Bonsai
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It all started in April
2007...
I
thought I purchased a Kingsville
Boxwood bonsai, but thanks members of the
Yama Ki Bonsai Society,
I found out it was something totally different. Now,
I've got so many plants, they don't fit on the window sill
anymore! I've got:
Serissa
Foetida
Juniper
Fukien
Tea
I've
picked up some supplies
and visited stores,
but will always need more
I'm afraid! To keep learning, I also joined an online Bonsai
list.
This
site, http://www.canadiancountrywoman.com/garden/prunebonsai.php,
has a downloadable book that shows basic bonsai styles,
how to prune, etc.
The
Yama Ki Bonsai Society also introduced me to the world of
"Japanese
Viewing Stones" or Suiseki.
Since then, I purchased a siltstone and couple of Chrysanthemum
stones.
In June
2009, I bought one more! It has a crack in the right side
and split in the diaz stand, but still I liked it and so
does Lucky Dog.
To repay
the Yama Ki club for helping me, I've reworked and help
to maintain their website.
What
fun it is to have another hobby and new forum
for asking questions!
September 2008
I added several new pieces to my collection from the Yama
Ki's annual auction, so it was time to do some repotting
and photos.
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1.
A humidity bonsai tray made by dad displaying a few
favorite pieces: blue glass from Terra Cotta Studios
in Arkansas, crysanthemum stones, and bromiliad, waiting
to bloom.
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2.
A painted jasper suiseki stone, pot created by the
owner of the Terra Cotta studio with a bromiliad.
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3.
My new garden area for the tropicals and maples, in
front is a japanese maple that started it.
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4.
My evergreen bonsai area.
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5.
I repotted this plant into a larger pot to help develop
the roots. Anna created this planting one day at Mr.
Yuji Yoshimura's. She found the untrained tree in
a local nursery, and then at Mr. Y's found the rock
and saw that the two would be a good fit. He was very
pleased with the planting.
Yuji
Yoshimura is one of the founding members of Yama Ki
and also one of the first (if not the first) bonsai
masters on the east coast, having started up here
in the early 1950's.
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The
air roots are attractive and make this "rug"
juniper interesting, but since they are not actually
attached to the rock. I hear that it is easiest to
get roots to grow into the rock when they are young
and not hardened.
Age:
She estimates the tree was about 5-10 years old when
she created it, about 15 years ago, which makes it
about 25 years in 2008.
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A twin trunk maple, has not been repotted.
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An older forest that needs new soil. I trimmed the
tops a little.
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8.
This is one of Gale's crabapple's. Has not been repotted
or trimmed, will wait until spring and get Gale's
input.
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Lion's Main maple.Has a nice root, but some triming
is needed come spring.
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Elm with a nice root, but needs more acid (?) to gren
up the leaves.
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Ficus nerifolia (or salicaria, its new latin name)
has not been repotted, but was pruned after this shot
with Mike P.'s advice.
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Maple, not repotted or trimmed.
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13.
Simpaku juniper.
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14.
Shimpaku juniper, am aiming for an informal upright.
I bought it last year.
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Bernie's cascade juniper that I bought at last year's
YK auction. Had to be repotted because the pot blew
over. The plant has also filled in this year, only
lost 2 little branches after the repotting.
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My Kingsville boxwoods. I've learned from Collin's
not to use wires on boxwoods, just select a leaf growing
in the right direction and go with it. Wait until
Spring to prune so that all the sugars can go to the
roots.
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Trying a root-over-rock Kingsville, just planted over
the rock.
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Boxwoods. repotted for convenience for the winter.
The right plant is actually in a pumice stone.
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19.
This serissa didn't bloom at all this summer. It must
be feeling stressed. I'll take a look at the roots
and soil this winter.
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Willow cutting I rooted from Norm's willow this spring.
Norm's willow originally grown and styled by Yuji
Yoshimura about 45 years ago. His original cutting
was taken from a willow tree growing in his backyard.
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Was repotted and had very little roots.It didn't flower
at all this summer.
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One branch did flower with pink blooms that look like
the ivy below in late September.
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Fukien tea that I thought had died over the winter,
came back over the summer. There isn't any style right
now, just trying to grow it back. It did flower a
few times this summer.
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Jasmine that showed good growth this summer.
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Ivy.
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26.Trident
needs a bigger pot to cover some of the roots (after
clipping the 2 in the air) come spring. I learned
from Collin's to leave the foilage growing in the
fall and wait until the sugars go back to the roots
before trimming the trees when they are dorment in
the winter.
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27.
A Christmas cactus from the auction that I trimmed
back.
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28.
Jessica's "Giblet".
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29.
My second stab on a juniper from Gale. She thinks
that my root on rock won't take.
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My first bonsai. One of Gale's trees supplied for
Bernies's beginner bonsai class in 2007.
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Forest I made from plants I bought at the American
Bonsai Nursery.
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A Singapore Holly (malpigia coccigera) given to me
by Marion. It gave one pretty bloom this summer and
was repotted. The leave's easily get too big when
there is not enough sunshine.
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FEBRUARY
2008
Dad
made me this bonsai stand, which I currently use to display
the wooden vases he has made me. It started with the Japanese
style one on the top left and has evolved (the round figurine
mother & child piece Wayne gave me for Christmas).
DECEMBER
2007
Wayne
bought me this Tree of a Thousand Stars (Serissa)
for Christmas!
JULY
2007
I purchased this great Trident
Maple from Bernie's collection:
I made several great additions to my bonsai collection
at Yama
Ki's annual auction! I purchased one of Bernie's
cascading junipers and several Japanese maples to create
a forest next spring!
David C. gave my daughter, Jessica, a beautiful boxwood
mame
(center plant):
I also got this fantastic autographed book by Yuji Yoshimura
and Giovanna Halford "The
Japanese Art of Miniature Trees and Landscapes".
JUNE
2007
After
taking a beginner's bonsai class given by Berni G. of the
group, I have a juniper in my collection! Gale has trained
the tree since 1998. Here are the before and after shots.
I'm trying to grow it as a "tree on rock" cascade
style:
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Here is Jessica's bonsai "giblet":
