Colorado Bonsai – Colorado Hero’s All Of Them

If there is one photo that best defines what a hero is in Colorado then its the photo below of Firefighters from all over Colorado coming together to save lives and fight the Cameron Peak forest fire. Check out the … Continue reading →

Colorado Bonsai – Governors Walz, Dayton, Pawlenty, Ventura Launch Nonpartisan PSA

I like it, well said. Lets do it! … Continue reading →

Colorado Bonsai – Berberis Thunbergii ‘Crimson Pygmy’ Bonsai – Urban Yamadori Tree

This post will be about finding a really large Berberis thunbergii ‘Crimson Pygmy’ tree at Nicks Garden Center in Aurora. Technically this is a nursery tree, but it is really an urban collected Yamadori tree. The thing was in 15 gallon … Continue reading →

Colorado Bonsai – Quercus Ilex Bonsai

I have made a new page for my Quercus Ilex Bonsai tree. Many years ago in my first year (2009) of trying to be a Bonsai artist I visited a nursery in Fort Collins, Co. I was wondering around just … Continue reading →

Colorado Bonsai – Denver Botanic Gardens Winter Chihuly – Tree

Better Homes and Gardens has a beautiful photo of a very large Chihuly sculpture taken during the winter at the Denver Botanic Gardens that is very striking during a snow storm! What a setting for a Chihuly tree, yes I … Continue reading →

Colorado Bonsai – Cultivating Artistic Expression Through Bonsai

On August 19th, 2020 Denver Botanic Gardens Bonsai Collection Management and Curation intern J. Henry Basile wrote a beautiful article of his experiences working in the Bonsai Pavilion. This is a really great article to read and understand what a … Continue reading →

Buxus – Boxwood “Special Tree For Life”

Do you have a tree in your collection that is Special, so special that you would keep that tree over all of the rest in the collection? Would you keep it over something like a world class yamadori tree? Would … Continue reading →

Colorado Bonsai – Procumbus Nana Bonsai

I have made a couple of major additions to the Procumbus Nana Bonsai page showing the progression of a small-medium sized Nursery juniper into a beautiful full cascade Bonsai tree. The progression spans a total of three years. This is … Continue reading →

Colorado Bonsai – Mauro Stemberger – Massive Sierra Juniper at Superfly Bonsai

Superfly Bonsai has a video out titled “Mauro Stemberger – Massive Sierra Juniper at Superfly Bonsai“. If you ever wanted to know how to style an extremely large Juniper then this is the video for you. It looks like maybe … Continue reading →

Colorado Bonsai – Satsuki Azalea Bonsai Care – Bonsai Master Bob Mahler

Supperfly Bonsai has a video out titled “Satsuki Azalea Bonsai Care – Bonsai Master Bob Mahler“. This is a three hour video on how to take care of Satsuki Azaleas and its well worth your time if you have one … Continue reading →