Over the years I've heard a lot of admonitions about watering carefully in summer. And for good reason - trees can dry out quickly when its warm out. At a glance, it looked like most of my trees were over watered as moss was beginning to develop.
Green soil - a sign that the soil has been wet lately
This didn't totally make sense to me.
Een Bonsai-plant word door veel mensen tegenwoordig als een kamerplant gehouden, maar oorspronkelijk was het bedoeld als buitenplant. Zoals je in De geschiedenis van een dwergboom.al kon lezen kwamen de eerste Bonsai's naar binnen toen deze cultuur na enkele honderden jaren vanuit China naar Japan overvloog. De japanners plaatsen bij speciale gelegenheden een Bonsai van buiten naar binnen op hun " Takonoma ", een speciale heilige,traditionele plek in ieder Japans huis.Omdat het natuurlijk mooi en handig is om daar altijd een Bonsai te hebben staan ontstond toen de eerste Kamer-Bonsai.
Source: Uploaded to YouTube - Published on Apr 12, 2012 by bonsaifocustv
This was my hobby for many years but because of illness about five years ago I had to sell my collection to make sure they were looked after. It is wonderful to see these fabulous Japanese trees.
Please enjoy the video and many thanks to the people involved for making these images available for us to enjoy.
Source: Uploaded to YouTube - Published on Apr 12, 2012 by bonsaifocustv
Another Bonsai exhibition video, please see my previous post.
Please enjoy the video and many thanks to the people involved for making these images available for us to enjoy.
I have posted previously about my love of Bonsai.
A couple of my trees:
I found these videos on other WordPress sites of people Blogging about Bonsai.
Hope you enjoyed.
In this post I am going to show you the collection of a client we have who lives in Gunma. Gunma is located about an hour southeast of Nagano. The first half of these pictures were taken last fall. We had made a trip to clean old needles from his pine trees and a general cleaning of any weedy pots. The second half of the pictures were taken in mid February.
I was testing the new Windows Live Movie Maker so I knew how to create my own videos and share them. I chose some Bonsai photos to make a slide show for test material. Uploaded it to YouTube.
It has turned out an enjoyable presentation so thought I would share it.
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Hope you enjoyed.
The recent Redwood Empire Bonsai Society's Annual Show boasted a healthy complement of multi-trunk and grove bonsai. Special considerations come into play when multiple trunks are present - should the trunks point the same way, should some be bigger than others, and how can balance be maintained between trunks? The more trunks that are present, the more complex the questions. Of groves we might ask, how great can the difference be between trunks, how important is the styling of individual trees, and where does the largest tree belong?
A few years back a cousin requested for my help because he was encountering some financial difficulty. While his situation is not yet critical, his financial growth became stagnant. This is worrisome because the projected financial growth of his business is not meeting its expectations. He is also especially worried because he was relatively newly married (about a year) at that time and his wife was pregnant with their first baby.
Sacramento Bonsai Club's 64th Annual Show
The Sacramento Bonsai Club held their 64th annual show this past weekend at the Sacramento Buddhist Church. The event left quite an impression. The exhibit showed how fun a spring show can be. The suiseki displays were a super addition to the show. And the 40 or so happi-coated club members were one of the nicest bonsai groups I've run into.
Golden State Bonsai Federation XXXIII Convention Exhibit
The Golden State Bonsai Federation (GSBF) held their 33rd Annual Convention, "New Faces," last weekend in Santa Clara, California. As always, the Convention featured a bonsai and suiseki exhibit. Bonsai were displayed in formal arrangements with accents - suiseki displays book-cased the bonsai at opposite ends of the room.
Although the exhibit was not large, it did a good job of representing California bonsai with trees from different parts of the state.
It's been two years since I last showed my Western juniper at Bay Island Bonsai's 11th exhibit. It hasn't changed a lot since then. Knowing it could use some attention, I brought it to BIB's recent workshop run by Akio Kondo. Here's the tree before the workshop.
Western juniper
In the space of 10 minutes, Kondo suggested a new planting angle, made two cuts, and drew some lines on the trunk with a Sharpie.
It feels like only a few days ago we were treated to Episode 13, oh, it was only a few days ago :-D
Enjoy.
Here's the latest Bonsai Art of Japan Video showing Taikan-ten Exhibition in Japan. An interesting insight into how they set these things up.
This has been shared on Facebook and YouTube!! It's about 10 years old and is an interesting watch. Shinji Suzuki is the main focus of the video, a fantastic bonsai Artist.
I wondered about it being up on youtube, but after a quick internet search, it seems to be readily available to download free on the net via ebooks and many other sources.
No one told me to do it. It wasn't even in my job description. But, there is something about investing in people who are innate in what my calling is in life.
I seek out men who are going to "show up" when they are supposed to. They are kind of guys who are dependable. Their word is their bond.
I believe this is the final instalment from Andrew Sellman's trip to Japan.
The main focus is on the ASPAC Convention. He had made a grand job of condensing the multiple demos into a quick snapshot of before and afters.
Here's the latest episode in the series. Bit of a twist this time as it's actually American material being used. Still top class presentation as usual.
Looks cold there with that big coat on :-)
Here's the last in the series Bonsai Journey. Some truly stunning Japanese Gardens and as you would expect, bonsai.
