Autumn Work on this Old Mikawa Black Pine Bonsai

This old Mikawa Black Pine has just been shortened with the apex bent to the left to give it balance.

As usual for pines this time of the year it has been needle thinned, bud selected and wired.  We will be focusing of needle reduction and increasing the ramification next growing season. 

At 55 years old from Japanese seed this bonsai was passed into our care, last June, by Ian Hearn who had grown and developed it over this time.