This Kyokko Yatsabusa has been in my garden for 10 years now. It came from Don Blackmond, via Dave DeWire in WA. Dave propagates corkbark JBP, among other trees. Here is a shot from 2008, still at Don’s in MI: I’m almost positive this is the back now. Fast forward 10 years, and I’m trying … Continue reading Fall cleanup on a corkbark Black Pine
I went through a big Corkbark black pine phase, it has waned, but not before I generated enough material to write a book on them. Hmmmm…maybe one day. This Hachi-Gen was one of about 8 cultivars I worked with. I bought it because it was cutting-grown. It came from Brent Walston’s Evergreen Gardenworks. Here is … Continue reading Losing Trees: Japanese Black Pine, ‘Hachi-Gen’
With the refinement of two junipers this spring, I had the enjoyable task of finding a couple new pots. For this shimpaku styled by Crazy: This shin-shin watari Chinese. Post war, but pre 1970s: For the shimpaku styled with Bjorn: A Gyouzan: For a (now) shohin cork bark black pine, a Shibakatsu with great clay … Continue reading Few new pot pairings
Nebari Bonsai 