A place for all things Bonsai

hobbypaedagoge, 4 days ago German

#bonsai mit K2 (8). Am Ende mit 136:120 verloren. Ein wenig den Erklärbär-Nachteil gehabt, aber sie hat mittendrin schon gefragt: „Das ist ab 10? Das ist doch voll easy.“
Das Siegerbäumchen musste noch fotografiert werden.
#brettspiele

Brettspiel Bonsai am Ende der Partie. Vorne und hinten ein Bonsai aus Hexplättchen. Links die Vorräte, rechts die Kartenauslage.

dtanzer, 16 days ago

I wired my little... don't even know exactly what they are... cypress? yesterday.

I almost broke some branches because they are sooo soft. I hope that, with a little cut past, the'll heal again.

Used silver wire because it's easier to find when it's time to remove again. And because those are not finished bonsai anyway.

#bonsai @bonsai

dtanzer, 20 days ago

Remember that #maple #bonsai that was mostly dead, but had one branch that still looked alive (https://social.devteams.at/@dtanzer/112115866964465809)?

It is still alive! Letting it grow this year so that it can heal its wounds, design choices come next year. But to paraphrase Peter Chen:

As long as you don't kill the tree, there are options.

@bonsai

dtanzer, 27 days ago

Today I pinched the tips from all the branches I want to keep of my #juniper #bonsai, but not from the "sacrifice" branches I want to jin later. The idea is to stimulate dense growth and ramification in the branches I want to keep, and long growth and thickening in the branches I want to jin.

Will it work? I have no idea 🙈 😅 I guess I will find out! @bonsai

andy, 2 months ago

First bloom on my Magnolia #bonsai today. It's reliably the first thing to bloom in the garden in early spring.

#bloomscrolling #magnolia #pnw

A magnolia bonsai with a single flower that has bloomed.

dtanzer, 2 months ago

My sister created this custom-made pot for my #juniper #bonsai - I really like it, fits the (future) form better than the very shallow, very wide pot I had before. @bonsai

The red-black glaced, round bonsia pot, with the tree, standing on a turntable. The tree is viewn from the side.
The red-black glaced, round bonsia pot, with the tree, standing on a turntable. The tree is viewn from the back side.
The red-black glaced, round bonsia pot, with the tree, standing on a turntable. The tree is viewn from the front side.

mizu, 2 months ago Japanese

Another pic pf my Boke Japanese quince. #bonsai

n8dly, 3 months ago

Picked up some nice #bonsai material a the Lotus Nursery/Western Tree Nursery dig yesterday. Removed field soil, reduced roots, and wired into training pots.

Trident maple pre-bonsai in plastic training flat.
Japanese black pine pre-bonsai in plastic training flat.
Japanese black pine pre-bonsai in plastic training flat.

rscbotanicalgarden, 3 months ago

Plant people, sad story time.

I just got an email from my local #rockgarden society notifying the death of a member. In fairness I did not know the person, but here's why it's sad:

When I attend, I am the youngest person there.

I'm 43, and the youngest person in the room.

This is true in many niche clubs. In the Dallas #Orchid Society, I was the youngest. In the #Bonsai I'm one of a few under 60.

The median age of these groups has to be somewhere around 70. As they dwindle, we lose valuable experience. There will be no one to digitize their archives, no one to teach hands on skills, no one to pass the passion down.

I can't stress it enough, join the clubs. Access to their old magazines is worth the money and time.

#gardening #plants #horticulture

tinderness, 3 months ago German

#Bonsai Heute war es soweit. Aus dem Samen ist die Kiefer über ein Jahr gewachsen, gross genug, um jetzt den ersten Schnitt zu setzen. Vorsichtig ausgepackt, die Wurzeln durchgerecht und zurechtgeschitten. Neue Erde, neuer Topf, frischer Haiku.

Könnten wir nur alle Dinge mit solcher Sorgfalt tun.

#haiku ⚪ 70
Die Wurzeln gekürzt
mit ritueller Sorgfalt.
Kulturzauberding!

isopogonman, 3 months ago

#Banksia as bonsai. Who would have thought! The bonsai collection at the National Arboretum is a must see. #ProteaceaeInPots #bonsai #ozplants

Banksia integrifolia bonsai pruned to resemble an ancient oak
Banksia ericifolia bonsai pruned to look like a thick trunked pine tree
Thick, sagging, lumpy trunk of a Banksia serrata bonsai

SRDas, 3 months ago

Please enjoy this #bonsai - a bit small perhaps for #ThickTrunkTuesday - but venerable nonetheless (I zoomed in and pasted the placard that notes its age - take a peek).

I think (please correct) from the translation that this is a Cypress maybe Hinoki (Juniper family)

Anthro, 4 months ago

#Today, spring is in the air…

Even though there is snow and ice in the yard, bringing a flowering quince #bonsai into the house to guard against hard freeze led to a profusion of buds, shoots and flowers in a week’s time.

Now what to do with this early bird?

#MakeGoodChoices

Straggly quince with early shoots and flowers…with ice remaining just outside the window.
Closeup of quince flowers.
Overhead view of straggly quince, with abundant green buds sprouting leafs and seasonally inappropriate blooms.

micron, 4 months ago

One year update on this miniature moss landscape ...

#mosstodon #bonsai #penjing

Another view of the same scene. In front, a hill planted with many type of lush green moss and a rock. In the background, out of focus the wooden bridge and the cypress seedlings. A lit from the right.
Another view of the same scene. Centered the bridge across the river bed.
Closeup of a branch of fern moss glowing, backlit by the sun.

dtanzer, 4 months ago

Cleaned my juniper #bonsai a bit and tried a different angle.

I used silver aluminium wire because it is currently not in a refined state anyway, and the silver wire reminds me of that.

Also, several of those branches are sacrificial branches - I'm planning to remove+jin them in the next 2-3 yrs.