The Bonsai Society of San Francisco’s recent exhibit featured a display of mame (“bean” sized) and other small bonsai. In it were some of the best tiny trees I’ve seen.
Mame and shohin bonsai
Japanese maple, Japanese boxthorn, coast live oak, bougainvillea, trident maple,
fuji cherry, Japanese ivy
Not only are the trees small, but the trunks are incredibly thin.
Japanese maple
Trident maple
Japanese boxthorn
I can’t imagine trying to water these in summer, and I have no idea where one would shop for such tiny pots.
Bougainvillea
Coast live oak
The exhibit also featured a number of fun accent plantings, including the following.
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Gary R Croft says
Jonas,
Thanks to you, I managed to track down Aich-en in Nagoya this month. And was most fortunate to be taken around by Juan Andrade/apprenticed to J.Tanaka. Juan was so very kind to give me knowledge,tips etc that in 20yrs of reading and collecting bonsai books,was not within those pages. His hands-on knowledge over the years,is going to be one to watch!
Didnt get up to Shinpukuji as not only difficult- three hours at Aich-en just blew me away timewise. And I had to make tracks back to Tokyo for dinner.
Aichi-en not easy to find as no advertising outside,but definitely visit worthy & wonderful trees to view.
Gary R Croft.Melbourne Aust
Jonas Dupuich says
Thanks so much for the update Gary – I’m glad you had such a great time!
Gary R Croft says
I ommited to say Master Junichiro Tanaka and Mrs Tanaka are very obliging kind people. And I thank them very much for their hospitality.
Gary R Croft
Andreas Deutscher says
Hi Jonas, there is not japanese boxthorn, this tree is Serrisa foetida.