Category: Bonsai

  • It has been a busy late Winter here working on client trees and repotting pines. In my own collection, there have been some repots of…

  • Trident Maple winter defoliation Today I did my winter silhouette defoliation of my trident maple. It allows for the viewing of all the branch development…

  • It is October 2025 and the rains are just starting to come in finally. Our summers in California can be extremely dry so this is…

  • My Daimyo Oak turned 65 this year. I will show it at the SBBK club show for the last time in my name as it…

  • Fall foliate

    Happy New Year! So many changes are happening in my collection and activities this year. We are moving out our larger trees to auction, focusing…

  • There is always a lull after a major show. Thus it was with me this year and then the temperatures sored into the 100s. That…

  • SBBK in San Mateo is having their 40th Anniversary Bonsai Show June 1-2. This is a big event with lots of spectacular trees on display.…

  • A beautiful tree can take decades to refine and the journey it takes has its ups and downs. My big boxwood is a project of…

  • Years in the making, a tree goes through so many processes, sometimes many hands, and makes it to current day. This is a story of…

  • Summer is roaring along. There have been shows, client trees, and paintings all making progress. I have a sub-tropical demo on August 23 for Sei…