Shohin Pinus thunbergii

I styled this Pinus thunbergii shohin

This little fellow is 14cm in height in pot.

This is just a first styling,and the needles I hope will be shorter in the couple off years.

And the tree have a nice nebari,and it looks good in his new pot from Klika

Greetings Ed

Hi Ed.
A pretty little pine.

Pavel

Aloha Ed,
Nice job. Really liking the pot!!

-Tim

Hi Pavel and Tim,thank you for the nice words
I hope the needles will be shorter in the next couple off years,because it is very difficult to achieve this on this species.
Greetings Ed

very nice, compliments!!

Update
Greetings Ed

Looking Good!!

A Hui Hou,
-Tim

Looking very good Ed. You keeping it on the dry side, to keep the needles short? What about Brazil then???

Whe wil keep Brazil short to

Ed van der Reek wrote:Whe wil keep Brazil short to

you guys did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a game .

Hi Ed,

Looking good! Good job on keeping the new needles short.

In my opinion the pot looks a bit too small. I think it would be better if it was slightly deeper and maybe just a little wider, it looks a little unstable with the current pot. As far as color, unglazed brown would be better IMHO.

Roger

Hi Ed,

Liked your tree a lot. Maybe you consider [when the time comes] to repot it in an oval pot, ballancing the composition towards the foliage [left side in your pic.]. It seems also, as the tree is sitting very high, so one is looking for the rock...I believe it is the root ball that force the tree so high of the pot, so you may consider adding a rock on the futur pot.
How did you shorten the leavs, simple cutting? [we don't grow most of the pines species here, because of the hot weather].

A very nice one!

Ggood luck beating Germany at the finals!
Ami

Thanks all for the comments
This tree is just in training,and that's why I put it in a small pot so the tree will be forced to bud back on the tiny branches
And 3 months ago I pruned the needles back 50 procent shorter under guidance from my friend and bonsai-mentor Hans van Meer,and the pruned needles where falling off in Juli and got this result
And we are getting the cup at the finals for sure
Greetings Ed