Bonsai Raft Style

At the moment there are 18 trunks branches. We created these raft style bonsai. Turned my x mas tree into a raft style pre bonsai.

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I basically followed this tutorial i found online.

Bonsai raft style. Straight raft style bonsai in the straight type raft bonsai as the name suggests the tree s trunk which would be generally straight is laid on its side in to the soil. Outright amazing raft style bonsai connected by same root system the ramification is well developed main branches break intro a network of smaller branching then dense twigginess. The club in my area hosted a small event. This is also my first post.

Instead of digging the tree out after being found it was initially chopped back and left to recover in the forest. Hawthorn raft style hawthorn raft style by harry harrington this case study shows a hawthorn found in a forest and trained into a raft style bonsai tree. Casuarina australia pine raft style bonsai by ed trout 2010 when possible this natural occurrence is replicated in bonsai in a shallow container. The branches are trained to grow upright from that trunk.

Made my own very large 90 cm wooden training box. The raft and sinuous styles are characterized by a single trunk that is growing along the ground with three or more trunks rising from it. Ed s interpretation of a raft style using australian pine was begun with the plant shown below. I m quite happy with the result so far.

In raft style the trunk along the ground is perfectly straight and illustrates a tree in nature that has been blown over by the wind taken root and had its branches on the upward side continue growth as new trunks. Very excited to see this dwarf little leaf inkberry holly take shape in the future. Raft style or netsuranari bonsai mimic a natural phenomenon that occurs when a tree topples onto its side. Commonly this style is found in a straight line or ikadabuki imitating a tree trunk occasionally you see a more sinuous root connected style netsunagari which is usually imitates a connected.

Starter plants that have most of their branches on one side are good potential subjects. Each branch is then grown as if it were an individual tree. Creating a raft syle bonsai nearly any species of tree could be used for a raft style bonsai but you ll have more luck if you stick with material that is as pliable as possible. By bonsailearningcenter feb 25 2016 bonsai learning articles.

The right part of the box has the originial root ball used rope to pull the branches vertical. Best viewed after leaves have fallen. I ve been lurking for a while and enjoy this community on reddit.