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.
The Mystery Is Solved: It’s A Swamp Azalea
It’s Time To Make Some More Bonsai
Mountain Hemlock - Tsuga mertensiana - is one of
Mountain Hemlock - Tsuga mertensiana - is one of the premiere alpine species of Western North America. Tonight on Mirai Live, we dedicate an entire stream to examining Mountain Hemlock - the pruning, growth management,…
This is your last chance. Access the most
This is your last chance. Access the most incredible bonsai material available online. https://goods.bonsaimirai.com/collections/trees The websale ends tonight - Sunday 11:59pm. (Source Facebook) www.facebook.com
The websale is live. 3 days only. Friday-Sunday.
The websale is live. 3 days only. Friday-Sunday. Over 35 trees of 11 varying species. Get them while you can. https://goods.bonsaimirai.com/collections/trees Upon purchase, please email info@bonsaimirai.com to…
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…
Tomorrow 7pm at Kent Career Tech Center 1655 East
Tomorrow 7pm at Kent Career Tech Center 1655 East Beltline Ave NE August Club Meeting with special guest Bill Cadmun of the Mid Michigan Bonsai Club presenting a styling Demonstration. Park in lot 5 and enter through…
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…