More Sweet Little Trees & Bonsai Books Galore

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At a glance, this is a sweet little freshly trimmed Shimpaku bonsai. But if you let your glance linger, you might see just how much age and character this tiny tree expresses. There's that relatively massive little trunk and its rugged twists and scars. There's also the impressive branch development for such a small tree. Altogether a masterful little bonsai. The photo and tree belong to Haruyosi, as do the other photos shown here.

Continuing with Tiny Trees, we’ve got Haruyosi today, one of the true Mame Masters with some freshly trimmed tiny Shimpaku junipers.
*Mame is bean in Japanese and is used as a name for tiny bonsai.

Just in case you don’t know who Haruyosi is… I think it’s safe to say is addition to being a Mame master, he is equally, a master bonsai potter. All the photos shown here are from Haruyosi on facebook.

 

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Enough for now, though there are plenty more where these came from

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Sweet Little Trees & a Bonsai No No

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This little gem looks like it might be a mini Mandarin orange tree. Or maybe a Kumquat. No name or attribution is provided

I like small bonsai. Especially when they are photographed handheld to provide some scale. Unfortunately, the business fb site where I got these photos didn’t provide any information on varieties or artists/owners. Perhaps to impart the impression that the trees belong to them. One  photo of a Haruyosi tree even had their name on it. A definite no no (see below).

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Impressive! For just a moment, you might think this is a large juniper. At least until you see the fingers. The background looks like the walls at David Benavente's bonsai garden, though a quick trip through David's site didn't turn this tree up

 

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I know this brilliant quince is a Haruyosi (here's your evidence). Worse than not making any effort to identify or attribute is putting your name on something that doesn't belong to you, which is exactly what was done (I cropped it out)

 

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Another Haruyosi. This time a juniper. It would have been so easy to find the source and attribute

 

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We originally showed this rather spectacular little Shimpaku juniper a little over two years ago. It's not unusual to see a photo of someone holding a small bonsai in one hand. However, you almost never see a photo with two hands. This two handed approach gives the feeling that the tree is being offered. This photo is from Japan Shohin Bonsai, though I found it this time on the above mentioned site that shall remain unnamed

 

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Trident maple root-over-rock by Wolfgang Putz.

Staying in the backyard one more day.  This one is our first backyard bonsai post from 2009 (over 3,000 posts ago), with a few changes today

Today it’s Wolfgang Putz’ backyard. It turns out Wolfgang is a bonsai professional, so his backyard is really a bonsai nursery. Since this original backyard post, our focus has been mostly non-professional backyards

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putz-backyard2This ariel shot shows part of Wolfgang Putz's back yard bonsai display. Clearly this is a labor of love.

 

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This photo and the proceeding one are just two of several great shots of Wolfgang's remarkable backyard bonsai display.

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Brilliant Bonsai Garden from the Front this Time

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Today it's Harmut Muenchebach's spectacular front yard. Yesterday it was the back

This bonsai garden is so exceptionally beautiful that I’d feel remiss not showing you the other side. This post originally appear here in May of last year

We were going to move on from yesterday’s post until I stumbled upon the photos shown here. Now our picture of Hartmut Muenchenbach’s magical Bavarian bonsai garden is a little closer to complete. Though the photos here are by Walter Pall and Jennifer Price (just like yesterday’s), we found them at a place called Bonsai Mag

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The happy bonsai/landscape artist in his rather amazing front yard

 

har2When I first saw the photos above and the ones from yesterday, it was the landscaping that caught me. It was clear that Harmut's bonsai collection was impressive, but to my eye his bonsai graced his landscapes. Now, after seeing more photos and taking a closer look, it's obvious that Harmut is in possession of an very large and significant bonsai collection and though it's true that his bonsai grace his landscapes, it's equally true that his landscapes serve to present his bonsai...

 

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... and ultimately, the two are one... a masterful work of horticultural art

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When I fist saw Roshi tools I was struck by their beauty. Then, when I held them in my hand, it was easy to feel the quality and I was surprised by how affordable they are. Now, a few years later, I’m still surprised by the quality and price of each and every one. Especially when I us them.

 

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Before we go any further, here’s my disclaimer… I’m the owner of Stone Lantern. I’m also the one who gave these remarkable tools their Roshi name, which means ‘Old Master’ in Japanese (they were originally branded Corex to help you better understand why the new name). And of course, I stand to benefit when you purchase our Roshi tools and the rest of our large selection of bonsai and related items. Though because of fluctuating markups, this benefit is often tenuous at best

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Brilliant Backyard Bonsai Garden in an Enchanted Setting

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Harmut Muenchebach's brilliant Bavarian backyard bonsai garden. It wouldn't be hard to indulge in a little envy here, but better to just enjoy.

Let’s keep going with perhaps the most enchantng Backyard Bonsai Gardens we’ve seen yet. It belongs to Hartmut Muenchenbach of Bavaria. I found the photos on  Walter Pall’s timeline titled Jennifer Price at Hartmut Muenchenbach’s. We originally featured it just over a year ago.

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Impressive tree in an impressive garden

 

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A closer look at the tree's details

 

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A strong tree and a great rock make for an impressive cliff planting. BTW, that's a lot of tree growing off that rock and a lot of weight to that side (notice how the soil runs almost all the way down the cascading trunk). It looks like the pot is fastened to the platform

 

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Walter (left), Jennifer and Harmut

 

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A little closer for facial recognition

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Brilliant Bavarian Back Yard Bonsai Garden

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Harmut Muenchebach's brilliant Bavarian backyard bonsai garden. It wouldn't be hard to indulge in a little envy here, but better to just enjoy.

Let’s keep going with perhaps the most enchantng Backyard Bonsai Gardens we’ve seen yet. It belongs to Hartmut Muenchenbach of Bavaria. I found the photos on  Walter Pall’s timeline titled Jennifer Price at Hartmut Muenchenbach’s. We originally featured it just over a year ago.

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Impressive tree in an impressive garden

 

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A closer look at the tree's details

 

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A strong tree and a great rock make for an impressive cliff planting. BTW, that's a lot of tree growing off that rock and a lot of weight to that side (notice how the soil runs almost all the way down the cascading trunk). It looks like the pot is fastened to the platform

 

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Walter (left), Jennifer and Harmut

 

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A little closer for facial recognition

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Backyard Bonsai #17

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I like it when people offer a peek into their inner worlds. It's a generous act. This one belongs to Zdenek Svoboda. Zdenek lives in  Skalica Slovakia, a place that's a mystery to me

Picking up our Backyard Bonsai series with a visit to Zdenek Svoboda in Slovakia (via his timeline on fb). There are plenty more great photos where these came from. If my count is correct, this is our 17th backyard display. Our first was Wolfgang Putz’ yard, in May, 2009

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Zdenek has some impressive bonsai sprinkled around his yard. We can tell it's a pine, but no variety is given

 

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Another view

 

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Ficus benjimina

 

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You can see a piece of the house in this one. Including the glassed in nook with a good view of the yard

 

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Looks like a clump style Japanese white pine

 

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On more view. There are more on Zdenek's timeline

 

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The artist at work

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The Beginning of Bonsai Time

1harry9A study in simple beauty. The tree is a European beech (Fagus sylvatica) that belongs to Harry Harrington, and the well chosen pot is by Erin pottery.

The title of this post might be a little misleading, so we’ll call it poetic license (or maybe a metaphor?). Anyway, continuing our Harry Harrington theme, we’ll take a journey back to our first two Harry posts. The first is from March, 2009, Bark’s second month in existence, and the second is from August, 2011.

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This Goldflame Japanese Spirea (Spiraea japonica ‘Goldflame’) was originally dug from a  garden in the UK. It was styled by Harry Harrington. It's from our first post on Harry's bonsai, March, 2009, back in the day when we often featured just a single photo per post. You can view it and numerous other noteworthy bonsai at Harry's bonsai4me.com

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Raft style privet. Originally collected from an old hedge.

 

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1harry8Downy birch (Betula pubescens). This one was over 20 feet (6 plus meters) tall when Harry collected it. Now it's 21" (53 cm)

 

1harry6The ultimate in simplicity. It's a Himalayan juniper (Juniperus squamata)

 

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Earlier stages of the Tamarix just above

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A Rare Bonsai Occurrence – Harry’s Flowering Privet

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This flowering Privet belongs to Harry Harrington (as does the wristwatch). I took the liberty to crop the original photo (see below) for a closer view

Our talented and prolific friend Harry Harrington is at it again. Here’s his caption for the tree shown here (from his fb timeline)…
“I think this is quite a rare occurrence, one of my Privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium) bonsai not only flowering, but in scale with the tree itself! Collected in 2009 from a hedge growing in West London, this has always been one of my favourite Privet.
Height 14″/34cm, 5″/12.5cm trunk diameter. Pot by Victor Harris of Erin Pottery. A progression series for this tree, going back to 2009, can be seen on my website”

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A bright spot

 

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The original shot provides a bit more scale. That's Harry's arm, artfully  adorned

 

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This is what it looked like freshly dug back in 2009. Impressive eh?

 

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Same tree, different angle. From a post we did in April of last year

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