Paradise & Another Invitation from Toshio Kawamoto

My apologies for the fuzz. The original scan wasn’t that great and blowing it up so we can get a closer look has its advantages and drawbacks. We might as well plow forward with our resurrection of Toshio Kawamoto’s Saikei masterpeices. He called this one Land of Paradise which is a reference to the Pure Land buddhist tradition. We originally featured it in April of 2010. There are two things that jump right out about this one: First, the rocks. They are different than the wind and surf smoothed rocks in his other plantings and take us to a more … Continue reading Paradise & Another Invitation from Toshio Kawamoto

A Remarkable Planting by Joe Selworthy or Dan Barton, Take Your Choice

‘Joe Selworthy’s‘ Cotoneaster hedge planting.  Here’s part of what Joe has to say about it. “I can’t remember whether I posted this image before so I’m posting it now. It’s my cotoneaster hedge (grown from seed) with a deshojo maple and a style with sleeping cat. The “accent” is a wee painted bronze wren waiting for the cat to leave so that it can go to its nest in the hedge!!!” I found the photo above thanks to a link from Colin Lewis. However when I tried to figure out who on earth Joe Selworthy is, I ended up on … Continue reading A Remarkable Planting by Joe Selworthy or Dan Barton, Take Your Choice

A Perfectly Beautiful Bonsai, Berries and All

This showy cotoneaster is from our 2010 bonsai calendar. The pot looks like a temporary show pot (for health purposes, the tree will most likely spend most of its time in a somewhat larger pot). Beyond that, the tree speaks for itself. Speaking of calendars Our 2011 calendars are in.

An Elegant Stand & Touch of Fall Color

This is part of a display from Morten Albek’s Shohin site (Morten is the author of Majesty in Miniature: Shohin Bonsai, Published by Stone Lantern). The cotoneaster’s striking fall color and the elegant stand caught my attention.