As you can see by the copyright, this muscular Myrtle belongs to Tony Tickle. So do the rest of the trees in this post (provided Tony hasn't sold them)
It’s been a while since we visited Tony Tickle, a man with a distinctive name and some very distinctive bonsai. All the photos shown here are from Tony’s Bonsai & Yamadori blog. If you want more, here’s your link to some earlier Bark posts that feature Tony’s bonsai
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I've got a soft spot for Larches and this one doesn't do anything to diminish that feeling. I'm going to guess it's a European larch (Larix decidua) because Tony lives in the U.K. (even with Brexit, England is still part of Europe). Our Larches here in northern Vermont are American larches, aka Tamaracks (Larix laricina).
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) in bloom
Teahouse Kusamono. Is that smoke?
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The white cliffs of Dover. Tony doesn't identify the trees, but they look a lot like Shimpaku
Cascading Mugo pine
Tony's caption with this tree says simply, First Yew with Dan
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This one may be the very best Ginkgo bonsai we've ever seen. It's from Classic Bonsai of Japan (unfortunately, out of print). 50 years old, 33 inches (82cm). 
This one also deviates a bit (but not that much). It belongs to Alex Probst. The pot is by 
This powerful old yamadori (collected from the wild) Mugo pine would be exceptional even if it didn't have that piece of deadwood that doubles back on the trunk. With this feature it's a tree you won't easily forget. My one question has to do with balance. The long left side nebari provides an anchor, but is it enough to visually stabilize the strong lean to the right? I found this photo on 
This craggy yamadori Mugo is from 
Mt Mansfield
Taken just now (cellphone) through a window
at the Hob Knob Inn in Stowe Vermont
We have two large incoming Wire shipments on the ocean
This powerful and famous Yew by Bonsai Master Masahiko Kimura is in a class by itself. It's from our book 
Every time I open 
This photo from the 
This muscular Japanese yew resides at the 
Rugged tree, rugged pot. It's hard to say if the two trunks share a single root system, but my guess is they do. Or maybe there's only one trunk with a large hole in the center. It's another Japanese yew. It belongs to 
The powerful Yew with its flowing (melting) deadwood and reddish bark belongs to 
Crack! Branches sometimes crack. In fact, experienced bonsai artists sometimes intentionally crack a branch in order to bend it more than it normally would. Either way, you need to stabilized it while it heals (see below). You also need to apply 
Keep it still. You can use a guy 
You might notice this page from Dave's 
This tropical Dwarf black olive* (Bucida spinosa) with its melted wax feel and gaping trunk is a tree that only Mother Nature (and Mary Madison's skilled hands) could create. It's from the 1st U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition album (out of print, but 
A little digging around and I came up with yet another muscular Bucida. This one was posted on 
Individual issues of 
This now famous Japanese beech (Fagus crenata) received the coveted Kokufu prize at the 88th Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition. Aside from its overall magnificence, this tree provides a perfect example of what great ramification looks like. The photo is from the 
Ramification is not just about deciduous trees. A lot of skilled pinching and pruning is behind this Satsuki azalea's wild profusion of flowers. The photo, which we featured in another