Bonsai Inspiration! These Inspire Me, Anyone Else?

[Natural Designs]

these are some AMAZING pics... I have tried to do a couple of my own, and gave up, but I think I might try it again

[ynot]

I was lucky enough to be in Washington D.C. this weekend and managed to duck into the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum at the National Arboretum. .

Here are a few of the photos I took [Sorry about the lighting/ general quality of the pictures - Mother Nature was not being very cooperative & the other half is my fault :shrug:.]

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I hope you enjoy these, I assure you they were incredible to see!

ynot

[kenb]

incredible!

[constantstaticx3]

Hey ynot great pics. I really have to get down there one day and see them in person. In the 47th pic. is that tree planted on a rock or is that the trunk?

Also two below that, what species is that tree it looks like a bald cypress with moss growing on the sides, it looks great.

Tom

P.S. Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I've kinda been taking a break from bonsai leaving my trees to grow as they please. Being that most of my projects are in there beginning stages I kinda just have to forget about them for a while or I'll go crazy over how long they take to progress. Anyways I'm back and hope to be posting a little more often now.

[ynot]

Tom

Hey ynot great pics. D:

I really have to get down there one day and see them in person.

Yes, You must.

In the 47th pic. is that tree planted on a rock or is that the trunk?

It is the trunk...And nothing but .

Also two below that, what species is that tree it looks like a bald cypress with moss growing on the sides, it looks great.

As I recall it is a Cypress of some sort. I was initially taking pictures of the placards for each tree also but it was taking up too much space on my camera....;):lol:

P.S. Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I've kinda been taking a break from bonsai leaving my trees to grow as they please. Being that most of my projects are in there beginning stages I kinda just have to forget about them for a while or I'll go crazy over how long they take to progress. Anyways I'm back and hope to be posting a little more often now.

Nice to see you around , I am kind of a scarce commodity myself as I am quite busy with work...So, I empathise.


Glad you liked the pics .

Later on

ynot

[constantstaticx3]

Time to revive this tread. Here are some pics from the Philadelphia Flower Show this year. If you have any questions on any of the trees ask and I'll do my best to answer.

Enjoy...

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The forest is composed of Zelkova's and the two large dormant ones are tridents. For perspective, the second one's base was pushing two feet!

Sorry about the quality, I'm not such a great photographer plus I didn't realize the camera was on the wrong setting.

Tom

[tarian]

itll be the club I'm in show in may so some more pics to revive this thred will be on its way
until then'
https://www.cardiffbonsai.org.uk/other07/Other%2007.html
the people in the pics:
1-andrew a very skilled bonsai artist or evry one belives he has a talent with trees
2-julien pie working on my tree whilst I observe
he is friends with some of the worlds most famouse bonsai masters
3-the man whos name escapes me and julien once again
(both andrew and julien have been very helpfull to me )

[constantstaticx3]

Just thought I'd share Walter Pall's new gallery.

https://walter-pall.de/b02gallery_non_conifers.jpg.dir/index.html

Words cannot describe it.

Tom

[alisios]

Great link Tom - after I see his amazing trees, I feel like I should give up! None of my things are even close to being like those - I doubt if they ever will be...

[constantstaticx3]

alisios,

I find many people say that same thing, that their trees will never look like that of great artists. I find this is because beginners, not excluding me, start with nursery trees and other material that will take many years to develop. I'm not saying this is a bad thing because this is when you learn how to take care of your trees and which species you like best.

What I have come to realize is that it is better to spend the time and or money to find quality material that will give you immediate gratification. This means one with a developed nebari and trunk. Basically a blank canvas on which you can work on. The branch placement and style of the overall tree is now up to you but the results will come much faster because the hard and time consuming part it done for you.

So far I only have one of these but it is extremely satisfying. I'm not saying I don't snoop around local nursery's for material but it has made me more picky about what I decide to purchase. Right now I will be saving my money to purchase more stock like this. I have plenty of other trees that will keep me busy for years to come and I'm sure they will be gratifying in the end.

One other thing that I have done is I've begun to limit my purchases to trees that I know thrive in my area and really appeal to me. I have, for too long, purchased trees just for the species and the fact that I've seen them as great examples in photo gallerys. This limitation will make it much easier to take care of my collection. I can now, well in the future, focus on developing my trees instead of worrying if they will survive or not.

Now these idea's haven't all been put into full affect but the thoughts and ideas are there and I can only grow from here. I hope this can help you in some way as this has turned into a bit of an essay. This may not be clear to you at first but if you can work at it, you can be saved the endless frustration that I've gone through. Now if only I can get some cuttings to root .

Tom

[Kenshin14435]

Speaking of forests though....

Arguably THE most famous American Bonsai is a forest.

It is called 'Goshin' and was designed by John Naka [The author of the bonsai bibles 'Bonsai Techniques' Vol. I & II]

These trees were first worked by Naka-San in 1953. This short history of Goshin is easily worth 3 minutes of your time and completely painless. https://www.bonsai-nbf.org/nbf/goshinhistory.html
In 1969, Six years after it was first assembled.

Ah Yes. I recently went to the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum at the Natonal Arboretum. I saw this one one and fell in love with it. Truly inspirtional. You really need to go see it in real life if you can. I live 50 minutes away so I go as often as I can. I'm also a member of the National Bonsai Foundation. BUT, The one that I thought was the MOST remarkable was the one that has been in captivity since 1609 or something ancient like that. It survived HIROSHIMA!!!!!!!


K5

[sean117Ply]

Look at this beaut, and its my favourite; the tridant maple

[img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Trident_maple,_1895-2007.jpg/687px-Trident_maple,_1895-2007.jpg[/img]

[Unikorn]

Any new sources of inspiration available?

[tomc]

The drive into DC comeing from the north or west goes MD-US 50 to Interstate 395. Part of that drive is on NY Ave. in the district. You drive past the National Arboratum every time on that route.

Stop in sometime, you'll be pleasantly suprised and its free!.