Field Growing #6: What’s with S Shaped Curves?

A pretty impressive bonsai with a modified S shape. It’s a Miyajima Japanese-Five Needle Pine (also called Japanese white pine – Pinus parviflora ‘Miyajima’) that was field grown for several years. The artist/owner is Ken Buell. The photo is from the 1st U. S. National Bonsai Exhibition Album. Here’s the text of an email I received from Eric Killian… I think bonsai bark has a lot of potential, but I’d love to see more on field growing. I have about 30-40 trees in the ground now but ground growing is completely new to me. Should I be giving trucks shape … Continue reading Field Growing #6: What’s with S Shaped Curves?

Commemorative Album – part two

Prize winning Trident maple (Acer Buergeratum) by Martin Schmalenberg. Commemorative Album, 1st U.S. Nationaly Bonsai Exhibition, 2008 I set out to pick a few of my favorites to whet your appetite. The problem is, about half of the hundred and fifty some trees (counting multiple tree shohin displays as one tree) are my favorites and the other half are gaining.