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One of a few larch collected with @yashu in a bog up-river from his house. Some pics from @yashu of the trip: https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/yashu%E2%80%99s-larix-laricina-5-year-native-tree-native-pot-challenge.67901/post-1172983 I let it recover all last year, and did an initial styling...

Wasn't sure why I put this sucker I pulled out from under my lilac shrubs in a pot, until now. Had a tiny Paul Katich (Bellota) pot laying around... Begin: Bend 1 by my 6 year old daughter: Bend 2 by my 4 year old son: And more squishing by me: Let's pot it, because why not...

I haven't posted in years, given all of my interesting material has been and still is in the ground in upstate NY at my parents' house. I moved this spring to northern VA and I decided, for a number of reasons, to take 2 trees with me. I potted them in bonsai soil and wood chips in terracotta...

June 24th 2022 Todd Schlafer Workshop MABA 202two Limber pine had been collected three years earlier and put into solid pumice. How it started Partway through the workshop. I normally work with smaller material so wiring this was interesting. At the end. Wasn't fully happy with it but...

Two versions of this tree, as it is now and a virtual, taking off the lower left branch. I think it feels lighter and more elegant without the branch, but my concern is with the health of the tree; too little foliage and junipers struggle. Should I jin it anyway and hope for the best? As it is...

Hello Bonsai people! One question for you, I'd like to understand if in your knowledge you could understand if this JRP I just purchased is grafted (possibly on JBP) or not? In my opinion, I have no elements to say it is, but I'd also like to know from your experience. The "knob" at the base...

@MACH5 started a maple literati thread and many of us, myself included, didn’t notice that it was a maple only thread! Thought I’d start a Literati thread for all tree types. Once again, let’s keep it similar to “the tree thread” or “ the shohin tree thread”. IF YOU COMMENT YOU'VE GOT TO...