Power, Brilliance and a Sweet Ficus Forest

This Bougainvillea from Wigert’s Bonsai exhibits a striking combination of power and brilliant color. You can visit Wigert’s Bonsai Gallery to see another shot in a different setting. Up against it today, so it’s back to the archives. This one originally appeared April 2011. Continued below…. 25% off Bonsai Fertilizer & Soil Sale ends tonight at 11:59pm EDT Other current Sales at Stone Lantern 20% off Okatsune Bonsai & Garden Tools 20% off Watering Cans & Implements 30% to 40% off Bonsai Today Back Issues an Extra 10% off orders 100.00+ FREE Shipping for U.S. orders 50.00+ Too Little … Continue reading Power, Brilliance and a Sweet Ficus Forest

Keeping It Close to Home – Upcoming Bonsai Events

This Shimpaku is from the home page of the Suthin Bonsai Studio website. Though magnificent Shimpaku are pretty common (especially in Japan), still, this one is distinctive in at least a couple ways: the lush crown that reaches all way down to the right gives the tree a dynamic flowing movement that adds interest, but just might cause your eye to flow right off the page. But then there’s the irrepressible curlycue jin that serves, among other things as a counter-balance to the crown’s lean to the right and brings your eye right back (too much coffee this morning is … Continue reading Keeping It Close to Home – Upcoming Bonsai Events

A Rich Cornucopia of Bonsai Events

It has been a while since we’ve featured the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum‘s world-class bonsai collection. This Korean hornbeam (Carpinus tschonoskii ) donated by Minoru Koshimura, has been in training since 1935 and it’s not even one of the oldest at the museum. Not by a long shot. But it is undeniably a venerable tree with a majestic dignity that you just don’t find every day. And of course, it’s just one of hundreds of powerful bonsai and bonsai events you can enjoy while visiting our nation’s capital. Here we go again in our quest to keep you up … Continue reading A Rich Cornucopia of Bonsai Events

Power, Color & A Too Little Forest

Bougainvillea, Wigert’s Bonsai. I originally captured this impressive monster on facebook. I took the liberty of photoshopping to soften the background a bit. In the process, the flowers brightened some (a result of limited photoshop skills, no doubt). Still, even without my help, this tree exhibits a striking combination of power and color. You can visit Wigert’s Bonsai Gallery to see another shot in a different setting. Too Little Ficus Forest. This one was lifted straight from Wigert’s Gallery. It’s cropped a little tight to eliminate some background text, but even so, its balance and beauty are obvious. I like … Continue reading Power, Color & A Too Little Forest