Bonsai Before & After – Transforming a Badly Damaged Tree

Here's what Harry Harrington has to say about this impressive tree, and in particular it's recovery and transformation from what you see in the photo below... "This is probably the best example I have of the usefulness of anti-transpirant, an Itoigawa juniper bonsai that came to me in a very bad way a couple of years ago, and was sprayed with anti-transpirant once a month to reduce further moisture loss from the leaves while it recovered and grew new roots. (Second image is from just 6 months later after styling)."

We’ve been featuring Harry Harrington a lot these days. Part of this has to do with being the North American distributor of his The Foundations of Bonsai, and part is because I’ve long been a fan of Harry’s bonsai on a budget approach. Long before* I knew anything about his book

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Before. Not looking too good. A real challenge for any bonsai artist.

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Harry doesn’t promote what he’s doing as bonsai on a budget, that’s just my observation based on years of tuning into his bonsai4me website and following him on facebook. Harry has a knack for finding material that others may disregard and turning that material into quality bonsai and even superior bonsai. Or in this case, transforming a badly damaged bonsai into a work of bonsai art.