As we prepared to begin a judging exercise at this month’s Bay Island Bonsai meeting, Morten asked a good question. It was something to the effect of, “Is the highest scoring tree the most valuable tree?” I knew the two were closely related, but had to think for a moment before coming to a conclusion. […]
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Decandling shohin black pine
Decandling Japanese black pines is the process of removing spring growth to produce summer growth. If we decandle early in the season, we give summer growth more time to mature and produce long needles. The converse is also true – decandling later produces shorter needles. For this reason, we typically decandle shohin pine bonsai about […]
How to create seedling cuttings – Japanese black pine
I began to describe the steps required to grow Japanese black pine bonsai from seed last year, but left off just after planting the seeds. I ended up abandoning last year’s batch as only a dozen seeds sprouted. I tried again this year with much better luck. Due to a cold spring, the seeds took […]
Defoliating Trident Maple
Despite relatively cool temperatures this spring, my trident maple has been growing vigorously. I removed the large leaves and trimmed new shoots in April, and found the tree full again in May. May 2011 – the long shoot that appears to emerge out of the tree’s apex was previously earmarked for an approach graft To […]
Satsuki Blossoms
Here are some more photos from the Bay Area Satsuki Aikokai’s 17th Annual Exhibit. Osakazuki Osakazuki Kaho Kaho Kinsai Kinsai Gogo-no-Hikari Kozan-no-Tsuki Kozan-no-Tsuki Shiraito-no-Taki Shiraito-no-Taki Shin Nikko Shin Nikko Satsuki – unknown variety Satsuki – unknown variety Hakurei Hakurei Kami-no-Yama Kirin Kami-no-Yama Kirin Hoshi-no-Kagayaki