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This is Malus ‘sargentii’. I have been working to build branching more than worrying about flowers and fruit. It has flowered each year, but this is the first year fruits have remained on the tree. Here is a shot from early November, with some fall color and the drying crabapples remaining. Close up of the apples against the yellow leaves.… Continue reading Fall colors of a crabapple

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In March, I added a bend to this Kiyozuru Itoigawa. Here is the post showing the work: https://nebaribonsai.wordpress.com/2021/03/27/bending-with-rebar/ . The intent was to add a little upper-trunk movement to compliment the great wiggle in the lower trunk. So in early November I checked the tree and saw the lower wire digging into the trunk slightly. This indicated it was time… Continue reading Kiyozuru Itoigawa first styling

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I finally had the chance to pick up my trees and stands from the US National Bonsai Exhibition a full 2 months after the event. While everything was in one spot, I decided to set it up once last time and shoot some photos. Enjoy. Continue reading One last look at my 2021 USNBE Entry

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Had a chance to spend a couple days at Eise-en in November. It had been a couple years since I was able to head up and work on trees. I took 4 up this year, a 16-year old grafted Zuisho JWP from Evergreen Gardenworks, a rare Kiyozuru cultivar of Itoigawa from Chikugo-en, and an Arakawa JBP from Telperion farms. Each… Continue reading Trip to Eisei-en