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How Not to Water Your Bonsai – This Just Might Be the Most Important Watering Advice You’ll Ever Read
This illustration by Kyosuke Gun is from our Masters' Series Juniper book. It is a perfect fit for this post that is borrowed from Michael Hagedorn's Crataegus Bonsai. We originally featured this post in June, 2009. It’s one of our earliest and perhaps one of our most important. I don’t think we’ve featured...
Eccentric or Just Twisted?
Doing the Twist. This tree belongs to Mauro Stemberger (Italian Bonsai Dream). Mauro has one of the most dramatic bonsai collections in the West, and though this one certainly qualifies, is there a line between dramatic and eccentric? Continuing with ‘Eccentric Bonsai’ from two days ago, here’s another one from...
Digital Bonsai Theft & Other Crimes & Misdemeanors
Did that huge apple really grown on this small tree? Occasionally you see fruit that is glued on, but in this case I think it's the real deal. There’s something a little shady about putting your logo on photos that don’t belong to you, though in a world with more than...
Would You Like to See the Best Bonsai in Japan Up Close & Personal?
This powerful pine resides at the Shunka-em Bonsai Museum in Tokyo. Photo By Bill Valavanis (on his cell phone!) from his recent trip to Japan As long as we’ve got this shot (above) by Bill Valavanis from his latest Japanese bonsai expedition (stay posted for more tomorrow), here’s an expedition with an invitation just...
Three Before & After Bonsai – Two Junipers & a Pine
Before and after bonsai styling 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. Juan Andrade was a long term apprentice at Bonsai Aichien nursery in Japan. We’ve been following Juan’s progress for...
Bonsai Before & After – Three Year Progression
A three year progression on a Himalayan juniper (Juniperus squamata) by Josef Burschi We’ve got new Before & After for you. This time with an intermediate stage between the before and after. There is a small caveat however. The tree is a Tanuki* (Phoenix graft). I think most Japanese bonsai...
Another Impressive Before & After Bonsai Transformation
Though we often expect miracles when it comes to transforming mediocre or otherwise undeveloped bonsai into something as impressive as this one, in reality seven years strikes me as about right amount of time for such a radical transformation. The artist is Alfredo Salaccione and the tree is a Scots pine...
Best Bonsai & Best Bonsai Show – The 6th U.S. National
Winner of the Finest Bonsai at the 6th U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition. It's a Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergii) that belongs to Suthin Sukosolvisit. I cropped the original (see below) for a closer look. The photo was taken by Oscar (Bonsai Empire) with a hand held camera and no special lighting. Stay posted for the rest...
Site Wide Sale Ends Sunday Night – Deep Discounts on All Your Bonsai Essentials
This Sierra juniper by Boon Manakitivipart has the distinction of being on the cover of our final issue of Bonsai Today (issue 108). Bonsai Today magazine back issues are included in our Site Wide Sale which ends Sunday night (March 25th) at 11:59pm EDT –
Staying on Theme – Fall Bonsai Color
In addition to brilliant fall color, this Trident maple has almost everything you'd want in a bonsai; a massive trunk, fluid natural looking nebari, good lines, a well-matched pot and healthy green moss. The artist is German Gomez. Looks like this photo was shot in mid to late spring....