Against The Odds

[Ja_De]

Recently broached on this forum was the topic of how countless trees that didn't "make it" is a fact easily dismissed when appreciating the gnarled, weathered beauty of a tree that serves to inspire the bonsai enthusiast. Such trees are veritable living monuments, testaments to perseverance.

I stumbled across this bonsai blog while "surfing" pictures of rock plantings and cascading junipers; two of my favorite bonsai categories. The link below will lead to some pictures of tremendously spectacular trees. The second tree appears to grow forth from the rock completely deprived of soil and therefore any nutrients... amazing that it lives at all!!! I'll have to thoroughly check out the rest of the blogs material. Thought I'd share.

If you're in the northern hemisphere, spring approaches!

Spectacular Sierra junipers - Bonsai Tonight

Among my favorite trees in nature is this Sierra juniper.

bonsaitonight.com

 

[ShimpakuBonsai]

Amazing trees.
That's a very well known blog and it also has lots of bonsai guides.
Link: https://bonsaitonight.com/guides/