Tag Archives: Bonsai Today magazine

Wire By The Ton & A Simple Lesson

wayne | 12/15/2011

A very simple wiring lesson. It’s pretty self explanatory, but if you need more explanation, check out ‘Wiring a Young Tree’ in Bonsai Today issue 107 (Bonsai Today back issues are currently 70% off at Stone Lantern). That’s a lot of bonsai wire It’s now official. We have sold almost exactly one ton of Bonsai [...]

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A Bonsai Story

wayne | 12/06/2011

This famous old Japanese white pine appears on the cover of Bonsai Today 43 (below) and in the gallery section of our Pine book (Bonsai Today Masters’ Series Pines: Growing and Styling Japanese Black and White Pines). It originally appeared in Bonsai Today issue 31 where it is restyled by Japan’s most famous bonsai master, [...]

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Weekly Wire 8 & Scratch Honorable Mention Winners

wayne | 11/27/2011

Bunjin pine from Bonsai Today magazine. We’ve been talking about Bunjin style bonsai quite a bit lately, so why not stay on topic? This one’s trunk is a little heavier than most bunjin, but no problem. The same goes for the crown; it too is a little heavier than crowns on most bunjins, but goes [...]

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Bunjin Bonsai Bliss

wayne | 10/28/2011

Unfinished, but oh so wild and wonderful. I wonder what this Scot’s pine bunjin beauty looked like before it was collected somewhere in the wilds of Sweden. It belongs to Muaro Stemberger. It’s from his facebook page. Mauro also has a website. It’s called Italian Bonsai Dream. Bunjin or Literati, bonsai elegance by any name [...]

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Deadline for Our Bonsai from Scratch Contest Is Rapidly Approaching

wayne | 09/29/2011

Simon Carr styled this little gem from scratch for an artofbonsai.org contest way back in 2005. It later appeared in Bonsai Today issue 103 in an article entitled ‘Instant Bonsai.’ Which reminds me: all back issues of Bonsai Today are now 65% off. It’s October 15th A friendly reminder to of you who have sent [...]

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Selling Out: Bonsai Today & More

wayne | 09/15/2011

Bonsai Today issue 94. We’ve still got some of this one, but moment to moment they are disappearing. America’s premier bonsai magazine is slowly disappearing Every couple weeks or so we sell out of a back issue of Bonsai Today. Now we’ve decided to accelerate the process to make space for other new bonsai products [...]

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$1,000 Bonsai from Scratch Contest

wayne | 08/07/2011

Pomegranate from the cover of Bonsai Today issue 83. Of all the Bonsai Today covers, this one seems most like a bonsai from scratch; though you’d be lucky to find untrained nursery stock this good at your local garden center. It’s not too late There’s still time to enter our $1,000 Bonsai from Scratch contest. [...]

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Tropical Bonsai & Summer Sales Galore

wayne | 07/12/2011

Sweet tree, great pot. From Pedro J. Morales’s Wall Photos on facebook (for non-facebookers, here’s Pedro’s website). Pedro says that it’s a shohin size bonsai from his cousin Carlos C. Morales. The pot is Japanese. Glen Lord suggests that the tree is a type of Ixora. You don’t have to live in the tropics… … [...]

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Is All Forgiven? Well… Not Quite

wayne | 07/10/2011

Is all forgiven when a bonsai flowers? In this case, after the brilliant white dazzle (with soft touches of pink and yellow), there’s the strong trunk with a nice flaring base. But still, my eye keeps going back to the scar and the messy little stuff underneath it, and the somewhat clunky pot. Is it [...]

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Bonsai Today Back Issues 60% off

wayne | 07/07/2011

A tribute to John Naka, the Dean of American Bonsai is featured in Bonsai Today issue 93. Bonsai Today, the benchmark English language bonsai magazine Bonsai Today magazine has long been revered for its depth, range and quality of bonsai articles. For years it was the benchmark English language bonsai magazine, with each issue full [...]

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