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Category Archives: progression
From the brink….
The back story…… Early February, 2017. Gulfport Mississippi, on a tour. I’m at Buck’s house, working on trees. A lot of trees. I did some carving on a podocarpus. Wired it up too. That was fun. Did some touch up carving … Continue reading
Posted in branch placement, goings, progression, refine, roots, wiring
Tagged adamaskwhy, bonsai, carissa macrocarpa, mississippi, natal plum, trees
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Not your dad’s bonsai anymore
I wasn’t going to write a blogpost on this tree but, interestingly, when I posted it on the Socialmediaverse, I got a bunch of people asking me to do a write up. A ficus Benjamina.The weeping fig. It belongs to Cosette, who got … Continue reading
Posted in branch placement, progression, refine, roots, wiring
Tagged bonsai, ficus benjamina, trees, weeping fig
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Developing The Tree
You might remember this tree, its was featured in the epic, groundbreaking and confirmationally biased blogpost, ” I use some fancy words to justify my defoliation habit, go figure“. It’s a ficus microcarpa, sometimes described as a “ginseng”, as though it’s a … Continue reading
Posted in maintenance, philosophical rant, progression, rare finds, refine
Tagged bonsai, ficus microcarpa, Ginseng ficus, retusa, wire scars
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Some recent projects
If you’ve been following my social media exploits, you’ll recognize some of these trees. If not, why not? I’m twice as clever over on the Instabooks and the Face-a-gram, not to mention I’m a big Twit when I tweet. Let’s … Continue reading
Posted in Horticulture and growing, maintenance, pictures, progression
Tagged bonsai, ficus, repotting
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Building a maple or two
Whoa?! What?Are you drilling holes in trees again Adam? It looks like one of those parasitic worms trying to stick its tendrils into a tree and the tree is trying to get away. How about we start at the beginning? … Continue reading
Ficus Maximus 2: Dark Side of The Nook
Love that trunk, love the tree. You remember it from April, right? This post? And like that post, it seems I have a beer at my right hand again, funny that. It’s been several months and the tree is ready … Continue reading
Posted in branch placement, maintenance, progression, refine
Tagged banyan, bonsai, ficus microcarpa, nitida
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Snoozing in the shade of a banyan
You remember this tree? It made an appearance earlier this year in a post called Time of the Ficus, in which I not only gave a pretty good breakdown of wiring using proper anchors but also presented a thoughtful essay on the … Continue reading
Posted in branch placement, Horticulture and growing, progression, refine, updates
Tagged banyan, bonsai, ficus microcarpa, fig, Ginseng ficus, retusa
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