Colorado Bonsai – A natural semi-cascade juniper

Guess what? Jonas Dupuich has a third great massive Sierra Juniper article titled “A natural semi-cascade juniper“. This tree decided to become a semi-cascade on its own. The trunk is massive and makes one wonder just how old is this … Continue reading →

Colorado Bonsai – Appreciating a massive, and ancient, Sierra juniper

Jonas Dupuich has another great article with an even bigger more massive Sierra Juniper. The article is titled “Appreciating a massive, and ancient, Sierra juniper“. Talk about being a two story Deadwood Dream Tree this would have to be it. … Continue reading →

Colorado Bonsai – A very twisty Sierra juniper

Jonas Dupuich has a really great article featuring a huge gnarly Sierra Juniper. The article is titled “A very twisty Sierra Juniper“. This wild tree is just incredible with deadwood to dream about. To bad someone cannot figure out a … Continue reading →

Colorado Bonsai – “Yamagata – ishi” Suiseki or Viewing Stone

This stone was very popular at the 50th Anniversary Rocky Mountain Bonsai Society Show. The stone is red jasper from Cache Creek, California. The original owner of the stone named it “Yamagata – ishi”. Japanese: variously written, with characters meaning ‘mountain … Continue reading →

Colorado Bonsai – Rhamnus frangula ‘Columnaris’ Unusual Bonsai

I built a new page for my Rhamnus frangula ‘Columnaris’ which is unusual for Bonsai. I think this tree is going to be something special in about 3-5 years. This poor tree had a bad year when a blizard snapped … Continue reading →

Colorado Bonsai – Shugaten Shohin Bonsai Show Japan 2019 Part 1

Andy Jordan has another great new high quality video titled “Shugaten Shohin Bonsai Show Japan 2019 Part 1“. I did spot a Rose in the show, another tree has a piece of Deadwood sticking up at an angle that should … Continue reading →

Colorado Bonsai – Mame and Shohin Bonsai Show Japan 2019

Andy Jordan has a new video out titled “Mame and Shohin Bonsai Show Japan 2019“. There are some very nice trees and stands in the show. One tree at the 31 second mark on the left side of the screen … Continue reading →

Colorado Bonsai – Weigela Bonsai

I have made a new page for Weigela Bonsai which are very unusual for Bonsai. An internet search will only turn up small trees usually for sale. Herbert A. forum member on the Internet Bonsai Club made a great post … Continue reading →

Colorado Bonsai – Berberis – Barberry – Cascade Design

Ed Van der Reek on the Internet Bonsai Club had a very good post  titled “Berberis Cascade Design“. Ed’s post walks you through the steps he took to take what looks like a nursery tree to finished product in 2 … Continue reading →

Colorado Bonsai – “Fertiliser tubes” “Fertilizer”

Vlad from the Internet Bonsai Club has a great idea for applying Bio Tone organic fertilizer on his tree using Fertiliser Tubes. Its pretty simple and he gives a good description of how and why he is doing it. I … Continue reading →