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
I give you…the bonsai lineup
Finally got moved to a new house with a lot more room inside and out. The yard is a blank slate of possibilities for planting and I’m really trying to ramp up my landscaping skills. Hopefully, this will translate into a better yard, and some better collected bonsai specimens in the future. My bonsai are not in the best of spots, but it will do for now. After over 4 weeks of high temperatures being between 98-100 degrees, several are showing signs of severe stress. The southern climate can be a tough one, but I’ve chosen trees that have proven themselves to be winners in this area. It hasn’t been fun watering every single day without fail for over a month, but it will hopefully pay off with some prized bonsai specimens. Here’s the lineup:
