Eleagnus pungens 15040221

Description

Moyogi style with a sinuous trunk. 

Height of the tree : 850 mm. 

Width : 630 mm. 

Diameter of the trunk : 140 mm, Nebari of 260 mm. 

Enamelled clear blue colored pot of : 550*420*110 mm.

The eleagnus, also called silverberry or oleaster is a little tree with a half evergreen foliage, oval and silver-colored on the reverse. 

The new shoots are copper-colored and the flowers of this tree are perfumed, small and waxy yellow-colored. 

The flowers will let place to brown/red olive-shaped fruits from 8 to 12 mm in the end of the season. 

This subject is more than 50 years old and comes from a yamadori. 

It has formed trays and a beautiful bark. Absolutely requires a full sun exposure. 

Without any wire wounds or strong cutting wounds. Very good conicity of the trunk, beautiful roots base. 

For collectors, the bark of this bonsaÏ is perfectly formed and the movement of the trunk is graceful, in perfect harmony with the dense trays. 

You can look at it from 2 faces, both beautiful. 

Photographed in April 2022. Shelf not included. 

Coming from Master Shiino Kentaro, in Shizuoka Ken.