Tag Archives: trees

Wrightia religiosa and turkey soup for the bonsai soul

Posted on December 12, 2018 by

You’re in for a treat today! Not only will I be updating the water jasmine I worked on several months ago…..……here’s the tree today….. …..and the tree, back at the end of this blogpost ….but I will also be chronicling … Continue reading →

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Some trees are show-ers, some trees are growers

Posted on December 5, 2018 by

Rainy days and Monday always get me down. What to do on a rainy day while sitting in your PT Loser, waiting for the kids? Well, today, I think I’ll do a little whittling. The tree in the back seat … Continue reading →

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I hear you’re jealous of ficus in Florida….?

Posted on November 15, 2018 by

I’ve heard that many times. Well, damn then, I’m jealous of ficus up North. You all have an opportunity I don’t. More on that towards the end. Let’s take a look at some trees then. This was, in a time … Continue reading →

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Did you just call me escambron again….that’s it, I’m gonna….wait, what, that’s the name of a tree?

Posted on October 1, 2018 by

Escambron, a tree native to Puerto Rico. If you say escambron with just a little bit of the emphasis on the right syllable and slur it a bit, you might just be saying a bad word (shut your mouth…) Let’s … Continue reading →

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Bonsai on Elm Street

Posted on September 24, 2018 by

It’s actually the corner of Randolph and Wallace, but that’s not very euphonious. It is an elm tree. A Chinese elm, for clarification, Ulmus parviflora, which means “small flowered elm”. It is a species from East Asia including China and … Continue reading →

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Face-hugger or Swoosh? You decide

Posted on September 13, 2018 by

Hmmmmmmnnnn…… Inner-est-ing. In case you haven’t figured it out yet, I like to work with non-traditional shapes very often in my art. This is not the first time you have seen this tree…..……nor shall it be the last (….back back, … Continue reading →

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It sometimes seems like I have a Brazilian Raintrees

Posted on August 31, 2018 by

I’ve made it my mission this year to get some of my bigger trees into training pots. I have way too many project trees and not enough time. And I haven’t shown most of them, like the hornbeam and hackberry … Continue reading →

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