Valavanis Bonsai Blog My family, Monday Senior Crew and friends are all busy preparing everything for the US National Bonsai Exhibition. Actually we have slowly been preparing for several months here in Rochester for the bonsai, suiseki, display backgrounds, posts and more. But now we are in full mode, which means I had six McDonalds Sweet Tea today. Today we purchased a new water hose … Continue reading US National Bonsai Exhibition Preparations Continue

Hi all. Just a Thank You to all who have shared in my blog. Today 5September 2016  its just over 5 years ago on 30August2012 I started this blog and today i have hit my 10000th page view from 1830 visitors. THANX again to all of you. Wolfgang Rohloff. Continue reading Five years and ten thousand page views.

Originally posted on Bonsai Penjing & More:
A  good nebari (exposed roots just above the soil surface) and a large trunk base are perhaps the two most desirable features we all wanted for our bonsai. However, they take a long time to develop. Many of us buy pre-bonsai. At the nursery, we may dig below the soil level, hold the tree up, turn it around and tilt it at various… Continue reading Growing a Good Nebari and Fat Trunk Base for a Ficus

Valavanis Bonsai Blog It looks like the 2016 5th US National Bonsai Exhibition will be well attended. Nearly 600 guests have already pre-registered and they are still arriving daily. It’s fortunate our venue has 55,000 square feet to accommodate the visitors, over 300 bonsai, 50 suiseki and large vendor area. We also have a concourse with tables where visitors can sit, relax and enjoy the … Continue reading US National Bonsai Exhibition News

Originally posted on Robert Nocher Shohin Bonsai:
We did a little work this week on a large Kaho Azalea, which belongs to my friend Gerry. Gerry acquired this tree 2 years ago. It has a fantastic nebari but the apex was moving in the opposite direction to the lower trunk. We decided at an early stage that this had to be corrected. The apex was… Continue reading Summer Pruning an Azalea Bonsai

Originally posted on Michael Hagedorn:
I’ve noticed over the years a lot of puzzlement over the correct time to repot. Much of the confusion stems from placing too much weight on the exceptions to spring repotting. There’s a simple way of looking at it that might help decide when to repot. Ron pulls up a mandrake When we repot, the tree is essentially given the signal,… Continue reading Confusion Over Fall Repotting-

Originally posted on Adam's Art and Bonsai Blog:
I am proud to announce the new Adam’s Art and Bonsai web store.I’ll be offering shirts, American Bonsai Tools, one of a kind stands and pottery.? The full array of tools with pricing is at?adamsartandbonsai.com All shirts are screen printed to order? And will sometimes offer limited artwork runs like these: To order, go to?adamsartandbonsai.com Continue reading Adam’s Art and Bonsai Gear, Tools and Sundry