Tag Archives: Live oak bonsai

Weekly Wire: Bodacious Bark, Bonsai Bliss, Viva Brasil & Slovakia Too

wayne | 04/03/2012

Bodacious bark. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen bark quite like this. Its uniquely patterned texture and color adds an abundance of character and age to this wonderful old live oak. Furthermore (and at the risk of excess word proliferation), have you noticed the pot? How much character it has (and how small it is [...]

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Native Americans at BIB’s Annual Bonsai Exhibit

wayne | 02/05/2010

I lifted this sinuous Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) off of a great gallery at Bonsai Tonight from the 2010 Bay Island Bonsai Exhibit. Though I can’t tell for sure, it looks like at least five full twists in the trunk. Not something you see every day. Here’s another heavy-trunked bunjin. It’s a Sierra juniper, also [...]

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