🌲 The Forest Before the Tree

One does not have a favorite child. But a bonsai student will often build a collection of affordable or young material that may not be balanced for development or appreciation. I wanted to review my current collection (summer 2023), if it helps to redirect my collecting. I can appreciate, if not benefit from, that trees leave one’s bench to create space or to focus on more favored trees.

  1. Chinese Elm (2201)

  2. Japanese Black Pine, 12yr (2334)

  3. Ginkgo (24)

  4. Scrub Oak JT (24)

  5. Coast Redwood projects (2333)

  6. Japanese Maple (2406)

  7. Plum, mume (2407)

  8. Redbud (24)

  9. Boxwood Yardadori (2316 A,B,C), (2307)

  10. Trident Forest (24)

  11. Itoigawa Juniper (2310)

  12. Hemlock (24)

  13. Itoigawa Shimpaku (2344)

  14. Redwood Yamadori project (2347)

  15. Trident Maples, young/ twisted (23)

  16. Cotoneaster (24)

  17. Red Alder (2318)

  18. Douglas Fir Yamadori (23)

  19. White Birch (2337)

  20. Korean Hornbeam (2332)

  21. Quince (2311)

  22. Japanese Maple air-layer Shohin (2316)

  23. Juniperus Chinensis Blue Shimpaku "Fudo Blue" (2335)

  24. Coast Live Oak (2336 B)

  25. San Jose Juniper stock (2245)

  26. Rough-bark Japanese Maple (2210)

  27. Black Spruce, 3 (2349)

  28. Japanese Black Pine, young (2327), (2330), (22), (2340)

  29. Korean Hornbeam (23)

  30. Trident Maple Yamadori (2221)

  31. Chinensis Nana Junipers, young (2204)

  32. Yew (24)

  33. Shimpaku Juniper, shaped (2316)

  34. Japanese Zelkova Serratas, young (23)

  35. Dawn Redwood Yamadori(s) (2220)

  36. Bald Cypress groupings (2305)

  37. Koto Hime (shishi) Maple (2209)

  38. Eastern White Pine, young (22)

  39. American Hornbeam (23)

  40. Shimpaku Juniper stock (2317)

  41. Ezo Spruce project (2211)

  42. English Oak (2324)

  43. Cork-bark Elm seedling (23)

  44. Japanese Black Pine, mid (22)

  45. Japanese Larch, saplings (23)

  46. Quince (24)

Collected, in development

  • Redcurrant (24)

  • Tanoak (24)

  • Coast Redwood Stumps (24 A/B)

  • Coast Redwood (24)

  • Plum Root Bases (24)

  • Deodar Cedar (24)

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