The I Don't Care if Bonsai is Art, I Just Like the Trees Tread

[Smoke]

I don't really care, I focus on whats really important.

 

[namnhi]

Oh Lawd! A few 'Ryusen' in that last image, @namnhi ?

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Yes, a couple. That quince is really cute.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Lovely photo of you two Al @Smoke ...puts things into perspective as well. Give the misses a shout out from me...of greeting.

 

[Smoke]

Lovely photo of you two Al @Smoke ...puts things into perspective as well. Give the misses a shout out from me...of greeting.

Thanks, We were at the base of this rock...

 

[Wilson]

I don't care! I am just a hoser who spends too much time in the woods!

 

[watchndsky]

I don't care! I am just a hoser who spends too much time in the woods!View attachment 143085 View attachment 143086 View attachment 143087

I love the woods. Just not as much woods as there used to be. Unfortunately housing developments and strip malls are more important these days.

 

[thumblessprimate1]

Yes, a couple. That quince is really cute.

Thanks it's actually very fun to have a small bonsai or two. I should expect an increase in need for water as it grows and when the heat arrives. Last year, I kept a ball of wet sphagnum moss on top of the soil and buried the little pot down level with soil in a 3 gallon nursery pot.

 

[StoneCloud]

@watchndsky very true. I grew up in NC in Apex and moved out in '98.........I still go and visit every few years and man that town has changed.....parks gone woods I used to play in gone......it makes me not want to go back there anymore. I'm in FL now but when I move it's going to be western nc, around boone.

 

[petegreg]

@Soldano666 , do not hesitate to post your trees if you need or wanna provide help, although you're on half way... I'm not ashamed to post my...these have never been posted here before. Different stages of development. All need time, bonsai is a passion for me.
...from seeds



...from cutting


...from air-layering

 

[Bonsailane]

I honestly think that a lot of people don't realize that there is a difference between American bonsai and Japanese bonsai ,
With that being said there are a lot of busy bodies in American bonsai .
The perfectionist that says it can only be done one way.
And these people are clown shoes .
I find them humorous and Unimaginative ,
If you're doing what you enjoy & the tree is healthy that's all that matters .
But I do love how more people are jumping on board to the American style bonsai .
( keeping the basics of bonsai but leaving the door open for possibilities )

 

[namnhi]

Thanks it's actually very fun to have a small bonsai or two. I should expect an increase in need for water as it grows and when the heat arrives. Last year, I kept a ball of wet sphagnum moss on top of the soil and buried the little pot down level with soil in a 3 gallon nursery pot.

If you ever come down to Houston. Stop by my place for a water (not a drinker)... am sure there is something in pot that you might like.

 

[petegreg]

...from cheap garden center material:



...from mallsai:

 

[namnhi]

I like every single person's post here!!!! I just didn't feel like clicking "like" 253243673 times.

Yesterday I was browsing the net and saw some things on non traditional bonsai. Then I come on here and I think it was Sorce who collected a little shrub from somewhere in the landscape of his life LOL

I was inspired........I have tons of weeds in my yard and some have really woody stems..........so I walked around my yard and put this together in a few min. Didn't have any pot small enough. Even the bottom of this water bottle is too big lol

I believe it to be false buttonweed but I may be wrong it does have white flowers. Its ugly in my lawn, but the movement in this one was kind of cool.

Plus they don't die...ever.....kinda the perfect bonsai tree? haha

So anyway felt like going outside the box and here it is:
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... windswept mame bonsai I see. Cool movement.

 

[petegreg]

...from cheapest pre-bonsai:



...from rough collected material:


Projects and what? I'm so serious I'm gonna make something out of them.

 

[tree4me]

@watchndsky very true. I grew up in NC in Apex and moved out in '98.........I still go and visit every few years and man that town has changed.....parks gone woods I used to play in gone......it makes me not want to go back there anymore. I'm in FL now but when I move it's going to be western nc, around boone.

Lived in S Florida 25 years. Watched Griffin rd. go from two lanes, one in each direction, with no street lights and a canal with no guard rails to what it is today. Moved to NC in 2014. I was a Project Manager/Superintendent for a single family home build. Built many communities in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach

Oh and "I don't care". I enjoy the time spent working as well as reading and watching vids.

 

[ColinFraser]

I love me some trees
. . . been torturing a lot of Foeminas lately.

 

[namnhi]

...from cheapest pre-bonsai:
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...from rough collected material:
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Projects and what? I'm so serious I'm gonna make something out of them.

I like your pines!

 

[Eric Group]

I do care! And I love me some trees as well...

 

[petegreg]

I like your pines!

Thanks, I'm pleased you like them. From the top...P. cembra 'Glauca', mugo only after one year of torturing and raw scots pine.

 

[GGB]

I don't care AND I don't want a bonsai colection, I want a a minature arboretum. Tree is king!

Below.
Pinus rigida getting a ground layer
Larix laricina before a good prune
Pinus sylvestris before being planted in ground