Would you say that this prize winning Ficus neriifolia by Ed Trout looks relaxed and sensuous? Maybe, but it's hard to deny its powerful trunk and nebari which lend stability to the tree's natural uncontrived look.
Monday morning and too much going on around here, so it’s time to dig into our archives once again. This one is from all the way back in April 2010. It was titled Tropical Bonsai with Mary Miller & Friends. I’ve enlarged and brightened the photos a bit, and done a little rewriting. All the photos were originally from Bonsai Mary.
Mary Miller is one of genuine Florida bonsai mavens. Her years of experience as a bonsai teacher, author and grower come together very nicely in her website. One of the things that sets Mary’s site apart is the personal touch that she lends to her discussions of bonsai, of life and even to her experience (good and not so good, including seeing her entire nursery blown away in hurricane Andrew) with putting together her own website.
Mary's Pixie bougainvillea.
You can find this beautiful Serissa penjing (not really a tropical, but close) by Qingquan Zhao at the the Montreal Botanical Garden (and on Mary Miller's website). You can also find out how Zhao made it (and make your own) and much more in his excellent book: Penjing: Worlds of Wonderment.
One of the very best, if not the very best Penjing books in the English language.
An award winning Neea buxifolia by Christian Casellas.
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