Spotted in the Wild
Historical Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and RSS posts previously curated by the club (2017–present). Not authored by the club — preserved here since the original source feeds no longer carry this history.
Tomorrow morning, at 8am PDT, a curated selection
Tomorrow morning, at 8am PDT, a curated selection of quality Mirai Trees hit the webstore. We offer online purchase of Mirai Trees only once a year, this is your chance to acquire some incredible pieces for your…
Maintaining a Ficus mound | National Bonsai Foundation
Our 2018 intern, David, is back with another blog post. This week, David takes us through the step-by-step process of working on the soil mound of a willow-leaf ficus in the collection. Check it out! (Source Facebook)…
Strolling Through Walter’s Backyard Bonsai Garden | Bonsai Bark
Strolling Through Walter’s Backyard Bonsai Garden 8/17/18 Well, we know it's a pine, but we could only guess the variety and we'll forsake guessing today (your guess is as good as mine) Seeing the trees photographed at…
A Kimura-esque Bonsai Transformation | Bonsai Bark
A Kimura-esque Bonsai Transformation 8/18/18 This Kimura-esque transformation was accomplished by Juan Andrade. Here's Juan's caption... "Trying to make the shortest tree you can when styling a bonsai? Hmmm ... ? 2 yr.…
Kissing the Rock | Bonsai Bark
Kissing the Rock 8/19/18 That's a rock sticking out on the left side of this Trident maple. According to Juan Andrade, the maple is kissing the rock (Arce "besando" la roca) Continuing with the bonsai of Juan Andrade……
A Bonsai in Hand – a Quick Study on Perspective | Bonsai Bark
A Bonsai in Hand – a Quick Study on Perspective 8/20/18 This Willow left Ficus (Ficus nerifolia) belong to Suthin Sukosolvisit. If you are familiar with this species and know something about its typical leaf size, then…
Maple Bonsai Perfection & New Lower Wire Prices | Bonsai Bark
Maple Bonsai Perfection & New Lower Wire Prices 8/21/18 This Trident maple on root-on-rock is called Soshun-no-fu. It's estimated age is 80 years. Like the other two trees in this post it's from The Omiya Bonsai Art…
Japanese Maple Bonsai Through Three Seasons | Bonsai Bark
Japanese Maple Bonsai Through Three Seasons 8/22/18 Japanese maple in its fall brilliance. From the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum Continuing with Maples at the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum we came up with this one from our…
Before & After Scots Pine – The trunk provided a good start, but the rest sorely needed Harry’s help | Bonsai Bark
Before & After Scots Pine – The trunk provided a good start, but the rest sorely needed Harry’s help 8/23/18 Before and after of a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) by Harry Harrington. The trunk provided a good start, but…
American Larch & Other Bonsai at the 6th U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition | Bonsai Bark
American Larch & Other Bonsai at the 6th U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition 8/24/18 A famous American larch (Aka Tamarack - Larix laricina) in full fall color (larch are one of a small handful of deciduous conifer in the…
The Best American Bonsai & Other Compelling Reasons to Wake up in Rochester | Bonsai Bark
The Best American Bonsai & Other Compelling Reasons to Wake up in Rochester 8/25/18 This twisty bunjin style collected Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus) shows what can happen when a tenacious tree hangs onto a Florida…
A Juniper Orchid Bonsai – Michael’s Ingenious Before & After | Bonsai Bark
A Juniper Orchid Bonsai – Michael’s Ingenious Before & After 8/26/18 Michael Hagedorn's ingenious Juniper orchid. Here's part of what Michael wrote about this unlikely creation... "Some of you might remember a quirky…
And on it goees.
And on it goees. (Source Facebook) www.facebook.com
And the fun continued.
And the fun continued. (Source Facebook) www.facebook.com
Some progress made recently.
Some progress made recently. (Source Facebook) www.facebook.com
one day later it looks good.
one day later it looks good. (Source Facebook) www.facebook.com
Best time now.
Best time now. (Source Facebook) www.facebook.com
Japanese maple, Acer palmatum, about 70 years old,
Japanese maple, Acer palmatum, about 70 years old, modern substrate(baked loam, like turface, pumice, rough peat 20 %), August 21, at the moment hottest August in history, temperatures in the high eighties to low…
Here are some results of the Master Class. All
Here are some results of the Master Class. All these trees are, of course, in various stages of development and are far from being finished. (Source Facebook) www.facebook.com
This species is extremely rare. The last picture
This species is extremely rare. The last picture is a virtual. If I find the right pot it will look like this in April 2019. (Source Facebook) www.facebook.com
This is coming along nicely. It is smaller than
This is coming along nicely. It is smaller than one thinks, only 14'' (Source Facebook) www.facebook.com
repotted yesterday
repotted yesterday (Source Facebook) www.facebook.com
Jennifer has worked on this tree again one year
Jennifer has worked on this tree again one year later. (Source Facebook) www.facebook.com
It was available before, now it is part of my
It was available before, now it is part of my collection. (Source Facebook) www.facebook.com