February 14, 2017 in General Bonsai. Trees that I was once proud of now show bare my shortcomings during that period. A huge flat bottom pad. I would approach that differently these days. I was overly concerned with needle length over health and candl.

An American Bonsai Artist and Instructor.

Bonsai Before and After Pictures. Shohin Cotoneaster gets its first Bonsai Pot. It has been growing in this oversized plastic training pot for the past 18 months to build strength in the roots. Bonsai at Ayr Show 2015. Here is a gallery of my .

The best tree for beginners. First I chopped the tree nearly to death in cold December.

Another Redwood meets a Bonsai pot. This one will be planted a bit deeper at the next repotting. The root ball still needs a bit of a bottom trim. Styling and development will follow. Redwood meets Bonsai pot for the first time. When a root is studied under a microscope it is clear that there. Lateral root growing from the pericycle. Apply rooting hormone to the cut roots.

It is generally accepted and published on various websites that an apprenticeship can take. What do we get for all of this? I assume that it takes many years of cultivating Bonsai before one can be considered to be a Master Bonsai Practitioner. How many years? I have no idea. Must you go through an official apprenticeship to work towards Master status? No, I do not think.

Some nice trees from a day out in South Galway. Windswept hawthorn near Tracht Beach, Kinvara, Galway. Nebari from salix caprea, goat willow, Coole Park, Galway. Very thick bark ridges, Coole Park, Galway. Very old Thuja plicata, Western Red Cedar multi-stem, Coole Park, Galway. Fagus sylvatica, European Beech nebari, Coole Park, Galway.