Eric Schrader's caption for this photo reads: "At Ryan Neil’s place the Ponderosa were all about the twists and deadwood." Ryan Neil is the artist behind the wonders of Bonsai Mirai and Eric Schrader is a five star bonsai blogger.
I just discovered a phenomenal bonsai blog. It’s called phutu and it belongs to Eric Schrader (Eric lives in San Francisco and is involved in the Bonsai Society of San Francisco as a volunteer and teacher). I don’t understand how I missed phutu for so long, especially considering Eric has been posting regularly since 2003.
I encourage you to pay phutu a visit. Not only is it rich in valuable bonsai wisdom and lore, it’s also a great source of advanced how-to articles. All supported by excellent high-quality photos.
The photos shown here are from a phutu post on Ponderosa pines titled Postcards from Portland: Part One (May, 2015).
Eric's caption: "Another great Ponderosa in Michael’s garden." The Michael is Michael Hagedorn, an American bonsai artist, teacher and author par excellence.
Ponderosa needles, buds and cones. This photo and the two above are from phutu.
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