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Bonsai Beginner to Bonsai Master
A daring Bonsai Masterpiece from this year's Kokufu Exhibition. No doubt the work of someone you might call a Bonsai Master. Photo courtesy of Bill Valavanis I don't think most of us will achieve mastery in the art of bonsai. But I would never deny the possibility. If you're a...
Imported & Home Grown Bonsai - Compliments to Luis Vallejo
Luis Vallejo calls this Yama momji Japanese maple. Yama is mountain and momiji is Japanese maple (Acer palmatum). This and the other trees shown here are from Luis' Museo de Bonsai Alcobendas in Spain Setting the record straight...In our last post I was completely wrong about the tree just below, and only half...
Bonsai at the Trophy & Discovering Just How Much My Taste (and Maybe Yours too) Is Influenced by the Japanese
I think this forest planting is my favorite for today. Maybe it's just the moss and leaves that make it stand out, or the fine filagreed ramification (something you almost always see in the best Japanese bonsai, but not as much in the West). But there's more of course, including its inviting...
Larches ARE Coming to Rochester! Change of Plans
Retraction! Our larches will at the 6th U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition this coming weekend (see below). And we will offer a whole range of other goods for your bonsai, including our brand New Tie Pots (we haven't had a new product that we've been this excited about since we introduced our...
Two Legged Juniper – Before & After
Sierra juniper (Juniperus occidentalis), before and after by Bonsai Mike. You can see the potential peeking out underneath the foliage in the before shot. Still, an impressive transformation Today’s tree belongs to Bonsai Mike, a first timer here on Bark (as distinguished from Michael Bonsai, who has appeared here numerous times)....
Before & After Bonsai – Three in One
Three before and after bonsai styled by Juan Andrade. The trees are from top to bottom: Shimpaku juniper, Japanese black pine and a Needle juniper trunk with Shimpaku juniper foliage grafted on Continuing with our current before and after series… Juan Andrade served as a long term apprentice at Bonsai Aichien nursery...
Brilliant Beech Bonsai & Tiny Companion
Contrast! This shot has to go in our Bonsai Bark hall of fame photos (if we had such a thing). The big one is a Japanese beech (Fagus crenata) and the small one is unidentified, though it looks a lot like a Shimpaku juniper. Both belong to Mariusz Folda Suddenly we’re...
Natives Is Here! Brilliant & Unique, Bonsai at Its Best
We’ve all waited long enough and now the Pacific Bonsai Museum’s Natives is here. We’ve featured some photos in the past, but now we’ve got the real thing. One hundred and five mind stopping pages. Now available at Stone Lantern Here’s the Museum’s description… “As artistic representations of trees, bonsai...
Sabina Juniper, Another Happy Accident
The original caption from Milan Karpíšek reads "Sabina of my friend ready for a show." From this we might assume that the tree belongs to a friend and was styled by Milan, but we know about assumptions. The trees shown here are from Milan Karpíšek’s fb photos (Milan is from the Czech Republic)....
Bonsai Adventure & a Pot with a Story to Tell
A muscular old Camellia full of flowers and buds. This photo and the others in this post, were taken by Bill Valavanis during a recent visit to Shunka-en Bonsai Museum in Tokyo Shunka-en Bonsai Museum is the home, studio, gallery and growing area of Kunio Kobayashi. All the photos in this post...