🌲 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.

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1. Chinese Elm (2201)

2. Korean Hornbeam (2332)

3. Japanese Black Pine, 12yr (2334)

4. Coastal Redwood project (2333)

5. Japanese Maple (2406)

6. Plum, mume (2407)

7. Itoigawa Juniper (2310)

8. Itoigawa Shimpaku (2344)

9. Redwood Yamadori project (2347)

10. Douglas Fir Yamadori project (2348) (2352)

11. White Birch (2337)

12. Quince (2311)

13. Japanese Maple air-layer Shohin (2316)

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

15. Coast Live Oaks project (2336 A&B)

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

17. Rough-bark Japanese Maple (2210)

18. Ezo Spruce project (2211)

19. Black Spruce, 3 (2349)

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

21. Korean Hornbeam (23)

22. Trident Maple Yamadori (2221)

23. Chinensis Nana Junipers, young (2204)

24. Trident Maples, young/ twisted (23)

25. Shimpaku Juniper, shaped (2316)

26. Fukien Tea(1901)

27. Japanese Zelkova Serratas, young (23)

28. Dawn Redwood Yamadori(s) (2220)

29. Bald Cypress groupings (2305)

30. Koto Hime (shishi) Maple (2209)

31. Red Alder (2318)

32. Eastern White Pine, young (22)

33. American Hornbeam (23)

34. Shimpaku Juniper stock (2317)

35. San Jose Juniper stock (2245)

36. English Oak (2324)

37. Cork-bark Elm seedling (23)

38. Forsythia Intermedia (2314)

39. Japanese Black Pine, mid (22)

40. Japanese Larch, saplings (23)

41. Paper-bark Maple (23)

Meh:

• Manzanita (22)

• Akedama Cherry, young (23)

• Mugo Pines (22)

• Gingkos (22)

• Dogwood saplings (22)

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