.Hairy Hornbeam
Posted on January 1, 2013 by adamaskwhy
http://adamaskwhy.wordpress.com/2013/01 ... -hornbeam/
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"he structure is a little unconventional as far as bonsai design is concerned.
Its taller than the current tastes. But I think it’s very natural looking. In this one I tried to make my bonsai look like a tree and not make my tree look like a bonsai. (That’s a John Naka quote)."
Hairy Hornbeam
Hairy Hornbeam
This is a very nice bog that goes through in text and photos one person's attempt to create a nice bonsai tree out of a small pot-bound scraggly hornbeam. Excellent insight into his process.
"I love science and it pains me to think that so many are terrified of the subject or feel that choosing science means you cannot also choose compassion, or the arts, or be awe by nature. Science is not meant to cure us of mystery, but to reinvent and revigorate it." by Robert M. Sapolsky
Re: Hairy Hornbeam
Ed, did you mean to say, "This is a very nice blog ..." or was that a sophisticated pun? (ha!)
Re: Bald Cypress
Here is another blog in the series dealing with a less than promising bald cypress:
http://adamaskwhy.wordpress.com/2013/01 ... e-of-crap/
http://adamaskwhy.wordpress.com/2013/01 ... e-of-crap/
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"I love science and it pains me to think that so many are terrified of the subject or feel that choosing science means you cannot also choose compassion, or the arts, or be awe by nature. Science is not meant to cure us of mystery, but to reinvent and revigorate it." by Robert M. Sapolsky