north american wisconsin style pierneef

i have been driving past this tree for the past couple weeks and my first thought was "thats pretty damn close to pierneef style"
so yesterday i finally pulled over and snapped a snapshot...

andre says you should be able to see africa in the branches of african pierneef bonsai,
if you look close and squint just your left eye while rapidly blinking your right eye you can clearly see the state of wisconsin in the branches.

Great photo. I'd like to create a bonsai that looks just like that. Thanks for sharing.

See Wisconsin? Let me try that....maybe.....maybe....maybe....yes! I see it. Wait, what does Wisconsin even look like?

Thanks again.
Steve

wisconsin looks unique in that it looks like no other state in the union.

For most of the year, it is white.

aw, c'mon man !
that's racist !











i hope its needless to say that i am joking and racism is nothing to joke about but i did it anyways

Uh, OK. Which branch is Kenosha?

to get serious a minute

The pierneef style is a variation on broom style. That tree in your photo is a classic broom, of the type nature does create. It is more common in the greater midwest, but is not unique to our area. 2.4.8.16 branching is classic broom. Excellent article in an old Bonsai Today issue, outlining 3 or 4 major variations of broom style. (forgot which issue)

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leo !!!

see you at my place next weekend i hope for the first outdoor AAC session of the season !

drove by it again today and here it is in leaf:



sorry for the window glare

More like "Wisconsin field tree style". Beautiful! Ya know what it is?

nah... just drive by it occasionally...
nothing exceptional, but i liked it and in real life there is no "like" button, so i took it's picture

(and the pierneef style reference was not to be taken too seriously...)

beer city snake wrote:nah... just drive by it occasionally...
nothing exceptional, but i liked it and in real life there is no "like" button, so i took it's picture

(and the pierneef style reference was not to be taken too seriously...)

Look at Kevin, getting all facebook lingo-y

was not to be taken too seriously... wrote:

not at all myself either...

Precarious wrote:

beer city snake wrote:nah... just drive by it occasionally...
nothing exceptional, but i liked it and in real life there is no "like" button, so i took it's picture

(and the pierneef style reference was not to be taken too seriously...)

Look at Kevin, getting all facebook lingo-y

damn... BUSTED !!!

appalachianOwl wrote:More like "Wisconsin field tree style". Beautiful! Ya know what it is?

It could be any number of different species.
Kevin if you know what it is for sure don't tell us.
Let's start a guessing game.
Pine?
Elm is my real guess.
Anyone want to play?

Sure looks like an elm to me. My neighbor had a tree shaped just like that in his yard, he had it removed but it was some type of elm (though not American).

Siberian elm looks like this when mature.

Not enough dead branches to be a Siberian. Looks young enough to be an American Elm praying for reprieve.

Siberian elms around here don't have dead branches. They do quite well. I also have a few for bonsai.
American elm grow more upright. And in a vase almost flat top shape. The only tree here with that form. The rest of the decidious trees grow like this. A classic broom shape.

drove by again today... no camera, but it looked the elms have it.

Clint Eastwood would call this a "Hanging Tree"....don't rack up the "Bonsai Dick" mini-van snappin' money-shots of this spreading, elegant grand dame....

LanceMac10 wrote:Clint Eastwood would call this a "Hanging Tree"....don't rack up the "Bonsai Dick" mini-van snappin' money-shots of this spreading, elegant grand dame....

perish the thought !
that wagon's got some adventuring to do...

speaking of which... lance, a couplefew of the AAC MKE guys are gonna be camping down in asheville n.c. in conjunction with the n.c. arboretum's 20th anniversary expo this october (with walter pall, et al)... awesome campsite about a mile from the arboretum... i think our guy david in omaha was noodling on going... watch your in-box for more details...

I copied the b and w for desktop background. It looks great.Hope that is alright.I'm currently going through Elm envy,especially Chinese.I could grow them here if I could ever find any.

geo wrote:I copied the b and w for desktop background. It looks great.Hope that is alright.I'm currently going through Elm envy,especially Chinese.I could grow them here if I could ever find any.

no sweat on the copy...

and i assume you saw mfrary's reply re: elms on the other thread...