time.

ak panama... innovation...no....searching with the luck factor
pavel...oh thanks...it is a great compliment from you
yes ..i think it is retusa...but i am almost worth in biology than in choice of pot ...so nothing sure

and for billy
thank you..it is always good to get some tips
in fact...until now i wanted him to grow fast ...and it is still in shaping state
so i keep all the leaves for the moment..to give it the maximum energy as possible by making big shoots
when i will have finished the structure
i will apply your technique...to buid the ramification...and make it bud back
but it will wait until next spring...to short time before the cold time and the return in my bedroom behind a window

wired and reshaped

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