The Biggest Challenge with the Smallest Trees

I won’t guess the species this time (crabapple?), I’m not good at it anyway. What I will guess is that these are fairly normal human fingers, which means this is a very small bonsai. This and two other photos in this post are from Eric Sin’s facebook page. Last two days of vacation. Rather than actually work at putting together a new post, we’ll dive back into our archives. This one appeared just over three years ago (Tiny Bonsai). We’ve done some essential editing, enlarged the photos and added one tree. The biggest challenge with the smallest trees Mini bonsai … Continue reading The Biggest Challenge with the Smallest Trees

What if you woke up on September 25th and realized that you’re not at the Artisans Cup?

You know there has to be a living vein somewhere, but it must be hidden behind all that impressive deadwood. The crown belongs to a Shimpaku juniper that was grafted onto a collected Rocky Mountain juniper. The tree belongs to Michael Hagedorn (an Artisans Cup prime mover), as do all the trees (and boots) shown here. What if you woke up on September 25th and realized that you’re not at the Artisans Cup and it’s too late to get there? Your friends are there and some of the best bonsai in North America are there, but not you. Sadly, you’ll … Continue reading What if you woke up on September 25th and realized that you’re not at the Artisans Cup?

Snake Dance & other Tropical Wonders

This Pemphis acidula was styled by Gede Merta and currently belongs to H.N. Holiq Effendi. Gede Merta titled it Snake Dance (I know of at least one other Gede Merta bonsai called Snake Dance). It’s height is 57cm (22.5″) and, as you can see it’s a rather spectacular bonsai. I don’t know how hard Pemphis wood is and how difficult it is to keep the deadwood from rotting, but it looks like it has been treated with lime sulfur. A good place to start. All the trees shown here were styled by Gede Merta. His nursery is called Bonsai Bali … Continue reading Snake Dance & other Tropical Wonders

Extreme Bonsai Beauty & Thank You for Your Patience

Once again Extreme Beauty is back and once again we could only get ten copies (don’t ask). If you’d like to know more about this remarkable book, here’s something from last year. We’ll make this short and sweet (lot’s of traveling these days so it’s hard to keep up with everything). Speaking of keeping up… we haven’t forgotten about our Bonsai Detective Contest. I promise we’ll have the results soon. Thank you for your patience. Bad news, good news. Our wire sale ended last night and our tool sale began this morning. 20% off all Bonsai tools and Garden … Continue reading Extreme Bonsai Beauty & Thank You for Your Patience

Roshi Bonsai Tool Sale Ends Tomorrow

Now is the right time to choose from our large selection of High Carbon Steel and Stainless Roshi Bonsai Tools 10% off for one Roshi Tool 20% off for 2-5 Roshi Tools 30% off for 6 or more sets count as 1 tool Roshi Bonsai Tools are known for their precision craftsmanship, beauty and excellent prices (even more excellent now) Sale Ends Tomorrow (July 18 at 11:59 pm U.S. EDT) so don’t wait

FREE Bonsai Wire & Tool Sale

This is what a professional wiring job looks like. I borrowed the image from Mario Komsta who happens to be one of our favorite bonsai artists. We’ve featured Mario’s bonsai here on Bark numerous times. Free Bonsai Wire. Here’s how it works. You will receive free rolls of 100 gram bonsai wire with any Stone Lantern order over 10.00. Orders from 10.00 to 20.00 get one roll, orders from 20.00 to 40.00 get two rolls and so forth at increments of twenty dollars (yesterday it was 30.00 increments, but we just got more generous). Wire diameters. When you order you … Continue reading FREE Bonsai Wire & Tool Sale

Bonsai Tool Sale – Up to 37% Off

A small sampling of our large selection of Koyo Japanese Bonsai Tools. Now 10% off for 1-2 and 20% off for 3 or more. Plus you get an extra 10% off for any orders of 100.00 or more (all products count towards this discount) A small sampling of our large selection of Bonsai Aesthetics Tools. Now 20% off for 1-4 tools and 30% off for 5 or more. Plus you get an extra 10% off for any orders of 100.00 or more (all products count towards this discount) 20% off 1-4 30% off 5 or more Bonsai Aesthetics Tools 10% … Continue reading Bonsai Tool Sale – Up to 37% Off

Roshi Bonsai Tool Sale Ends Tomorrow

Our 15% to 25% Sale on our enormously popular Roshi Tools is coming to an end at 11:59 pm (U.S. EDT) tomorrow (Friday) night. Roshi Bonsai tools are beautiful, sharp and strong. Best of all is the price. Meanwhile our 25% off sale on our Okatsune Tools (the choice of Japanese professional gardeners) is still rolling along. Several of these brilliant quality tools are designed for bonsai as well as for the garden.

Bonsai Wire Sale Ends Tonight

Don’t let yourself run out of Bonsai Wire. It’s a great feeling to have exactly the right wire at hand when you need it. 20% to 50% off All of our Bonsai Wire is now 20% to 50% off of our already low prices. But don’t wait. The sale ends tonight (Sunday January 5th) at midnight (U.S. EST). Chose from a whole range of roll sizes, diameters and types of Bonsai Wire. All now 20% to 50% off. 30% off all of our Okatsune Tools and all other Garden Tools Meanwhile, our Okatsune and Garden Tool Sale is rolling … Continue reading Bonsai Wire Sale Ends Tonight

Just in Case You Don’t Know Marco…

This remarkable bonsai is labeled Taiwanese juniper (Juniperus chinensis) in Marco Invernizzi’s gallery. The stock for this bonsai was most likely field grown in Taiwan along with thousands of others. BTW: Taiwanese junipers are sometimes confused with the native Squamata juniper which grow wild in the mountains of Taiwan (there’s more on this in this Bark post from February). It has been a few months since we visited Marco Invernizzi’s bonsai gallery. Just in case you don’t know Marco, he was one of Masahiko Kimura’s first apprentices and was also one of the first Western bonsai artists to become a … Continue reading Just in Case You Don’t Know Marco…