Dan & Roy – Picasso & a Bonsai Grafting Master

Roy Nagatoshi grafted the Shimpaku foliage onto this masterpiece 700 year old yamadori California juniper that Dan Robinson collected and continues to grow and develop (provided Dan still owns it). You can find a lot more about this and dozens of other ancient masterpieces in Gnarly Branches, Ancient Trees, Will Hiltz wonderful book about Dan (the Picasso of bonsai) and his on going love affair with bonsai and nature. This post started out to be about the bonsai and grafting skills of Roy Nagatoshi (here’s a good example of Roy’s work from a 2014 Bark post). But somewhere along the … Continue reading Dan & Roy – Picasso & a Bonsai Grafting Master

Two Colorful Little Trees & Three NEW Sales

No identification or attribution is given with this sweet little tree, but it’s got to be a Crab apple. The artist shall remain a mystery for now. I started the day with the intention of doing something on Roy Nagatoshi, until I realized that I’d have to do more research than there’s time for today. So we’ll save Roy for another day (soon). Meanwhile, here are a couple shots that caught my eye. Both were put up on on Roy’s facebook feed by Carol Goehausen. Continued below… 3 NEW Sales 25% off Bonsai Aesthetics Tools the other 2 NEW Sales … Continue reading Two Colorful Little Trees & Three NEW Sales

Bonsai Bark’s Weekly Wire #5

Loud and clear. This magnificent Fukien tea and it’s perfect pot speak for themselves, so I won’t say anything. Except that it’s from Taiwan Bonsai World (facebook), the botanical name is Carmona microphylla and the artist is HUANG, Qing-Quan. Post your upcoming events here (in the comments below) and we’ll feature them in our next Weekly Wire. Most calendars on bonsai sites only run through this year, and don’t have much in the way of events this time of year anyway. It would be good if people would start putting up next year’s events (a few have begun, but … Continue reading Bonsai Bark’s Weekly Wire #5