Jonus Dupuich has a really good article titled “Black pine – work in progress” where Jonus removes the entire apex of the tree. At first glance it was shocking to see what he did, fast forwarding to the end product it looked pretty good. Lots to learn from Jonus in this article. I have added the article to the Japanese Black Pine Bonsai page, under Pines Bonsai, Conifers Bonsai and Bonsai Tree Information pages.

Photo courtesy of Jonas Dupuich