Larch group

This is the group in 2011.

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I took them apart and spaced them out a bit and spread the roots on a flat stone . When they get taken out of the training pot if i don't like them on the stone then at least they will have a good root spread.

This is the group now.


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Interesting composition, the plants are single or a raft?  

I think you're doing a great job, thanks for showing us.  

Best regards , Daniel  

Thanks Daniel. They are all single trees . I first got them as seedlings. Hopefully in the end they will look fully connected sitting on a flat stone .
I like to start from simple beginnings as it pushes you to make something interesting from it. I'm not knocking big yamadori but sometimes i see it a bit as cheating, its so easy to dig up an old tree and there you have something amazing already.
I try to make good out of what i have available .

I like  

I like very much the way the roots entangle. And I also like the angles at which the trees are to each other, it takes a lot of thought to get that right. This'll look great on a slab!

Glad you liked it Adam:) 

Thanks Judy for the comments. 

I think this forrest has a nice future ahead in you hands. Two years and it has improved tremendously. Like Judy, i love how roots appear.
Good stuff.

Gasper

I love how you styled your forest. I am amazed at how fast your larches are growing; from sticks to convincing forest with age in two years time - great job!

Style raft or woods are my favorite. I think that in the future this will give your work a lot of satisfaction in the field of bonsai.  


Sorry for my bad English  

Hello Daniel  

Thanks Gasper ans Todd.

My wife laughed at me yesterday Daniel as i turned to her and remarked how i thought this was going to be a really good tree in 20 years .  
I do understand that these small beginnings can become something great after a long time ,even if i'm not here. A lot of the Japanese great trees were started like this.