yamadori

So I collected this spruce several years ago from the high country in Colorado. Trunk caliper is a little over 6 inches. Late last summer I gave it an initial styling, extra foliage was retained for health and no detail wiring. At the time I considered a jin for the top front branch that would...

I started bonsai when I was a kid about 15 years ago and had a lot of great mentors. Within a few years, my entire collection was made of of mature trees I had collected in the Northeast from the wild. Most of the men in my family were hunters and a couple were foresters, so I knew a lot of...

Fun and rewarding work. Here's the process. After collecting, I use packing stretch wrap to protect and hold together the rootball. With bald cypress, you can just leave the wrap on and set the rootball in water until you're ready to repot. Cut the plastic off with a sharp knife to expose...

Yet another yamadori prunus. had this for a couple seasons, thought the shape/trunks were interesting.

Hi there everyone, been a little while since I've posted something. found a new spot with some very promising material. The species is Ceanothus cuneatus. I ended up with like eight of them. From what little information I could find, they can only spread their seeds by wildfire. Also I read that...

Not sure how many of us grow Yaupon, but I think they're really great - small leaves, twiggy habit, and bud back well from old wood. They like it hot - there is an abundance of collectible material all over. The biggest challenge with collecting them is that they tend to grow stick straight...

Here's a few pictures I took tonight of my English ivy. I have had this tree for about five and a half years now collected as urban yamadori. One thing I like about this Ivy is the leaves seem to reduce quite well. If anyone has any pictures of some examples of Ivy bonsai feel free to post them...

Here is one of the willows I have been working on for the last year. I collected it at the beginning of summer last year and let it grow wild (It grew very fast). After the leaves fell I thought I would try to put some wire on it and begin sorting out some of the numerous branches, and try to...

here is a crazy ash I found growing in a rock crevice beside the creek on my uncles property. It seems growing in a crack like that forced the trunk to bulge out, It has really good taper although hard to see in the photos.This tree was collected in the middle of august this year and the bucket...

The other side!

I collected this tree from a home built in 1898 in old town San Jose about 6 months ago. Took me three hours because all the roots had grown under the side walk and of course the owner did not want the side walk damaged. Its about three feet tall and the base is 6 to 7 inches wide...I look...

Sycamore from Yamadori Stock Shohin 8" tall still a work in progress have carved out the large latteral tap root removed on left of picture. tree was growing in 1" of ash no soil at all at least 25-30 year old stunted by harsh growing conditions. reduced from approx height...

Collected Yamadori Stock 2nd place in Mame/Shohin up to 9" class (9 in class) Scottish Bonsai Association National Show 2009