Bonsai

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Bonsai on display at Pacific Bonsai Museum, Spring 2018.
Bougainvillea (#Bougainvilleaglabra) / In training as a bonsai since 1988 / Original artist: James Smith.
“Captain Hook” / Sierra Juniper (#Juniperusoccidentalis) / a bonsai since 2011 / Original artist: Ryan Neil.
Chinese wisteria / Wisteria sinensis / Bonsai since 1977 by Ikune Sawada.
Toringo Crabapple (Malus sieboldii); In training as a bonsai since 1978; Original artist: Bill Valavanis.
Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) / in training as a bonsai since: 2000 / original artist: David So.
‘Domoto Maple’ / Trident Maple (Acer buergerianum) / In training as a bonsai since before 1913. Artist: Toicho Domoto. Donated to Pacific Bonsai Museum by the Domoto family.
Chinese Elm (#UlmusParvifolia) / In training as a bonsai since 1985 / Original artist: Jiu Wei Huang.
Chinese elm (#Ulmusparvifolia) // In training since 1975 // Original artist: Jiu Wei Huang.
Chinese Hackberry, Celtis sinensis // a bonsai since 1962 by Ben Oki.
Sierra Juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) / In training as a bonsai since 1991 / Original artist: Masaharu Imazumi.
Japanese Beech / (Fagus crenata ‘Fuji’), in training as a bonsai since 1958; original artist: Kazuhiro Ohashi.
Trident Maple (Acer buergerianum) Forest Planting, starting to turn colors for autumn / In training as a bonsai since 1971 / Original artist: John Planting.
Japanese White Pine (Pinus parvifolia) / Original artist: Yasuo Mitsuya.
Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata) // In training as a bonsai since [unknown]; estimated “birth year” (estimated date of seed germination): 1700 // Original artist: Isao Omachi.
Twin trunked Formosan Juniper (Juniperus formosana), in training as a bonsai since 1960; Original artist: Amy Liang.
Eastern Larch #Larixlaricina / in training as a bonsai since: 1972 / original artist: Nick Lenz.
Trident Maple #acerbuergeranium “Root over rock” style / in training as a bonsai since 1950 / Original artist: Yu-Ho Chui.
Satsuki azalea (Rhododendron x indicum ‘Gyoten’) / In training as a bonsai since: 1970 / Original artist: Dr Robert Callaham.
Silverberry (Elaeagnus pungens); in training as a bonsai since 1946; original artist: Kiyoko Hatanaka.
Root-over-rock Pacific Douglas Fir styled by Ryan Neil, in a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired container by Ron Lang, with copper-clad wooden stand by Austin Heitzman. Made for our LAB (Living Art of Bonsai) project, 2018-20.
Japanese Maple Forest (#acerpalmatum)/ In training as a bonsai since 1970 / Original artist: Warren Hill
Flowering Plum (Prunus pissardii) from the Naka Collection by John Naka // Bonsai since 1967.
Needle Juniper (Juniperus rigid) / In training as a bonsai since 1972 / Original artist: Timothy Boyle.
Japanese maple with buds / Acer palmatum / ca 1963 / Bonsai since 1968 by George Gray.
Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum), in training as a bonsai since 1956; Original artist: Kai Kawahara.
Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum), in training as a bonsai since 1956; Original artist: Kai Kawahara.
Bonsai on display at Pacific Bonsai Museum, May 2020.
Creeping Juniper raft bonsai (Juniperus horizontalis) planted on a Mexican “Wonder Rock.” Original artist: John Naka. In training as a bonsai since: 1955.
Rocky Mountain Juniper (Juniperus scopulorum); In training as a bonsai since 1964; Original artist: Bob Kataoka.
Chinese juniper forest (Juniperus chinensis var. sargentii); In training as a bonsai since 1972; Original Artist: Toshio Kawamoto; Tokyo, Japan.
Bonsai on display at Pacific Bonsai Museum with spring landscape, May 2018.
Bald cypress / Taxodium distichum / In training as a bonsai since 1972; Original artist: Vaughn Banting.
Blue Atlas Cedar demonstrates the Principle of Rhythm. (Cedrus atlanticus ‘glauca’) // ca 1945 // Bonsai since 1969 // by Bill Hatashita.
Bonsai on display at Pacific Bonsai Museum, August 2019.
Japanese Wisteria (Wisteria floribunda); In training as a bonsai since 1983; Original artist: Percy Hampton.
“Asahara” (Mountain) Hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana); in training since 1990s; Donated by the Asahara family.
Satsuki azalea (Rhododendron x indicum); In training as a bonsai since 1990; Original artist: Leo Cunningham.
Japanese Larch Forest, Larix kaempferi / Bonsai since 1976 by Taki Nagasawa and Amy Liang.
Flowering Plum (Prunus pissardii) from the Naka Collection by John Naka // Bonsai since 1967.
Catlin Elm // No. 130// Started from a cutting in 1970 // By John Naka // with rock from Black Lava Mountain, WA.
“Captain Hook” / Sierra Juniper (#Juniperusoccidentalis) / a bonsai since 2011 / Original artist: Ryan Neil.
Chinese Juniper on Sierra Juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. sargentii / Juniper occidentalis var. australis); in training as a bonsai since: 1970; Original artist: Ken Sugimoto.
Sierra Juniper / Juniperus occidentalis / a bonsai since 1957 by Masaharu Imazumi.
Coast Redwood (Sequioa sempervirons) // In training as a bonsai since: 1957 // Original artist: Toichi Domoto.
Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina); A bonsai since: 1986; Original artist: Leo Cunningham.
Bonsai on display at Pacific Bonsai Museum, May 2019.
Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis) created by Ryan Neil for our LAB project.
Bonsai on display at Pacific Bonsai Museum, Autumn 2018.
Bonsai on display at Pacific Bonsai Museum, May 2018.
Mountain Hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) // A bonsai since 1995 // Original artist: Mary Corrington.
Bonsai on display at Pacific Bonsai Museum, May 2018.
Bonsai on display at Pacific Bonsai Museum, May 2019.
Bonsai on display at Pacific Bonsai Museum, May 2019.
Korean Yew (Taxus cuspidata) // A bonsai since 1986 by Su Hyung Yoo.
Tropical bonsai on display at Pacific Bonsai Museum, Conservatory, April 2020.
Bonsai on display in the winter enclosures at Pacific Bonsai Museum, December 2019.

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