A Unique Bonsai Art – Wire Sale Ends Tonight

This is what you can do if you have the right stock, a great slab and a good eye. The planting belongs to Heinz Leitner (If you’d like to know more about the trees, visit our original post from last year). The slab is by Erik Križovenský. Once you’ve seen Erik’s distinctive looking slabs and other bonsai containers (for lack of a better word) you’ll be able to spot them anywhere. This post* started out with some photos of a unique bonsai forest on an equally unique cement slab (it’s a special frost-resistant cement) and ended with a photo of … Continue reading A Unique Bonsai Art – Wire Sale Ends Tonight

Why Every Bonsai Lover Needs to Make a Trip to the Northwest

This lovely bonsai lives at the Pacific Bonsai Museum near Seattle. We borrowed the photo from their website. I cropped some text and other images out of the original image (below). I love the Pacific Bonsai Museum. Not only do I love the idea of a museum devoted 100% to the art of bonsai, but I also love this particular 100% bonsai museum. The setting is beautiful, the trees are among the best and the devoted and knowledgeable staff host a series of exciting events. Continued below… Wire Sale Ends Sunday Night 25% off our entire selection Bonsai Wire we … Continue reading Why Every Bonsai Lover Needs to Make a Trip to the Northwest

New Free Shipping Rates & Discounting at Stone Lantern

Starting Monday, May 8th, we will initiate the following changes FREE Shipping for Continental U.S. orders 100.00 or more Extra 10% off for all orders 150.00 or more These changes will allow us to keep our prices down and continue to offer deeply discounted Sales on a range of items… …including 3 excellent sales currently running for bonsai wire, bonsai tools & embroidered bonsai clothing Thank you for your continued support

New Discounting & Free Shipping Rates at Stone Lantern

Old Bonsai & Ancient Trees

This magnificent Juniper bonsai is said to be 800 years old, which makes it a very old bonsai. But not the oldest bonsai we know of and nowhere near the oldest living tree in the world. It resides at Kunio Kobayashi’s Shunka-en Bonsai Museum in Tokyo. We borrowed the photo from Bonsai Empire. Getting another late start and the sun is shining (you’d be surprised how few sunny days we have here in Vermont) so time to get outside. All this is an excuse for recycling this post from March of last year. The tree below is called Old Tjikko. … Continue reading Old Bonsai & Ancient Trees

Old World Bonsai Plaza

This Shohin Trident maple is one of a large group of bonsai displayed on a plaza in Treviso, Italy. Getting a deplorably late start this morning, so we’ll take a quick journey back three years to a unusual post about some Bonsai on an Italian plaza. I have no idea if it was a one-off situation or they’re still displaying bonsai there to this day. I think this the first time we’ve featured bonsai on a plaza. In Italy, or for that matter, anywhere. The displays belong to Barbazza Bonsai. The city is Treviso. You can visit Barbazza on facebook … Continue reading Old World Bonsai Plaza

Nice Tree, Spectacular Pot & Other Small Bonsai Wonders

Nice tree. Spectacular pot. This shot is from the just completed World Bonsai Convention. I cropped the original (see below) to eliminate some background noise. Staying with the World Bonsai Convention theme, though this time it’s all Shohin (small trees). I can’t read the name of the person who took these photos, but here’s your link. SALE ENDS TOMORROW NIGHT ROSHI TOOLS 30% OFF plus an extra 10% off orders 100.00 or more Sale includes all of our large selection of Roshi Tools including Roshi Tools sets and kits sale ends tomorrow, Wednesday at 11:59pm EDT Judging by the … Continue reading Nice Tree, Spectacular Pot & Other Small Bonsai Wonders

More Great Bonsai Shots from the WBC

Cork bark pine with lightning bolt. I cropped this photo to eliminate background noise while emphasizing the tree and scroll. The original photo (below) and the rest of the photos in this post were taken by Boon Manakitivipartat at the just completed World Bonsai Convention. The last few days we’ve been featuring shots from the World Bonsai Convention, which ended yesterday. There’s no good reason not to continue… after all some of the very best bonsai in the world were there. All the photos in this post were taken by Boon Manakitivipart, an influential American bonsai artist and teacher who … Continue reading More Great Bonsai Shots from the WBC

A Goldmine of Great Bonsai

Cascading Shimpaku juniper with copious deadwood and floating foliage clouds. This could only be described as an exceptionally powerful and distinctive bonsai, even if you take issue with such well-manicured foliage. The photo was taken by Enrique Castano. I cropped it a little to eliminate background noise There’s an online goldmine of great photos from the World Bonsai Convention, so we’ll just keep digging in that vein. The photos in this post are by Enrique Castano WATERING SALE ENDS TONIGHT 20% off Watering Cans, Nozzles & Wands sale ends tonight, Sunday at 11:59pm EDT This powerful tree must be a … Continue reading A Goldmine of Great Bonsai

20,000 Visitors & Hundreds of Breathtaking Bonsai

Lush foliage and an unusual design. This Japanese maple features branches that are almost down to the surface of soil. So low that foliage covers part of the nebari and lower trunk – something you don’t see that often. Conversely, the way so much of the mid and upper trunk is exposed is also a bit unusual (with no effort made to cover the unsightly black scar). The impression we’re left with is a trunk and branches designed to show off the foliage. Much the way flowering bonsai are often designed to show off the flowers. Thank you Bill Valavanis … Continue reading 20,000 Visitors & Hundreds of Breathtaking Bonsai