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Terrarium Landscape Bonsai... The following are some recently created Terrarium Bonsai that I created using 6" and 10" Terrariums and Shimpaku Juniper, Ying Rock, Moss, Japanese White Red Crowned Cranes, Miniture Houses to create a small Village and Mixed Soil Ground Cover..... Bolero

Who are the Bonsai Snobs of Bonsai Nut ??? How do we Define a Bonsai Snob ???

. This is one of the corner areas of my small Patio where I put misc Bonsai prior to Potting...Picture taken in July..

OK guys.... what really Constitutes a Bonsai Master versus Just a really expert Gardener ? Any good Nursery will have Thousands of Starter Plants, Trees, Shrubs, Etc...... Swiss Mountain Pine AKA Mugo is a good example... So if I go out and buy several Mugo's and begin Growing them do I become...

Having been involved in Bonsai Gardening for so long I have had the pleasure of knowing several Bonsai Look Alike Masters and they will generally admit that the Real Bonsai Masters are Long Gone and they are just the Care Takers of the Real Bonsai that Remain and are Legendary Examples of the...

A really true Bonsai tree should be at least 100 years old & Created-Grown-Trained by a Japanese or Chinese Master Gardener in Japan or China...Anything else should be considered a Bonsai Look A Like. A really true Penjing would also have to follow these Guidlines..

A really true Bonsai tree should be at least 100 years old & Created-Grown-Trained by a Japanese or Chinese Master Gardener in Japan or China...Anything else should be considered a Bonsai Look A Like. A really true Penjing would also have to follow these Guidlines...

This is my Double Trunk Trident Maple after a major chop 8 weeks ago..from 24" H to 12" H....No pot, in the ground....

This is my 5 year old Japanese Maple Penjing....I've added a few Ground Cover Mods...also a JM with a JM Red buddy.

Here is some Bonsai work I have been doing in June, July,,,A Japanese Maple Amur. a Swiss Mountain Pine with Ying Rock, Juniper Shimpaku on Ying Rock…. Carving, pruning, shaping, forming... Any questions ask away....

Chillin on my Bonsai Patio....

BUYER BEWARE...BUYER BEWARE Eastern Leaf, Chino, CA near San Diego... The company does not ship what it advertises ...Poor Form, Poor Shape,,, Customer Support delivers Platitudes but no Support...

When does a Ceramic Pot become a Bonsai Pot ? Usually but not always Shallow in height... Drainage holes n bottom... Wiring holes in bottom... Muted Ceramic coloring...

A Bonsai Minimum should be..... 15+ years old... 2"+ Diameter Trunk Rugged Distinct Bark Full Foliage Classic Style... Waddayathink ??? Everything else is a Stick in a Pot, Eh......

90% 3 Cypress-6 Juniper Procumbens-Baby Tears, 3 Chinese Scholars -Misc. GC 70 % 50% The start...

Sharing some work...My latest Penjing (Chinese Bonsai in a Tray) it measures 18"x14", this is B4 Shimpaku Juniper (Bonsai), B4 Moss, B4 Ground Cover, Before final styling....What you do see is Chinese Ying Rock, Bonsai soil and a little shelter house (Retreat)...I am going to call it " A Zen...

Just viewing Eisei-en Bonsai and seeing the Itoigawa Shimpaku Juniper... I feel it is not the way they actually grow and or look....and feel there is a general, typical need to style in this manner, I understand and acknowledge that some Pruning & Adjusting may be in order to closer resemble...

What is required to graduate from "Sticks in a Pot" to a legitiment "Maple Tree Forest"???

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Senator Lindsey Graham seems to think so... https://www.yahoo.com/news/apos-apos-headed-war-apos-004906574.html We all stood by and watched as Hitler, Stalin, Tojo did their War Evils....... What will happen to all the Bonsai's around the World ??? What do you think ???

Getting away from Politics and Religion for a moment... Watch this video... Although Interstellar Space travel is only possible thru Time Warp Events due to Lightyear Travel (186000 miles per second per 365 days=1 Light year) distances across our Milky Way Galaxy not to mention there are...

In as few words as possible what is a general definition of a Democrat, a Republican, an Independent ??? I consider myself a Conservative Thinking & Living person therefore a Republican... (Conservative is a person who is averse to change and holds to traditional values and attitudes...

This is my latest Penjing and is still a Work in Progress, will be adding 2 maybe 4 additional Shimpaku as time goes on...probably next Spring. I call it Shimpaku and Boy Fishing... It is a scene of Shimpaku growing on a Rocky Outcropping with Pond in Front of Setting... Pot Tray Scene is...

In Chicago the other day and came across this while visiting a Craft Beer Establishment in between visits to Art Museums... Thought to myself, Righhhhht.... Only in America...They still use a Hole in the ground in India...

Ancient Bonsai vs Today's Bonsai When I observe, in Books, the Ancient Bonsai of China and Japan I am amazed at how they were able to Grow, Sculpt and Preserve their Bonsai. I've noticed that they were primarily Juniper, Pine then Maple and not necessarily pre-occupied with DeadWood adornment...