The trees in this album are Hugh and Martha’s personal trees. More to come!
- This Ficus retusa forest is about 6 yrs+ old the tallest tree is 9″ it is in a 5.5″ Sara Raynor pot. It was a group of seedlings which came up in the pot of a large F. ‘Golden Gate’. A t this stage the leaves are 1″ long, leaves on F. retusa are up to 5″ in length. About the length of the pot.
- Another Mame, Bougainvillea ‘Thai Creeper’ grown from a cutting, about 10 yrs. old. Grown in a Mame pot 3.5″. Using Bougainvillea for bonsai is particularly interesting, unlike other materials the Bracts (colorful part of the ‘flower’)is actually a modified leaf because of this you can reduce the size.
- Mame bonsai of Carissa ‘Petite Point” grown in a 3″ round Mame pot. The tree is 5″ in height, and 15 Yrs+, grown from a cutting. This is an extremely slow growing Carissa, but people love to see it, the leaves are 1/4″-1/2″ in length. Unfortunately this variety does not flower.
- Tiny Mame cascade 3″ in height using Olea europa. This tree was grown from a seedling and is about 15 yrs.
- Ficus burtt-daveyii (medium leaf) shohin size root over rock style, grown from a cutting about 15 yrs old. 11″ in height from the top of the pot trunk 1 3/4″ at top of rock. Potted in a square dark blue Japanese production pot.
- Mame of Ficus salicaria in a 3.3″ mame pot. The tree stands 5″ from the soil line. It is 10 years old. The trunk is 2″ across, so that at this point is barely fits in the pot. It is a pinch and prune alumni, but will be wired this year.
- Pinus sylvestris beauvronensis (Scott Pine) Shohin, this tree is one of our younger Bonsai @ about 6 years. Grown from seed here in the nursery, it is 8″ in height, the trunk is 3/4″, it is growing in a 5 1/2″ round bunjin. It will be an interesting project.
- Small Sakei tray of Spirea japonica alpina. Trees about 6 yrs. old the tray was planted 3 yrs. ago. It will be re-potted into the same tray in 2012.
- Acer palmatum, collected 25 years ago, approx. 35yrs+ in age. The trunk is 6″ in diameter, the tree is 29″ in height, the spread is 35″. It is grown in a Mr. Zu extra fine bonsai pot 20.5″ in length. The photo below is of the base of the trunk, which has a hollow.
- Trunk of Acer palmatum
- Taxus cuspidata collected about 30 yrs. ago from a long abandoned nursery. Grown in ground after collecting for approx. 10 yrs. Potting and training began about 15 yrs ago. Trunk 3 1/4″ in diameter (measured 3″ above base), height 21″, 20″ spread, 15″ bonsai pot.
- Collected Pinus Sylvestris nana about about 10 yrs ago by Keith Scott approx. 35 yrs. old grown in ground for 18 yrs. Trunk diameter 3 1/4″, 16″ in height grown in a semi cascade style 26″ spread. Round Chinese pot 15″.
- Collected from a Christmas Tree nursery 25 yrs. ago, about 30 yrs.old. This Pinus slyvestris (scott pine) was ground grown for 5 yrs., grown in a nursery can for 5 yrs. before potting in a Bonsai Pot. Trunk diameter 3 1/2″ measured @ 4″ above the base. Height 23″, grown in a 20″ Bonsai Pot.
- Juniperus chinensis ‘Pfiteriana’, collected from an old nursery in the early 80’s. About 45 yrs. Grown in ground here for 8 yrs., grown in a nursery can for about 20 yrs. Training began 10 yrs. ago. Trunk 8″ diameter, height 26″, spread 19″, in training pot until next year. During the winter the head will be taken back and the dead wood reduced substantially.
- Olea europa collected from a nursery can about 25 yrs. ago probably 5 yrs old @ time of purchase. Grown in a nursery can for 24 yrs. styling along the way. Finish potted summer of 2011. Next year hopefully the root ball can reduced further and potted in a better pot.
- Juniperus x-media ‘Shimpaku’ Mame under 6″ this tree is about 10 yrs. old from a cutting grown here. Most of the training has been pinch and prune. The pot it is presently in will be replaced next year into a more suitable Mame pot.
- Juniperus procumbens nana Mame this tree is 25 years old. It is approximately 4″ tall from the top of the pot. It has in its present pot for all but 2 of those years. It was cutting grown nursery stock. It will be repotted next year. — at Meehan’s Miniatures.
- Pinus sylvestris beauvronensis cascade this tree is one of our younger Bonsai @ about 6 years. Grown from seed here in the nursery, it is 5 1/2″ in height, the trunk is 3/4″, it is growing in a 31/2″ square cascade pot by Sharron Lang. It will be an interesting project