A short cautionary tale with a black pine early in its development as bonsai.
Dig before you make the call
28 Friday Feb 2020
Monthly Archives: February 2020
A Wee Forest
23 Sunday Feb 2020
This is a very young forest of Amur maples I started from seed. It was roughly pruned to shape after leaf drop in the fall, and needs a little wire going into this growing season. As you can see, the tree is ready to go, even though winter is still with us here in Virginia.
And so it begins… Spring Work!
22 Saturday Feb 2020
Let us begin with this Vicary privet — Ligustrum vicaryi. It was collected in 2015 from my own yard, recovered in a large wooden box, and has had some initial styling decisions made including reducing from seven to three trunks, and some structural wiring.
Bonsai Iterate 