Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven. ~Rabindranath Tagore, Fireflies, 1928
Southern Bonsai Blog
Blog about lessons learned growing bonsai in the South
"What I like about bonsai is that it has a beginning but no end. A bud today becomes a branch tomorrow. --John Y. Naka
Proud owner of a Japanese Black Pine
I think every bonsai grower should have a pine. They seem to be the pinnacle of the art and at the heart of the bonsai’s history. I had hesitated for a long time on getting a pine, because their care is much different than a decidous tree. After my recent trip to Bonsai Northshore though, a group of newly grafted japanese black pines caught my eye and I had to have one. The variety is Koto Buki (Pinus thungbergii ‘Koto Buki’), one of the very few true dwarf varieties of Japanese Black Pine, so the maintenance schedule should be much easier than keeping a standard JBP in bonsai shape. It is very young, but I think I will enjoy the final product a lot.
Japanese Black Pine "Koto Buki"
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