spring time

everything is waking up in my backyard. how about yours?
Deshojo


full moon maple


green atlas cedar


Pleony orchids


Shishigashira japanese maple is blooming


Sawara cypress is not quite awake yet

here is my azalea coming into flower in its pale blue john pit pot

Superb - love your orchids
Wonderful time of year
Keep up the good work
Barrie

Beautiful, Boon!
This is truly my favorite time of the bonsai year. My wife thinks I'm crazy for just walking around the yard gazing at all the new little buds opening.
Paul

PaulH wrote:Beautiful, Boon!
This is truly my favorite time of the bonsai year. My wife thinks I'm crazy for just walking around the yard gazing at all the new little buds opening.
Paul

I work downtown and have at times encountered curious gazes as I pull down the branch of an urban tree to look at the new buds.

Boon, I wish I had as nice a place to wake up! But yes, buds are moving in central Ohio, USA right now. Repotting mania!

Hi Boon,

Could you show your a picture of all your green atlas cedar, please?

I have some cuttings and don't know yet...

Joao Santos

I love your cypress, how about some more pictures, including one showing the whole yard.

Xuan

Xuan, here is my back yard

Joao Santos wrote:Hi Boon,

Could you show your a picture of all your green atlas cedar, please?

I have some cuttings and don't know yet...

Joao Santos

i will post some pictures in a few days.

PaulH wrote:Beautiful, Boon!
This is truly my favorite time of the bonsai year. My wife thinks I'm crazy for just walking around the yard gazing at all the new little buds opening.
Paul

that is not crazy. it is what we do when we are at peace and joy. we all share the same feelings.

I work downtown and have at times encountered curious gazes as I pull down the branch of an urban tree to look at the new buds.

Boon, I wish I had as nice a place to wake up! But yes, buds are moving in central Ohio, USA right now. Repotting mania![/quote]

soon, spring will come to your neighborhood. we are just furthur south. Repotting is almost over here. Repotting season lasted quite a long time for me.-December to April. that includes my students and clients. I need a massage.

Wow . Nice garden Boon.

Awesome Cuz, When I come up and visit family in Cal. I would love to come and see your place and walk among your trees.

Aloha,

-Tim

Wonderful garden Mr Boon.
You don't need any help??

Greetings,
Cees.

Joao Santos wrote:Hi Boon,

Could you show your a picture of all your green atlas cedar, please?

I have some cuttings and don't know yet...

Joao Santos

here is one of them. it is my student's tree this picture is a few year old. it is raining here. the trunk is wet and pictures do not look good.

Smithy wrote:Wow . Nice garden Boon.

Smithy,
Thanks,

Hawaiian77 wrote:Awesome Cuz, When I come up and visit family in Cal. I would love to come and see your place and walk among your trees.

Aloha,

-Tim

yes, pls let me know.

Cees wrote:Wonderful garden Mr Boon.
You don't need any help??

Greetings,
Cees.

Yes, i have some help from my students. I also use my trees as examples when i teach bonsai classes.
Thanks,

Hi boon.
Really nice piece of work. Thanks for the pictures.

Pavel

hi boon. years ago I had occasion to walk through your garden while attending a GSBF in Oakland. I came away from the visit believing you to be in the top tier of bonsai stylists in america. this is still my opinion today. thanks for sharing your work and your knowledge.

sincerely, sam lee

Lovely spring pics, thanks Boon.

Joao Santos said pf the Cedar

I have some cuttings and don't know yet...

Cuttings of Cedars are a problem because they are plageotropic. That means that branch cuttings will always grow as branches. Only apex cuttings will grow with a natural habit. I grew several for many years and they always grew horizontally.

Hi Kev,

Those are my first cuttings from this tree. Last winter, a strong wind got down a big branch and as I passed by, grabed the branch and got some "cuttings".

Got them in a pot and so far so good. New buds are coming nicely but it's too soon to be sure.
Here's the cuttings when I got them in the pot


sorry bad quality

Wow Boon, Fantastic garden.

Pavel Slovák wrote:Hi boon.
Really nice piece of work. Thanks for the pictures.

Pavel

Thank you,

kauaibonsai wrote:hi boon. years ago I had occasion to walk through your garden while attending a GSBF in Oakland. I came away from the visit believing you to be in the top tier of bonsai stylists in america. this is still my opinion today. thanks for sharing your work and your knowledge.

sincerely, sam lee

Sam, Thank you for your kind words, the yard has changed quite a bit since you were here. pls let me know when you come back again.