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Privet Bonsai Spring Maintenance - Haven't had much time to work on bonsai, however this Privet deserved a visit from the scissors. Going to clean up alot of the free growth, and partially defoliate to reduce leaf size to spur further back-branching and ramificati... - 2011/05/14 San Jose juniper bonsai - big steps forward - This is a San Jose Juniper; it's nursery stock tree that I've trained since last summer. This is her first major working since initial reduction and making a few branch decisions; it looks to be going the way of windswept, the branches all hav... - 2011/04/24 Juniper Blaauw prebonsai material strikes a pose - This little nursery tree has been with me approx 2 1/2 years, slowly getting worked here and there until I felt it was time to move into a 'training' pot that I specifically created for it some time back. It's a good 8-10 years from being pres... - 2011/04/12 Privet enters into a new future as Bonsai - This Privet soon-to-be-bonsai has been collected for about 14 months. Right after collection I moved it into my garden in the ground, with a large flat brick underneath the root ball. It's a single trunk, will be 'informal' style tree.... - 2011/04/10 Japanese Boxwood Bonsai gets needed springtime cleaning - I've worked on this tree since purchasing as nursery stock almost 2 years ago. Pot created by my best friend Aaron, the legs are tree trunks that wind up into the top of the pot's rim.
A view before work begins. This little... - 2011/04/10 Privet Double-Trunk Bonsai gets a little work - Here is a Privet that I've been training into bonsai for about 2 years now since collection. A Privet with 2 trunks. I've hollowed out both trunks to give the impression of natural damage/age. Now it's time for some branch moving a... - 2011/04/10
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