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Bonsai-U | The Diamondback Ponderosa Pine
10 months ago Nebby 0
Source: Bjorn Bjorholm Bonsai Blog. Project Description In this episode, we look at the initial styling of a massive Ponderosa Pine Bonsai collected in the Wyoming wilderness. Follow along with your own Pine Bonsai and learn the ins and outs of Pine design. Project Details: Ponderosa Pine Initial Styling Structural Wiring DONATE TO BONSAI-U! To Read More
Squatty Limber Pine Styling-
10 months ago Nebby 0
Source: Crataegus Bonsai Blog. Nearly 10 years ago I found this Limber Pine sitting at the intersection of three cracks in solid granite. The chunks of silvered wood you see as ‘wings’ on either side of the lower trunk, with air under them, are the remains of the original root system that ran down two Read More
Back to the Display Stands
10 months ago Nebby 0
Source: Watto Bonsai Blog. It has been a while since I posted a photo of some of the display stands I have been making. These are all made of pre-loved timber and I am certainly not a master craftsman but these stands are good for local exhibitions and the like. I will post a few Read More
Arizona Alder in Unusual Presentation-
11 months ago Nebby 0
Source: Crataegus Bonsai Blog. This planting was originally composed by Oregon bonsai artist Greg Brenden. The container is a concrete water meter cover, stretching the boundaries of what might hold a plant. We’ve been encouraging a kusamono-like wildness to its style since acquiring it some years ago. The meter cover does have a rectangular hole Read More
Bonsai-U | How to create Better Pine Bonsai
11 months ago Nebby 0
Source: Bjorn Bjorholm Bonsai Blog. Project Description In this episode, we look at late summer secondary candle selection on Double-Flush Pine Bonsai. Grab your own bonsai and follow along! Project Details: Double-Flush Pines Late Summer Pruning Candle Selection DONATE TO BONSAI-U! To make a donation, please choose a monthly amount (or a one-time donation) below. Read More
Punica Granatum – Pomegranate for bonsai
11 months ago Nebby 0
Source: Growing Bonsai Blog. Introduction Pomegranate bonsai Pomegranates are nice plants for bonsai. The species main attraction are the bright red flowers. In good years these can even grow the well-known fruits, the pomegranates. With good weather these grow fast and young fresh branches can be wired and placed without any problems. With sunny warm Read More
Does Burying a Pot in Compost Create Patina?
11 months ago Nebby 0
Source: Crataegus Bonsai Blog. When he was an apprentice here Andrew Robson puzzled over guidance we hear frequently: ‘Bury a new ceramic pot in compost and in a few months you’ll see patina on it’. Well, he took a new, unused pot and buried it in compost for fully two years. He watered it every Read More
Crab Apple
11 months ago Nebby 0
Source: Watto Bonsai Blog. This crab apple is a very large bonsai. I dug it in 2016 so that is four years out of the ground and it is finally ready for the styling process to start. It has had a few bits of work done to it but the branching and ramification work has Read More
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