Tag: gnarly
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Rocky Mountain Juniper: No Guts No Glory
(Ok… so I know I was supposed to put up part two of Bonsaication next… but have you ever been so gripped with inspiration you could not resist the impulse to create?? That’s where I found myself on the evening when I was supposed to be finishing the other story – vacations are almost as […]
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That moment when it all pays off
This last weekend we stopped by the Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection to view an exhibit of several of our teachers trees. It is always very exciting to see them displayed in new and different setting. The trees of course were all wearing their very best and looking especially glamorous. One of the trees on display […]
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Larch update…
Just thought I would throw up a couple photos of the larch I recently worked on… and also took a photo of the backside. I have to admit, I was pleased that the tree actually has a pleasing view all the way around. Victrinia
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Larch Fest Continues — Patience Pays Off
A few years ago , three to be precise, I took a workshop with renowned Canadian collector David Easterbrook at the PNBCA convention in Vancouver, BC. He was working with some American Larch (larix larcinia) that he had collected in the wilds of Canada and I took the opportunity to acquire one of these special […]
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Return of the Larix
As you might remember from Arrival of a Larix we received this larch some time ago. I finally decided to set out to work on it this Saturday as it was a nice day out and this guy was just looking like he needed some attention. The first order of business was to begin working on […]
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Eastern White Cedar – Getting a face lift
We thought it might be fun to show some of the trees that Daniel has been working on. He began working on this tree the other day and wanted to share it with everyone. Thuja Occidentalis (Eastern White Cedar) is a tree that doesn’t get too much play as a bonsai specimen however it has […]
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The Taming of the Hornbeam
How fitting that the last image in the previous post be of the tree in this one. We didn’t plan it that way… I promise! Creating that essence of age that we strive for in deciduous material is a combination of several tasks over the course of many years. In the early years it is […]
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Arrival of a Larix
Today our good friend John Conn delivered a tree to us that we had recently purchased. It happened by chance that he would be at the nursery where the tree was and he was kind enough to offer to bring it with him upon his return. Just today the tree was dropped off and we […]
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Wire Wire Every Where
(This is a re-post of an article from Dec, 2011. I brought it here for you to enjoy.) Recently I worked on a large Korean Hornbeam of Daniel Robinson’s (my teacher) at Elandan Gardens, this is the story of that tree, through a few images. For those of you familiar with Elandan you will have […]