Michael Roberts is one of my bonsai heroes. He’s worked quietly in Southern California for decades, creating bonsai that you can’t make any other way other than to throw years at them.
This post and the next one share several of his long-term adventures with Cork Bark Elm and Cork Oak. I’m thrilled that he agreed to share the photo histories of these magnificent bonsai.
The young Cork Bark Elm that Michael Roberts started with.
Michael writes: “Originally purchased in 1996 from Kimura Bonsai Nursery [California], this tree was box grown from 2000–2006.”
The same Cork Bark Elm in 2009.
2012. A sweet bonsai already, but Michael isn’t done yet…
2016, displaying a fair bit of dignity.
And in 2022. Now 35” tall. 20 years from that young tree. A tree at this level could hold its head up in any show around the world.
Here’s another Michael Roberts tree…
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