Search results

Jason Chan owner of Eastern Leaf Bonsai had 40 Bonsai trees stolen during the night before he opened. If you live California please be on the watch for these trees. Apparently they were thrown over the gate and many damaged. They may be seeking advice from Bonsai crowd on how to save them...

The following bronze Snail was stolen some time during the day on Sunday 09-05-2021 during the 52nd Annual Rocky Mountain Society Bonsai show held in Denver, Co. at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Please contact me if you if you have any information on this stolen item or if someone is trying to...

Hydrangea petiolaris -Climbing Hydrangea Bonsai can make really great Bonsai if you find a nice trunked one. I have seen a small in a Bonsai nursery that was really great. I found a large one at another nursery. I have had this one for years. It is now just starting to look like a tree. The tree...

I thought I would show some of you flowers on a Forestiera neomexicana - New Mexico Privet Bonsai in case you have never seem them. They tend to bloom real early in the season and are really small and you might not see them.

Master Todd Schlafer has had a Limber Pine Bonsai stolen from his collection of trees. Please be on the look out for this tree and either contact Todd Schlafer directly or you may contact me at the bottom of my Stolen Tree page if you have any information about the tree. Please help find this...

International Bonsai Master Larry Jackel and the Denver Botanic Gardens Parthenocissus quinquefolia – Virginia Creeper Bonsai turning heads with its fall colors just starting to turn red. Look at that moss and pot. What a great combination all three elements make.

Fall has arrived in the Rocky Mountains as evidenced by this Rhus trilobata‘Autumn Amber’ Three Leaf Sumac that is turning into its fall colors for all to see at the Denver Botanic Gardens Bonsai Pavilion. Enjoy the beautiful fall colors, light a fire in the fireplace, grab some cheese/crackers...

Here is a screen shot from the Rocky Mountain Bonsai Society 51st Annual Show video “Walk Through” of the show of my Cercocarpus breviflorus Gray – Mountain Mahogany Bonsai that was entered in the show. The tree was purchased from Alvaro of Cho Bonsai.

I have had this Campsis radicans – Trumpet vine (yellow) for over 10 years now. I failed 10 years in a row trying to develop ramification on the tree. The tree always died back right back to where I tried wiring branch and put some movement in it. I tried clip and grow this spring with great...

I have a Cotinus coggygria – Purple Smoke Bush tree I purchased a Lowes for $5 during the end of year sale in 2009 I think. I stuck it in a gravel bunker and left it alone until a snow storm snapped the top of the tree. At one time the tree had deadwood going right the middle of the trunk, the...

I found a large massive horizontal Quercus gambelii – Scrub / Gambel Oak growing in the mountains. I spent several hours extracting the tree despite the cold hard granite guarding the trees roots. Here are some photos of the tree, now waiting to see if it survives. I do think it will as it has...

I have developed a Viburnum Inter-Node and Leaf Reduction Technique that I have been using for over 6 years now. You can read about it on my web site here: Viburnum Inter-Node and Leaf Reduction Technique.

I have made a new gallery on my website for the 2019 Rocky Mountain Bonsai Society show. There are way to many trees to list here. Here is a photo of a Limber Pine created by of the orignal members of the club and has been in training for 49 years. I will be adding additional galleries for the...

Here is a great little tree that beginning Bonsai artists could do very easily. Its a purple leafed Honeysuckle and is very small and light weight. I just made a new page for it on my website. I like creating these new and unusual trees. They are fun to make and take care of. Is that now what...

I styled my first Acer grandidentatum – Rocky Mountain Big Tooth Maple. Its a nursery tree with a trunk about the size of a beer can. I made a new page on my website for it. I think this is going to be a great tree in time. Any thoughts?

I made a new page on my website for my Gray Oak Bonsai. I took off all the wire and rewired the tree. My attempt to move an old branch to the left was dismal failure. I used a piece of rebar and several pulleys to move it. It was easy to move but just bounced right back to where it was. I left...

Today I added 27 new Bonsai Pot Vendors to the Bonsai Pot Vendor page on my website. These new vendors are from all over the world. Take a look at them and you just may find the perfect Bonsai pot! Look for the New 06-25-2019 to find the new vendors.