I have been growing trees in pots since the summer of 1999, when I
bought my first tree, an amur maple, and joined the
Columbus Bonsai
Society. Since then, I've collected quite a few little trees,
perhaps a dozen or so worthy of consideration. Here are a few
2003 pictures of selected trees. Sadly, many of them have gone to
another place since then. Such is life.
| This is a barberry (Berberis sp.), about 4 years old. It has been
trained for about a year. Deceased
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| A "golden lights" azalea (Rhododendron "golden lights"), trained
since this spring. This is a deciduous azalea with, unfortunately,
rather large leaves for bonsai. But just look at those roots!
Deceased
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| A satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum "hakutsuru"), also trained
since this spring, when the club had an azalea workshop.
Deceased
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| A Japanese maple (Acer palmatum), actually two seedlings bound
together to form a twin-trunk arrangement.
Stolen
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| A bald cypress (Taxodium distichum), bought late this last June.
The clamp is there to straighten a slight curve in the trunk, and is
home-made. Deceased
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| A variegated Japanese maple (Acer palmatum "butterfly"), trained
since spring, 2002. The bag on one branch is where I'm air-layering
it.
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| This elm (Ulmus sp.) is a volunteer from my garden, 2 or 3 years
old. It received some preliminary styling while in the ground over
the summer of 2002. I dug it up and put it in a deep nursery pot this
spring, where it has received further training to develop it branch
structure.
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