Some photos from Japan

[Toche]

Thank you for pictures and small education. Some very nice scenes. A couple very nice Bonsai amongst traditionals. For some hereabout obsessed with trunk "taper", keeping moss off substrate notice several trunks have little to no taper. Notice moss on substrate also. Even big lower branches on some. Oh such horrible proportions again from certain know it alls. In Japan even. So good to see ignorance exposed.

Hello Potawatomi,
Thank you
Yes he has beautiful trees, some of them have even been awarded at the Kokufu,
It is necessary to take into account here that we are in the home of an amateur, a passionate not a professional.
Unfortunately, he was sick and he sold all his trees and stopped bonsai shortly after my visit.

A question tho, some bonsai are placed on top of a surface which sits inside a water tray: is it to avoid crawlers (ants and such) to get on the trees? I mean, sometimes it's for aestethic purposes, like in ishizuki, but here looks more of a practical thing.

Hello Leomame,
Thank you,
It's for several reasons, it keeps snails and slugs away, but also, and above all, it's to offer a maximum of humidity to the tree, that's really the first reason.
This is quite common in Japan.

 

[Toche]

With my friends, after this visit, we had the chance to visit another enthusiast. He cultivates his trees with his daughter.
It is really great art, I had never seen that.
He refuses to sell a tree if he thinks you don't have the skills to take care of it.

He has like most Japanese, several different species of trees, but he has a specialty, it is the Fagus crenata
Do you like it?
If, like me, you like this tree, you will be served.
You will see, it is really exceptional.

 

[Toche]

When you enter in his garden, you don't immediately see his fagus.

 

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... but then.



















To be continued.

 

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[Potawatomi13]

Literati Pines love love love.

 

[Toche]

Have you seen the work on the nebari ?

 

[Toche]

This is how he did it by doing transplants

 

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[clem]

Thanks for sharing those nice pics Toche.
He has also some nice camellia on pic 513. it is not frequent to see some camellia Bonsai on Kokufu albums.

Do you know if the dead wood of this spectacular yew has been carved by a craftman ? or found in the wild like this ? ->

 

[Toche]

Hey ! Hi Clément, it's a small world.

There is a camellia specialist in France, he is even on EDG, it's "GG TOULOUSE".

As for this IF, I don't know how to answer you, I think there is a bit of both.

Thanks for your comment, my pictures are free of rights if you want...
No need to quote me, nobody cares who owns them or where they come from.
The main thing is to enjoy yourself, right?

All the best.

Michel

 

[Toche]

I don't know about you, but it was the first time I saw an Ilex aquifolium in bonsai.

 

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[Potawatomi13]

Interesting rootage building trick.

 

[clem]

I don't know about you, but it was the first time I saw an Ilex aquifolium in bonsai.

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The same for me, and i've never seen any Ilex of this quality

 

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[Potawatomi13]

What is conical net, collar around tree?

 

[Toche]

What is conical net, collar around tree

It is to support the branches.
A kind of shaping.