Not your dad’s bonsai anymore

Originally posted on Adam's Art and Bonsai Blog:
I wasn’t going to write a blogpost on this tree but, interestingly, when I posted it on the Socialmediaverse, I got a bunch of people asking me to do a write up.?A ficus Benjamina.The?weeping fig.?It belongs to Cosette, who got it from her dad.?My job is to style it so that Cosette likes it. At the… Continue reading Not your dad’s bonsai anymore

Shohin Critique by Kathy Shaner

Originally posted on Nebari Bonsai:
Kathy judged the ABS, and my friend and ABS member Jim Cook was kind enough to video the critique of this 5-point shohin display. Moral of the story..need a bigger box stand! https://youtu.be/bdCUPgkgRfM Here are close-ups of the trees. Corkbark JBP, ‘Hachi-Gen’ in a Shibakatsu pot: 6-tree Japanese Maple clump in an Ikkou pot: Corkbark Elm in a Koyo pot:… Continue reading Shohin Critique by Kathy Shaner