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Bonsai Inspirations 2nd Edition

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Many of you maybe familiar with the Bonsai Inspirations series by Harry Harrington? He has enhanced the second version of this great book with some new chapters and photograph. All of the two page spread photographs are my landscape photography works. I’m very excited to see my work being published within a great publication. Copies of the book can be… Continue reading Bonsai Inspirations 2nd Edition

Revisit: Shimpaku/Rocky Cascade

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Revisits are good for showing how bonsai change over time. It’s been four years since we saw this juniper, years in which it’s been trudging along keeping its head down—quite literally, it’s a cascade—and yet making visible strides during those years, too. As a quick recap, the trunk of this tree is Rocky Mountain Juniper and it was grafted with two… Continue reading Revisit: Shimpaku/Rocky Cascade

Refining A Japanese Maple Bonsai By Transplanting

Valavanis Bonsai Blog September 2018 Joe Noga has been growing and training his Shishigashira Japanese maple, Acer palmatum ‘Shishigashira,’ for over 35 years. This dwarf cultivar of Japanese maple has been selected and appreciated in Japan for over 300 years. It is commonly trained for bonsai in Japan and is generally easy to air layer to produce a bonsai. The lovely dark green leaves are interesting … Continue reading Refining A Japanese Maple Bonsai By Transplanting