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veritas bonsai blog a simple backyard bonsai adventrue veritas bonsai blog a simple backyard bonsai adventrue skip to content home older posts snaking azalea posted on april 28 2015 by veritas21885 i seemed to have been bitten by the azalea bug i had just one for a few years now but this year i have 4 i will be posting them soon the nicest one i have i got this year and my only yamadori azalea the rest are store bought cheapies if it survives which it should it be quite a sight and joy to develop it has white flower as well i mean look at that trunk and movement almost snake like has a hollow that has mostly healed over but could be a cool feature as you don t really see deadwood in azalea pardon my awesome skillz with a camera here but the hollow continues all the way through not sure if i ll take steps to accentuate this or help it heal over the only thing that i m really kicking my self for is this bad split when i was collecting it i fell backwards dropped the azalea and trying to catch my balance stepped on and cracked the connecting trunk well what are you gonna do but move forward in the future i may just add this to the design since it s already pretty interesting all the wounds are sealed and now we wait and see what it does posted in flowering tagged accident azalea big blog bonsai flower japanese large nebari white leave a comment scrub pines and a hemlock posted on april 16 2015 by veritas21885 my last post included my trip out into the wilderness and looking for some yamadori i didn t however include picture of my findings here are the first three all pinus virginiana apologies as some of the picture are a little out of focus first one is small but has loads of character natural shari s and interesting shape next one lends itself to a semi cascade style naturally due to how it gree in a crack in the rock and has natural shari s and deadwood this one seems to the most vigorous as it was growing in the sunniest spot on the mountain it will be treated pretty soon as the hole could be a borer or something that need to be taken care of lots of dead wood on this small pine this one also had loads on baby cones on it i removed them all so energy wouldn t be wasted this last one is the largest and has a weeping look already to it due to it was growing in a shady pocket i m unsure the age but i think it s rather old judging by the bark and it s size has some interesting dead wood and shari at a break from long ago old bark and nebari last but not least is a 51 old eastern hemlock has great shape bark and spider like nebari the foliage is out on the ends but i already know how to chase back foliage on these plus grafting is really ez on this species as the heal as fast if not faster then bald cypress just keeping them all healthy and alive is my goal for now i ll post an update on these in the summer to see how they are doing and will be studying them to see where i want to take them next up will be that blue spruce you can see in a couple of these pics posted in uncategorized 1 comment yamadori hunt spring 2015 posted on april 15 2015 by veritas21885 the great hunt for yamadori this year went great it was a climbing adventure and without further ado the pictures day 1 the first thing i ran into was this amazing waterfall it was cold and refreshing i didn t drink it though some of the cliffs that i went snooping around these two where candidates but the roots where close to 10 before it went into the mountain scrub pines eastern white pine growing in a random pocket of a rock i could have lifted it up with one hand but there where no close branches and it was best left where it was slightly dazed and confused at the top taking a breather at the end of the day i found an eastern hemlock that is rather fantastic and it s 51 years old was growing on top of a rock and had many fine roots and 3 tap roots so collection was ez and has a great chance of survival day 2 i was a little more daring and climbed up some cliffs that are rather precarious but i saw some excellent tree s that were requiring my attention it is a rather full and vigorous scrub pine that was the first pine i collect on the trip the next cliff was much higher and had lots of pockets to explore i found a rather old tree scrub pine growing in a small cliff that looked like it had a hard life the only problem is it was a couple hundred feet up and took a while to get up safely let alone bring the larger tree down again another issue is there was lots of caves and poop that either belonged to a bear or mountain lion we didn t see anything but i kept my eyes out can you find me in this picture little closer closer still at the ledge standing on a nearby rock see something poking out where the old pine sat done for the day due to exhaustion and getting late i spotted one more that seemed to wanted to come home with me now wait where are these tree s from this trip patience young padawan i ll be doing another post very soon that go into full detail on the 3 scrub pines and hemlock i got from this trip posted in adventure tagged adventure big blog bonsai cliff conifer hemlock pine pinus scrub yamadori leave a comment juniper another big on posted on april 6 2015 by veritas21885 i have always admired those large junipers with twisty dead wood well i finally going to start my own journey with one it s a beast right at the limit of being able to pick it up and took a little while to dig up all that s left to do now is keep it healthy as it recovers enjoy the pics close up of the foliage lots of deadwood to work with and will be worked once the tree has recovered i did a quick virtual to see where i wanted to take this and of the few that i did this is what i settled on i think it would really be something i could be proud of and even show worthy if i can pull this off time will tell but i m pretty excited to see where this one goes posted in conifer tagged adventure big blog bonsai conifer japanese juniper large yamadori leave a comment big baldy posted on april 1 2015 by veritas21885 well i ve been away for ever on here but i have been working on my collection starting with this large bald cypress it has really fantastic root base and already leans itself toward a flat top style i have a few really large tree s now that i build a new platform for all my huge trees much more coming now and lots of new tree s posted in conifer tagged bald blog bonsai conifer cypress japanese large leave a comment more snow posted on february 27 2015 by veritas21885 i really like snow but after my 3rd storm it seems like spring will never get here posted in uncategorized leave a comment i haz pots posted on february 20 2015 by veritas21885 well not that kind of potz this kind a couple are nicer from iker but most are just cheaper ones but will be used none the less these couple red ones could look good for a jade that i have soon to be written about what do you think for being cheaper pots i think they aren t to bad another cheaper pot that i could find a use the next few are ones that came in bonsai that i bought nothing special but will be used this spring i bought a couple testers to see the quality from iker pottery and i m thoroughly impressed i will be ordering from there again very soon the attention to detail is very impressive and the build of them feels very solid this next one is not a bonsai pot as i was given it for christmas the problem with it while very nice and solid it has no feet wire holes and a very small drainage holes i have a set of diamond hole saws so that part is not a big issue it s the feet part i m sure i can figure something out but we shall see i really like the unique shape and color i m giving it a testing below in other news were having record cold here i mean it s cold low of 4 and that not counting windchill had to pile on the snow and put some in my garage because that s just cold spring is seeming so far away ugggggg posted in pots tagged blog blue bonsai japanese pot leave a comment old man winter is angry posted on february 17 2015 by veritas21885 usually this time of year it s starting to warm up around here not so this year i m pretty happy about it because i work at a university so i have the day off plus i love snow bonsai season is right around the corner and there s much to do can t wait posted in adventure tagged snow winter leave a comment snow posted on january 28 2015 by veritas21885 we don t get snow often in virginia beach but we got a light dusting with the crazy storm that went through the north east i love snow so this was pretty exciting for me not a lot going on with the outdoor trees but i seemed to have been bit by tropical bug much to come as i m building a large tropical display stay tuned posted in uncategorized leave a comment instant bonsai posted on january 19 2015 by veritas21885 figured i d give a go at this since where all doing it lately this is a blue spruce that i styled the last couple days i would of had it done in one but you know family and work get in the way of the important stuff p any who i left more branches then i need because i didn t want to remove to much just yet with out in a pot and mulling over the tree more for now i ll enjoy it repot in spring leave it alone till fall when i ll decided what i want to remove keep spruce are one of the few tree that you can style and work on in winter their sap flow is down branches are flex able though thats a double edge sword with spruce and they can take the abuse this time of year if they have not been re potted that previous spring i have a couple more spruce comeing up and a little more pics as i do them to i m still working on being a better blogger too on with the pics also please enjoy my awesome photography skillz decent front for now anyway from below don t mind some of the messy wiring i m a real pro in real life from above sitting on the bench enjoying some sun finally after all this rain look at all those bonsai that need pots gonna be a busy spring this year hate it like it or just meh lol posted in conifer tagged big blog blue bonsai conifer japanese large spruce style wire leave a comment older posts categories adventure conifer deciduous flowering pots technique tropical uncategorized archives archives select month april 2015 february 2015 january 2015 december 2014 veritas bonsai blog create a free website or blog at wordpress com veritas bonsai blog create a free website or blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed veritas bonsai blog join 28 other subscribers sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy veritas bonsai blog subscribe subscribed sign up log in report this content view site in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email required name required website design a site like this with wordpress com get started