shimpaku bonsai

Having spent some more time on BonsaiNut - I've learned the preferred approach for requesting beginner advice is to consolidate a tree into a single thread. This will also be useful for me to keep track of previous work / thought processes. So here we are. Part 1: Purchase I wanted to invest...

One of my favorite books purchased last year was Zhao Qingquan‘s “Literati Style Penjing”. The forms created are so wonderfully elegant and has largely made up my bonsai tastes of late. Slender trunks with aged branching and live veins feel more appropriately natural for me here in northern New...