Diggin’ up pines
Josh Wearne Bonsai
by joshwearnebonsai00
3y ago
Talk to anyone who’s been practicing bonsai for a number of years, and they’ll tell you that the best trees are the ones that are found in nature. Not only because of the natural character that they acquire through years of being left alone to deal with the elements, but also cause they usually only cost time and effort Around my area there’s a number of different species that I can readily dig up but without doubt for me the pines hold the most character and interest. If you live near a plantation of sorts then there’s an almost guarantee to find interesting trees to dig up (provided that th ..read more
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Creating a larch forest
Josh Wearne Bonsai
by joshwearnebonsai00
3y ago
This is a time lapse of the Japanese larch forest that Kim and I made together. It was made to look as realistic as possible which is easier with a rectangular pot and trees that naturally grow in a forest style. Surprisingly it only took 2 hours to put together not counting the creation of the pots and getting the plants. This is what it looked after putting it all together, and for ordinary nursery stock, a couple rocks from a paddock, wood from the hardware store and a bit of moss I’m pretty happy with it. My opinion of a forest style bonsai has a bit of texture to the ground (hills, rocky ..read more
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Bonsai for $20
Josh Wearne Bonsai
by joshwearnebonsai00
3y ago
One thing that is constantly discussed in bonsai is the cost of trees. Even at specialist bonsai nurseries plants can be expensive and in this post I’ll try my best to explain what I looked for in ordinary nursery stock. I went down to one of the local nurseries (who at the time were having a sale) and started to look through plants. A few rules I follow: Go in with an open mind (don’t expect to find exactly what you want because more than likely you won’t. Look around and see if there’s anything that stands out) Price (try to get a reasonable budget and stick to it) Size (if you’re new to bo ..read more
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Picking nursery stock
Josh Wearne Bonsai
by joshwearnebonsai00
3y ago
One of the most rewarding experiences with designing bonsai is the choosing of nursery (untrained) material, styling it and then putting it into a suitable bonsai pot. This post will be exclusively about picking nursery material, what to look for, when to buy and what to expect after buying a tree. What to look for: Good looking surface roots or roots that aren’t crossing over each other or the trunk. Remember surface roots (nebari) can be made overtime. A good trunk taper. For a smaller tree this isn’t as important but it’s always one of the first few things that people look at. Even branchi ..read more
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Starting a hornbeam
Josh Wearne Bonsai
by joshwearnebonsai00
3y ago
In bonsai there are a few different categories such as deciduous, evergreen, flowering, broadleaf, conifer, etc. So when someone says a deciduous broadleaf usually the first tree people think about is a maple and more specifically the Japanese maple. But this post will be about two particular Japanese hornbeams that I had to get ready for a customer before early spring. The first Hornbeam Here’s the first of the two and the reason I chose this plant was because it has a reasonably good amount of lower branches. Plus the apex of the tree can always be adjusted or pruned. It had just lost it’s ..read more
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Bonsai in the making
Josh Wearne Bonsai
by joshwearnebonsai00
3y ago
I was recently asked what trees I was selling and I didn’t really have a good enough response for them. So in this post I’ll write mainly about what I have at the current time available and then a list of the species that I’m either looking for or some that I’m going to buy but need to wait to get to the local nursery. If you know of or own a business that you believe would benefit from selling bonsai (whether it’s in Australia or not) please do contact me because that would help me out enormously. In this photo I don’t have all the trees that I’m selling, but those that I have bought this ye ..read more
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Styling a large buxus
Josh Wearne Bonsai
by joshwearnebonsai00
3y ago
This is the large Faulkner box that I’ll be writing about in this post. A bit of background information: I was working at the back of the local nursery and found what I thought was a tree with a lot of potential and asked what I could do with it and it turns out that it was going to be thrown out. So with a bit of talking I was able to obtain it and it’s been sitting in the garden being fertilised and watered ever since just blending in. I had cut off all the dead branches coming out of it before the photo. As it shows in the picture it’s a bit leggy and had a lot of patches of orange/yellow ..read more
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Rescuing a juniper
Josh Wearne Bonsai
by joshwearnebonsai00
3y ago
In this post I’ll be writing about this juniper here. In the picture it doesn’t look like all that much but it’s definitely not a finished product, and I guess with bonsai a tree is never finished. A little history: It was generously given to me by the local bonsai club and I was told that it was owned by a previous member who had unfortunately passed away and his family couldn’t take care of it. It’s 26 years old which means that it was created in 1991 and a juniper of an unknown variety. It was in a pot which was way too small for it and by looking at the roots had spent maybe up to 2-3 yea ..read more
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