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?