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Accents That Bloom In Mid-Spring
Accents with commentary. Enjoy the photo essay- Lewisia cotyledon, common name, Siskiyou Lewisia. Native to southern Oregon, it shares its common name “Siskiyou” with a county, a mountain range, a lake, and a telephone company. The species has many cultivars. The fleshy leaves shrink to nubs in a small pot and hot pink is everyone’s […]
Juniper and Pine displays at Pacific Bonsai Museum
Just opened a week ago, the Avant-Garden bonsai show. This is yet another of the innovative shows by Aarin Packard of the Pacific Bonsai Museum. Eight artists were asked to submit pieces, “evocative compositions that challenge our perceptions of what bonsai can be.” Aarin asked me to submit two pieces to the show. He liked […]
Vine Maple Clump Revisit-
Almost exactly a year ago I posted about the creation of this Vine Maple composition. This post reviews its creation, shares a few tweaks applied to the tree since then, and ends with an “as it looks today” final photo. Where we started in March 2022: an old Vine Maple clump, collected and grown in […]
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