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I like other people's idea of having a thread for some of the various project trees in my collection that aren't really worthy of their own thread. This way I can keep document their progress over the (hopefully) many years to come. At 50, I realize that I may never see some of these actually...

I was reading Jonas' blog today and discovered a link to his YouTube channel. He only has a few vids and one from like 11 years ago, but he says he's gonna keep them coming. Let's show him some love and subscribe. He's always a great teacher! https://youtube.com/@JonasDupuich?si=mi0L1YqQT0GwYRio

For me, it's a bit of both. I absolutely love having more "finished" trees that have reached a more advanced stage of maturity that I continue to maintain and refine. At the same time, I am thrilled by the process of taking raw material and starting it on it's way of becoming a beautiful bonsai...

Just picked up this exposed root Japanese Black Pine from Eric Schrader in San Francisco. He had it for sale at his vendor sale table at the Shohin Convention in Santa Nella a couple weeks ago. When I saw I thought it was a fantastic tree at a reasonable price, but still didn't have the cajones...

It worked for Bjorn so why not? Had to try one myself. Seven seedlings bound together. We'll check back in 25 years or so...

I dug up this Quince last fall. It had been growing in my front yard for the last 7 years or so. I actually divided the thing in two and stuck the other half back in the ground. This half begins it's slow journey to bonsai-ville. I think it should be a decent clump at some point. The base is...

Saw this on Facebook. Pretty creative! And this one that is Avatar-esque... Just need some mudmen that look like the Na'vi

Hoping for the off chance that someone has a couple tickets for Sunday the 13th that they want to sell. DM me if you do. 🤞🏼

Along with being a passionate bonsai enthusiast, I am also a diehard Star Wars junkie. Is anyone else watching "Andor"? It's excellent and whether you're a Star Wars fan or not, it's just good television. Anyway, the show often takes place in Senator Mon Mothma's apartment on Coruscant. Inside...

...or did my neighbor simply forget to water my trees for a few days while I was on vacation in San Diego for two weeks?

The lead character designer for the animated show, Bob's Burgers, created these amazing greenhouses within bonsai trees. Sadly, it seems he died recently in a skydiving accident a couple months ago. Talented guy... The trees alone look to be what we'd consider high quality. I just wonder...

I'm selling this Boxwood of mine. I was intending on selling it at the member's consignment sales area at this year's REBS Show (assuming there will be one) but thought I'd see if there was any interest on here first. It's been in development since 2011, so 10 years now. It's a nice tree but...

I was looking at the March newsletter for REBS and saw a familiar face. Looks like our very own @MACH5 will be doing a demo for the Bonsai Society of San Francisco on Thursday March 11th. I hope you don't mind me calling you out, Sergio! I'm going to try to tune in. Here's the Zoom info...

So after getting the okay from @Kanorin , I'm throwing my hat in the ring on the forest from sapling contest. These saplings were all volunteers in my backyard from a large Japanese Maple tree. I've been growing some of the larger ones since around 2016. I arranged them in the forest grouping on...

They grow like weeds in my yard! We have a big old JM in the backyard and it drops seeds like crazy every fall. In the spring they start popping up everywhere including in my pots.

My copy wasn't without shame however. I'm deeply ashamed of myself, but what are you going to do.... So last year I stumbled upon Fonz's thread about his attempt to copy Smoke's (AKA Al Keppler) Five Trees in a Hole Project. That thread can be seem here...

So I started two Trident Maple root over rock plantings last spring. This is something that I had been wanting to do for a very long time. I started them with seedlings I picked up from Lone Pine Nursery in Sebastopol. Their tiny roots were attached to a couple pieces of lava rock that I thought...

Just saw this on 99 Cent Bonsai: *buyer beware **no returns I think it's gonna need a lot of Super Thrive... Cory

Started a couple Yamadori Style Junipers with some Kishu seedlings this morning. Fun little, long-term projects for sure. I have a few slightly larger Kishu in the yard that I'm going to dig up in the spring that are going to receive this treatment...

This came up on Stone Lantern's Facebook page. This Pemphis acidua bonsai is by an artist named Geda Merta. What do people think of this kind of "sculpture" in bonsai? It's certainly isn't conventional is it? I rather like it but it definitely diverges from what we think of as bonsai in the...

For those of us that can't keep a tree alive or want an indoor Ume https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/make-lego-bonsai-trees-flower-bouquets-to-relax-with-new-botanical-series/ Cory

One of REBS' senior members, Gene Lynch, is selling off most of his trees because of health reasons. He's a really great guy with a whole lot of bonsai knowledge and a whole bunch of great trees. When I heard he was selling his trees, I immediately thought of this spectacular Wild Plum forest of...

I seem to have noticed a significant uptick of new users on the forum lately. I wonder if this is a result of the pandemic and more time people have spent at home on the rather than out in the real world or is there suddenly more interest in bonsai? I think there was already an increased...

I'm super excited about this one! I bought this from Ned Lycett the REBS member who had collected it. It's got terrific movement and deadwood. It obviously lends itself to cascade / semi-cascade with an upper and lower apex. The finished tree will only be about a foot above the soil level...

I just bought this Procumbens Nana from Ned Lycett of Deadwood Bonsai. I wasn't really in the market for another Nana but I liked the tree and the price was reasonable. He mentioned it was one of his first trees. Most recently it has been styled by Mauro Stemberger but Ned didn't really like...