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I like literati bonsai trees. I have a number of them. Below is an acacia burkei which I recently did some work on. Enjoy. Hank

At Thanksgiving I usually bring a few trees into my home to enjoy. Hank

A small privet on which I did a bit of carving. Enjoy. Hank

Fi cus Burtt Davyi make excellent shohin bonsai. Have been re-potting many of my trees in bonsai pots. Here are a few which are a bit different. Enjoy. Hank A root through a rock An interesting pot

one of the stands I have made from Brazilian walnut.

Spring/summer has finally arrived. I have begun to work on some of my Ficus Burtt Davyi. I have a large number of them in different stages of development but I find it difficult to part with them. Usually I wait until it gets warmer and they begin to bud before transplanting. Enjoy. Hank

One of my favorite Ficus Natelensis bonsai. I have very hard water and the white spots are from mineral deposits. When I have more time I will clean the leaves. The stand I recently designed and made. Enjoy. Hank

I finally have gotten around to photographing a few of my larger tropical bonsai. Enjoy. Hank Ficus Burtt Davyii Ficus Sycomorous Acacia Burkei Acacia Burkei Acacia Galpinii Commiphora

Most of my figs are fused trunk figs. After less than 5-6 years trees of this quality are possible . Ficus Natalensis Fucus Natalensis, a strangler fig, is a good specimen for making a fused trunk bonsai. The rooted cuttings fuse together reasonably quickly. After about a year or so the...

Winter is still here i western New York but spring is hopefully not far away. Below are a few images of some of my tropicals. Enjoy. Hank

Ficus Natalensis is, in my opinion, one of the best tropical species for bonsai. The trees are fast growing, very hardy and adapt well to growing in containers. If the material is well chosen good leaf reduction can be realized. I have number of Natal figs of various sizes and I am...

Ficus Natalensis is, in my opinion, one of the best tropical species for bonsai. The trees are fast growing, very hardy and adapt well to growing in containers. If the material is well chosen good leaf reduction can be realized. I have number of Natal figs of various sizes and I am...

Ficus Natalensis is, in my opinion, one of the best tropical species for bonsai. The trees are fast growing, very hardy and adapt well to growing in containers. If the material is well chosen good leaf reduction can be realized. I have number of Natal figs of various sizes and I am...

Summer has arrived and my trees have done very well. Below are a few that I like. Enjoy Hank Ficus Natalensis Ficus Natalensis Acacia Galpinii Ficus Burtt Davyi Ficus Burtt Davyi Ficus Burt Davyi

With winter having fianlly arrived I have had some time to work on a few new stands, Below is mame/shohin stand in solid cherry. Enjoy. Hank

We have had a very mild winter this year. I moved all of my tropicals into the greenhouse in October and aside from removing wire have pretty much left them alone aside from minor pruning. Here are a few that have done very nicely. Enjoy. Hank Ficus Burtt Davyi - shohin Ficus...

Summer has finally arrived with drought like conditions in Western NY. Had a lot of trouble finally moving my tropicals outdoors. They have finally started to grow as they should. Here are a few images.If I have time will post more. Enjoy . Hank Ficus Natalensis Celtis Afrikans -...

Ficus natalensis is one of my favorite species for making a bonsai tree. The problem is to get good material. Usually the leaves are large and do not reduce easily. The material I use in all of my fused trunk trees yields foliage which does reduce making it possible to use the same material...

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Summer has sort of arrived here and I have been moving my tropicals oudoors. Here are a few mages of some of my larger trees. Enjoy Hank Ficus Burtt Davyi root over rock Baobab Ficus Benjamina

In spite of the outside temperatures the amount of light each day is increasing and my tropicals have really begun to grow. Below are a few images of some of the trees I have worked on recently. Enjoy. Hank A Commiphora that has recntly been partially leaf pruned A small Acacia galpinii...

Although I sometimes think that winter will never end it is nice to have a bit of time to enjoy my trees. Below is a small Ficus Burtt Davyi shohin fig that I have grown from a cutting. Enjoy. Hank

Although winter is here and my tropicals are in the green house the trees are not dormant. Left alone they soon lose their shape and require pruning (see first image). I usually do not defoliate my larger Natal figs until early in the year. At this time I simply try to keep them trimmed...

I finally have gotten all of my tropicals inside for the winter and have begun to look at what must be done in the forthcoming months. My ficus bonsai have done very well this summer. Last summer I have begun defoliating some of my Natal Figs. .Below are the images of two of my trees. Both are...

Below is an image of literati Natal fig that I have been working on for a number of years. I find it challenging to try combine the lush growth of a fig with the sparseness usually associated with the literati style and to make the end result pleasing. Next year in the early spring I will...