Latest Blog Posts for Bodhisattva Bonsai

• Old Juniper gets a major styling
  on Sep 15, 2013 in juniper bonsai bonsai shari juniperus precumbus bonsai informal bonsai jin
  This Juniper is closing in on 40 years old, and has gone through a great deal of changes since it came into my hands as pre-bonsai material about 4 years ago.   Found a great deal of deadwood on the tree to turn into Jin and Shari work this go-a...
• Rose of Sharon Bonsai getting used to new pot
  on Jun 19, 2013 in Rose of Sharon bonsai leaves rose of sharon bonsai rhododendron bonsai flowering bonsai bonsai leaf dwarfing
  This rhododendron 'Rose of Sharon' is pretty interesting..  They exhibit large lovely purple flowers in the late summer into fall.  This one last season started to show flowers which I promptly clipped so as not to direct any energy into th...
• Another Privet Bonsai gets it's first pot
  on Jun 19, 2013 in informal style Privet bonsai informal bonsai handmade bonsai pots
  I have used privet to test my bonsai knowledge over the years, and although not the best tree/bush for presentation, it has many attributes that make it a good species for learners;  it grows like nuts (it's classified as a weed), roots like mad...
• Tropical Bonsai of 6+ years still doesn't have a species!
  on Jun 19, 2013 in bonsai tropical bonsai homemade bonsai pots wiring bonsai
  This is literally the 2nd pre-bonsai material I ever bought back in 08, back when the passion was flying and the knowledge was....  Yah..    :) I didn't even realize quite at the time that I'd picked out a tropical species.  It a...
• Privet Bonsai loses a trunk, seems happier
  on Jun 19, 2013 in bonsai tree Privet bonsai bonsai pot Privet
  Finally back with a few things to share, I'll start with this Privet Bonsai that I've featured a few times over recent years as it's been a 'test' tree for many learning bonsai activities for me (learning how to transfer into a bonsai pot, pot fertil...
• Smaller informal style Privet Bonsai - a bit dainty
  on Jun 19, 2013 in Privet bonsai informal bonsai
  This little tree has nice movement to my eye, and will heal quickly the sore from the cut I made to give it that 'curve' motion.  Another of my test subject privet bonsai that actually has some small potential. These pics being almos...
• Still here - Holiday update
  on Dec 22, 2012
  As many of my fellow friends of the bonsai hobby (lifestyle for those of us with too much material!) know; sometimes there are spans of times where a lot is happening and there are endless things to share..  Then there are times where your trees...
• Privet Bonsai Spring Maintenance
  on May 14, 2011 in defoliating bonsai privet double trunk bonsai double trunk bonsai Privet bonsai
  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...
• San Jose juniper bonsai - big steps forward
  on Apr 24, 2011 in san jose juniper bonsai windswept san jose juniper bonsai conifer bonsai windswept bonsai jin deadwood
  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 have...
• Juniper Blaauw prebonsai material strikes a pose
  on Apr 12, 2011 in juniperus chinensis blaauw bonsai prebonsai blue juniper bonsai john travolta tree juniper blaauw bonsai
  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 prese...

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