Buddleja saligna (False Olive)
Tobie Kleynhans, South Africa
Water Jasmine, Wrightia religiosa
Carlos A. Morales Collection
In the year 2001, I started a water jasmine from a cutting. I was intrigued if I could make a bonsai from it. I cultivated it from pot to pot until reaching a 15 gallon nursery pot. Since my knowledge of bonsai at that moment was primitive, I just let it grow without any styling. When the trunk got thicker I started to style it.
Read more: Carlos A. Morales Collection : Water Jasmine, Wrightia reliosa
Mangle, Conocarpus erectus
Enrique Castaño Collection
Buttonwood, Conocarpus erectus
designed by Enrique Castaño
Slanting style
45 cm/17.7 inches
Container; Japanese
Read more: Enrique Castaño Collection Mangle, Conocarpus erectus
Ficus Hispida
Mrs. Mangala Rao | India
designed by Mrs. Mangala Rao
Informal upright
80 cm/
Container; Mr. B.R.Pandit studio potter
Ficus Retusa
Mrs. Mangala Rao | India
designed by Mrs. Mangala Rao
Exposed roots over wall
60 cm/
Container; self made wall built with ceramic tiles on self made stone slab
Premna obtusifolia
Min Hsuan Lo, BCI Director, Taiwan
Common name Headache Tree, False Elder
designed by Min Hsuan Lo, BCI Director, Taiwan
Slanting style
84 cm/ 33 inches
Container; Japanese
Hinoki Cypress, Chamaecyparis obtusa
David DeGroot Collection
“My Hinoki (I call it Walk like an Egyptian) got a new pot recently. The first two right-angle bends were in the tree (but hidden) when I got it from the nursery. When I discovered them I knew I couldn’t fix them, so I decided to go with the flow.”
Kunzea Ambigua, “Wind shadow”
Ambrose Canning | Australia
Kunzea is a genus of plants in the family Myrtaceae and the species ambiqua is a native plant only found in South-East Australian cool coastal areas. The genus name honours German naturalist Gustav Kunze, while the specific species name ambiqua is derived from the Latin adjective ambiguous meaning 'doubtful' or 'uncertain'.
Kunzea ambigua is commonly known as "White cloud" or "White kunzea", it is a tall shrub up to three metres in height, with small, crowded and aromatic leaves, and abundant white flowers. Native animals are said to be often found sleeping under Kunzea plants, where they seek relief from ticks and other parasites - hence its other popular name of "tick bush". An essential oil is derived from the terminal branches of Kunzea ambigua.
Ficus pedunculosa
A song of spring!
Min Hsuan Lo, BCI Director, Taiwan
Designed by Min Hsuan Lo, BCI Director, Taiwan
Style: Slanting style
Height: 92 cm/36 inches
Container: Japanese
MIRTUS COMMUNIS
Sebastiano Villante | Italy
Designed by Sebastiano Villante
Style: PROSTATO
Height: 68 cm
Container: POT TOKONAME JAPAN
Ficus Tsiela
Shankar Chanda Collection
designed by Shankar Chanda, India
Twin trunk
60 cm
Bantigue Tree (#1)
Susan Lee | Philippines
Designed by Nabe Millares
Style: Informal Upright
Height: 73 cm/
Container: Zisha pot made by Master Gong Linmin
Bantigue Tree (#3)
Susan Lee | Philippines
Designed by Bernabe Millares
Style: informal Upright
Height: 110
Container: Zisha Pot made by Master Gong Lin Min
Bantigue Tree (#3)
Susan Lee | Philippines
Designed by Bernabe Millares
Style: informal Upright
Height: 110
Container: Zisha Pot made by Master Gong Lin Min
Bantigue Tree (#2)
Susan Lee | Philippines
Designed by Bernabe Millares
Style: Semi-Cascade
Height: 76cm/
Container: Teracotta
Tamarindus Indica
Mrs. Mangala Rao | India
designed by Mrs. Mangala Rao
Formal Upright
62 cm/
Container; Mr.B.R.Pandit studio pottery ,Mumbai ,India
Eagle's Landing, Juniperus scopulorum
The Blanton Collection, USA
Designed by Ryan Neil
Eagle’s Landing is estimated to be 450 years old and its origin is Rocky Mountains, species Juniperus scopulorum. It has been in training for 4 years and the container is Modern Chinese. It measures 31 inches tall by 34 inches wide. Mike Blanton owned, loved, and cared for this Rocky Mountain Juniper until he passed away in 2013. He showed it one time in 2012 at the Nashville Bonsai Society’s Regional Show. This picture was made at that show.
Read more: The Blanton Collection : Eagle's Landing, Juniperus scopulorum
Japanese Wisteria, Wisteria floribunda
Tobie Kleynhans Collection, South Africa
This Wisteria was purchased from a bonsai nursery in 2002. The tree was in quite a sorry state, but as this was the only Wisteria for sale at the time and I had to take whatever was on offer.
It was planted at an angle as a semi cascade in a small garden center pot.
The tree was flowering at the time and the impressive purple flowers and interesting nebari concluded the deal.
Photographed in Spring 2015.
Gingko biloba
Danilo Scursatone Collection
Designed by Danilo Scursatone, Italy
Bonsai Style: Chokkan
Height: 60
Container: Yzing
This Ginkgo biloba was grown in an open field. While it was growing there, the plant was pruned and shaped to become a bonsai. When it reached maturity it was transplanted in a bonsai pot in a formal upright style with its shape refined like a “flame” according to the natural behavior of the tree. The photograph shows the ginko in autumn, its leaf color suggestive of the season.
Wisteria chinensis (Glicine)
Danilo Scursatone | Italy
The Wisteria bonsai was obtained many years ago by a layering. Over the years it has been refined following the typical style of this essence.
Styling by Danilo Scursatone