Yamadori Excursion 2023, Part 1
First part of an article covering this year’s yamadori collecting trip.
Southeast native trees
Another Swamp Monster in the Making
The early beginnings of a great informal upright bald cypress that was collected from the wild.
Hanging out with the Austin Bonsai Society
I had the pleasure of giving a demonstration and workshop in Austin, Texas, this past week. I was invited out to their beautiful meeting space at Zilker Botanical Garden. We share a lot native elm trees with central Texas but one in the particular that I’ve always have wanted to work with is the cedar …
The Notorious Live Oak Question
Here’s a species I’ve gotten dozens of questions about. Quercus virginiana, more commonly known as southern live oak, a hallmark species of the southeast United States and it always comes up in conversation at the nursery. It’s usually brought up after bringing someone’s attention that almost any species of tree can be a good bonsai. …