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L’évolution stylistique d’un cèdre amassé en nature. (Cèdre #1) (version française en bleu)  This Cedar was collected on the south shore of the St-Lawrence river in August of 1997.   I was very pessimistic about its survival given that there was only 4 or 5 feeder roots of around 2 inches starting directly from the trunk just below the soil line.  I… Continue reading Development of collected cedar #1

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Author:  Vianney Leduc    Translator :  Jean-Claude Lévesque (version française en bleu) This tree was collected in the fall of 2006 on the north shore of the ST-Lawrence river.  It was my first time collecting Larches.  There are two distinct growing condition in that collecting area; in the bog or in pocket of soil in rock crevices.  This tree was growing in a pocket… Continue reading Development of collected larch #1

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Autheur : Pierre Leloup                (Traducteur :  Vianney Leduc)   Projet: mars 2009   ——    Project: March 2009 (English version in bleue) Il me faut des roches, beaucoup de roches! Plus j’en aurai, plus j’aurai de choix lors de la composition. Je les choisis toutes de la même couleur et de la même patine, car c’est important pour la cohérence et l’homogénéité de… Continue reading Creation of a penjing

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Author:  Vianney Leduc ? When considering design options we make an inventory of important visual elements that exist on different possible fronts.  To find these elements, we have to rotate a tree in many different angles and examine each element.  This is especially true of collected coniferous which lend themselves to various styles. Here is a slim larch in the position that it was potted in 2012 when… Continue reading Design for collected larch #2

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Author:  Vianney Leduc This tree was collected in Ottawa in the early 90s by a long time member of the Ottawa  society. The tree was originally potted in bonsai soil and went back in the ground for a number years to thicken up the trunk. Mugo pine do not thicken in bonsai soil. Below is a picture of the tree in 1994. Cet arbre… Continue reading Styling of nursery mugo pine #1

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(Version française ci-dessous) Healthy native larches bonsai will naturally produced needles which can vary in length between 1’’ and 1 ½’’ when fertilized and watered properly.  This size of needles is generally too long for small and medium size bonsai.  Many enthusiasts will reduce the length of the needles by limiting the amount of water and fertilizer.   Although they do… Continue reading Larch defoliation

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 (version française ci-dessous) The trunk of many species will simply stop thickening once in bonsai culture. I wanted to find out if the Amur maple was a species capable of trunk thickening when over potted. I have seen the over potting technique providing very good result for larches and Japanese black pine but disappointing result for Mugo pine, Boxwood and Azalea. … Continue reading Amur maple trunk development (Amur #1)