Bjorn's caption for this photo says: Shimpaku Juniper, great day's work in AL. A mystery, but only for a moment. With just a little nosing around, we came up with Brian Van Fleet's Itoigawa shimpaku. This photo and the others in this post are from Bjorn Bjorholm's facebook feed.
One thing you might notice about the three trees shown here is just how different they are. From each other, and in the case of the bottom two, from most other bonsai.
Not different in terms of the five main traditional styles (two of them fall into the informal upright style), but different from each other in most of the features which make up a bonsai: shape, texture, color, density, leaves, trunk, bark, deadwood, size, pot, overall feel and more. And these three trees only scratch the surface of the range of possibilities when it comes to bonsai.
We would be remiss if we didn’t say something about the artist, Bjorn Bjorholm and his bonsai skills. But then, if you’ve been around the bonsai world lately, you already know who Bjorn is. He’s all over the web and seemingly almost everywhere in the world, teaching and demo-ing bonsai. He has also been featured several times here on Bark and will no doubt be featured in the future.
A little change of pace. Here's Bjorn's caption: Chuuhin Mugo after major work at Minoru Bonsai. Deadwood will be refined in the future.
Another example of contrasting bonsai types. Bjorn's caption: Dwarf Star Jasmine after seasonal pruning. This tree is a registered important bonsai masterpiece. Like the others here, you can find it on Bjorn's facebook feed and at the Kouka-en Nursery.