Feminine yamadori spruce

I recently finished styling a tree I collected a couple years ago. At the time I knew it wasn't really a whooper and of huge quality but I was itching for a spruce and due to location and root mass, it was ideal for collecting.

I gave it the best conditions I could offer and then stuffed it away into the dark corner. Not really a dark corner but I think you get my point that this bush stick didn't command much attention. I was also a bit lost on how I would eventually style it but I knew the time was near and I had to commit to a design or this tree would never move forward. Here are the results:


This was almost a year after collecting


Some cutting and general shortening


Very sparse and I will give it as much love as possible to ensure its survival. It's still crazy how something can go from, "meh, what a bush." to "Hey, I think I like you, a lot." I'm sure many of you had this experience and it's one of my favorite feelings in this Bonsai endeavor.

Have a great day!

hey Tom... If you werent one of the AAC brethren, I might not say this,
but I find the top to be sort of visually confusing...

I am sure you have a plan for the top which may not be clearly evident in the picture...

But from there down looks good for future development...

Hey Kev,

No worries, all is up to personal taste : )

I know what you mean but with the material I had up top, I decided to go for an alpine, multi-apex look. A rock came down on it, went through a couple storms and there are now a few auxin-pumped tips that want to be the new leader. That's my feeling from this tree but as I mentioned, it's really sparse and needs to fill in a bit, the top as well. Now it needs to grow and recover and it will be sheltered over the winter.

ah !
The old Alpine scenario, eh ?
Now that I know what happened, I can dig it !