Spotted in the Wild
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Bonsai Odds & Ends – Water Oak and Privet
Water-Elm Collecting 2019 #2
Fun Fast Bonsai Development
Water-Elm Collecting 2019 #1
A Specimen Water-Elm Gets Some Attention
Bonsai Odds & Ends – Things To Come
Huckleberry #5 – Summer Work
Chinese Elm Forests
A Water-Elm Gets More Interesting
A Dwarf Yaupon Gets Styled
Fourth Of July Bonsai Odds & Ends – Cedar Elm, BC, Chinzan Azalea
Summer Progress – Cedar Elm, Sweetgum, BC
Its’ Shaggy BC Time!
See A Fast Water-Elm Evolution ….
Bonsai Odds & Ends – Hawthorn, Water-Elm, Trumpet Vine
Bonsai Odds & Ends – BC, Sweetgum, Water-Elm
Don’t Take Your Eyes Off A Privet
Muscadine Redesign
Transitioning from trunk development to branch refinement – Japanese black pine
A common approach to developing bonsai from scratch is to focus on trunk development first and branch refinement second. When we focus on developing the trunk, we generally encourage rapid growth until the trunk reaches…
This May End Up Being A Progression
Water-Elm #46
Leaf pruning vs. partial defoliation
Spring is a good time for managing vigor on deciduous species. We can fully defoliate our strongest trees, and partially defoliate less vigorous bonsai. An alternative to defoliation for species with larger leaves is…
Report from the Bay Area Satsuki Aikokai’s 2019 Exhibit
The Bay Area Satsuki Aikokai held its 24th annual exhibit last weekend at the Lake Merritt Garden Center in Oakland, California. And thanks to the weather this spring, the timing of the exhibit was perfect for seeing…
2019 46th Upstate New York Bonsai Exhibition & Sale
The year’s annual bonsai exhibition & sale took place at the Monroe Community Hospital in Rochester, New York, on May 18-19, 2019. Our society of approximately 150 people have members from Erie and Williamsport, PA,…