This banyan style dwarf Snow rose serissa (Serissa foetida microphylla) was styled by David Fukumoto of Fuku Bonsai in Hawaii. The pot is a Tokoname from Japan. Living in the tropics really helps when it comes to growing aerial roots.
Shohin are small bonsai. When compared to large bonsai, Shohin cost less, take less less time to develop, take less space, are easier to move (especially as your back ages), and are less apt to be overwatered. From the back cover of Morten Albek’s Shohin Bonsai (except for the part about your aging back), written almost two years ago by this very person while sitting in this very spot.
Common juniper (Juniperus communis) by Morten Albek. Height 10″ (25cm). Though ten inches is a little large for shohin, it still has the look and feel of one.
Cotoneaster (C. horizontalis) by Harry Harrington. 5.5″ (14cm). Pot by Erin Pottery.
“Banyan style Serissa” – what a great design! For many years I have been fighting my Serissas trying to figure out what to do with the multiple trunks that constantly pop up.
Love the little trees. They have a charm all their own.