Walter Pall and Mother Nature conspired and came up with something really good. It's a Ponderosa pine that was originally collected in the Rockies.
Got a couple Ponderosa pine Yamadori today (Yamadori is the Japanese word for bonsai that were collected from the wild).
Just in case you never been to the mountains of the western U.S., Ponderosa pine are magnificently beautiful towering trees (obviously they don’t all tower, but in optimal conditions that’s what they do) with distinctive reddish bark.
Unfortunately millions of acres of Poderosa have been wiped out by an ongoing Mountain pine beetle infestation. Previously these virulent pests were kept in check by cold winters. Not so anymore.
This is the third time we've shown this sweet little Pondersa, but it's been two years and I like it, so why not? The tree is a Yamadori that was collected and styled by Andy Smith. The pot is by Sara Rayner.
Two excellent DVDs by Andy Smith.
