I’m lucky – I live in an area that doesn’t get too cold in winter. This makes late fall, winter, and early spring the busiest time of year – a time filled with cutback, needle-plucking, wiring, and repotting. I was thinking, this afternoon, of what I can do to make my pines as vigorous as […]
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Peter Tea wins New Talent Competition
Congratulations to Peter Tea for winning the 2009 Joshua Roth New Talent Bonsai Competition! Supported by the American Bonsai Society, the New Talent competition is usually held at ABS conventions, but this year was held at GSBF Convention XXXII, A Southwest Bonsai Journey, in Riverside, CA. Posing with the winning tree (Peter Tea photo) To […]
The future behind us
Post-Dated: The Schooling of an Irreverent Bonsai Monk, by Michael Hagedorn. Crataegus Books, 216 pp., $14.95. Available from Crataegus Books and Amazon. Before Michael Hagedorn completed his apprenticeship – before, even, he left for Japan, I was excited for his return. Hagedorn came to bonsai as a talented artist. I believed, upon hearing that he […]
BIB practice display
The practice display at this month’s Bay Island Bonsai meeting comes courtesy of Jim Gremel. The wonderful itiogawa juniper is one of many Jim has grown from scratch. Itiogawa juniper It’s shown, below, with a colorful pyracantha – a great variety to exhibit this time of year. If all goes well, the berries will last […]
More pine cone technique
[8/16/16 – See the updated and expanded version: How to grow Japanese black pine from seed] After picking and prepping your pine cones, sunshine, when available, and dry air, work to open the cones. With good weather, which we’ve had in spades lately, this only takes a few days. When you remove the open cones […]