We can't go long before we begin to discuss black pines (as we have begun already). No discussion would be complete without mentioning Steve Pilacik.
Steve is the owner, weed puller and trunk chopper at Matsu Momiji Bonsai Nursery in North Carolina. He's known for Japanese Black Pine work and has written a book on them as bonsai. He's updating the book as well as continuing to update a DVD on JBP bonsai. Both are good and getting better.
His pines he digs each year go very quickly with most of them going to workshops and demos. I'll be attending a couple of classes this January in Florida Steve is giving. I'm looking forward to seeing the material he brings.
He has also started to import azaleas from Japan. I got the opportunity to hang out with Steve at the 2006 Carolina Bonsai Expo. He was primarily selling azaleas and they were all out of this world. I had to hide my credit cards in my hotel room to keep from spending way too much on azaleas I didn't have room to bring home. Real nice stuff.
He also grows maples and other deciduous trees in smaller number.
Check him out at www.matsumomiji.com.
Steve is the owner, weed puller and trunk chopper at Matsu Momiji Bonsai Nursery in North Carolina. He's known for Japanese Black Pine work and has written a book on them as bonsai. He's updating the book as well as continuing to update a DVD on JBP bonsai. Both are good and getting better.
His pines he digs each year go very quickly with most of them going to workshops and demos. I'll be attending a couple of classes this January in Florida Steve is giving. I'm looking forward to seeing the material he brings.
He has also started to import azaleas from Japan. I got the opportunity to hang out with Steve at the 2006 Carolina Bonsai Expo. He was primarily selling azaleas and they were all out of this world. I had to hide my credit cards in my hotel room to keep from spending way too much on azaleas I didn't have room to bring home. Real nice stuff.
He also grows maples and other deciduous trees in smaller number.
Check him out at www.matsumomiji.com.