Picked up this tree from Matt Smith in November of 2018. Was bare rooted and put in a Vance inspired grow pot in March of 2019, and styled with Bjorn in August. I'll baby this tree through the winter . I'm pretty excited about its future.
I don't do bonsai for anyone but me. I only buy trees/shrubs that speak to me, and I break the rules all the time.
I do tend to sell off what becomes boring, to upgrade the quality of my trees/shrubs. I only keep about 20 bonsai and/or pre bonsai at any one time.
8/17/19 @ the Bonsai Learning Center near Charlotte NC
It's a tree I picked up from Matt Smith, so it's a Brussel's tree. I was told it's was a cuttings grown tree and is between 10 - 12 years old. I think it turned out great.
So I got this Ginkgo last spring from the Bonsai Learning Center. This spring I put it in one of my grow beds and it's just going crazy. In the first picture you can see the the original trunk and structure which is 13" tall. It's now 27" tall. I had always heard they were slow grower. I'm...