Yamadori on the 2018 short list...

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Autumn is the greatest period for all the deciduous bonsai folks.   Great fall colors, much less or even no manual watering as the nature is taking care of  it..  Love it.

Winter is no worse than the Autumn.   After a good number of months you can see the fruits of your labor ( potting, wiring and pruning/pinching, watering, fertilising, pests fighting, excuses making ... ) in the past growth season.  Yes,  the branch structure.   The best what you can do is to make a good number of pictures of your trees taken from all sides.  A good camera is a merciless critic showing the things you may overlook with your naked eyes.   

Spring is the best time for a Yamadori hunter though.   

I have spent a number of days in the last year on my knees, pushing my way through the undergrowth. Hoovering ticks from the grass and shrubs ( If I am "lucky" I can have even 5 or more in a single day).  All that effort driven by a single, simple motive.  Finding a tree that kicks my imagination...

Some of the trees on the pics below are on my shortlist for 2018.  


Yamadori, bonsai, bonsaj, Prunus mahaleb, cherry, mahalebka
Prunus mahaleb_Literati perhaps?

Yamadori, bonsai, bonsaj, Prunus mahaleb, cherry, mahalebka
Prunus mahaleb_A shohin base is always welcomed.
Lot of work starting with an airlayer...

Yamadori, bonsai, bonsaj, Prunus mahaleb, cherry, mahalebka
Another Prunus mahaleb_Informal upright?


Yamadori, bonsai, bonsaj, Prunus mahaleb, cherry, mahalebka
What?
Another Prunus mahaleb?  And with a lot of firewood.
Don't you have plenty of them already?


Maros has asked me recently a great question: How many mahalebs must one have to feel there are  too many of them?  


What do you think?

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