More Bonsai-San & Deadwood Wizardry 10/23/15

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Nice close up. Based on the reddish bark and what you see of the leaves, I think this might be a Yew (how's that for hedging? and no pun intended -  Yews are often used for hedges).

Back to the present. Our last two posts have featured trees from European  Bonsai-San shows. The first from the just completed 2015 show and the second from 2013. Now it’s back to 2015 with some shots by Philippe Massard that I stumbled upon yesterday (we featured Phillippe’s Noelanders Trophy XV photos last year and a couple months ago).

 

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This is the second time we've shown this beauty with its luscious leaves and impressive nebari . No need to guess what it is either.

 

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I love this shot. Reminds me of François Jeker's deadwood carving and aging wizardry. He's French, so could it be...?

 

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Nice display. Shimpaku on the right is an easy guess. Hornbeam on the left?

 

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Cropped and enlarged for a better look, but it's too fuzzy to make out the details. We'll stick with Hornbeam anyway.

 

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We showed this tree in its entirety in our first European Bonsai-San 2015 post. Like the deadwood shot above I wonder if it belong to François Jeker. Or maybe one of his students.

 

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Your guess is as good as mine (better than mine?).

All the photos in this post are by Philippe Massard. You can find Philippe at his website and on facebook.

 

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2 thoughts on “More Bonsai-San & Deadwood Wizardry

  1. Thanks Doug,
    You might be right. But based on the leaves and the bark, I’m not ready to change the caption. Do you know this particular tree?

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