http://blogs.knowledgeofbonsai.org/rob_kempinski Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:14:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday we dropped off trees for the 2010 Walt Disney World EPCOT Flower and Garden show. This is the 15th or 16th year that the Bonsai Societies of Florida and Walt Disney World have jointly arranged this long exhibition. Over a million people see the bonsai trees at ... http://blogs.knowledgeofbonsai.org/rob_kempinski/2010/03/04/2135/ I spent an afternoon down at the Old Florida Nursery advising Richard Turner on his Japanese Black Pine stock. Richard has been developing some tremendous bonsai material for the past many years and is finally opening for business. A few years ago he started growing Japanese Black Pine ... http://blogs.knowledgeofbonsai.org/rob_kempinski/2010/02/16/visiting-old-florida-nursery/ Here is an update from 2010 of this Florida Elm Broom. Here it was in 2009 After thinning and a bit of wire but only on the heavier branches as this tree's growth is too prolific for lots of wire. Clip and grow works well for elms. The pot is from ... http://blogs.knowledgeofbonsai.org/rob_kempinski/2010/02/09/broom-updates/ I went to the Kawa Bonsai Society annual club show that they call the Joy of Bonsai. Here are some exhibit trees. The red and black ribbons show the award winners. This one had a different sort of display. Here is a close up of the accent. They had Suthin Sokusolovisit for workshops ... http://blogs.knowledgeofbonsai.org/rob_kempinski/2010/02/04/joy-of-bonsai-kawa-2010/ UPDATE: Dateline February 2010 My Chinese elm broom is pushing the soil out of the pot so time for a repot and buds are popping. Look at the roots. Here it is after repotting. I found a photo from 2001 that I scanned. UPDATE: Last year I posted there ... http://blogs.knowledgeofbonsai.org/rob_kempinski/2010/02/03/chinese-elm-2010/ Here are a couple of brand new projects. The first is a Japanese Black Pine group planting with three seedlings I grew from seed. I planted them together two years ago and decided to do some initial shaping and put them in a pot by Jim Smith, of Vero Beach. ... http://blogs.knowledgeofbonsai.org/rob_kempinski/2010/01/27/some-new-starts/ Here is an update of this Florida Elm as of January 2010. IT's a variety of windswept style that occurs during a hurricane, as in Hurricane Wilma. Now in a pot by Tom Dimmig. The recent cold weather insured this tree would be in a leafless state. Probably will ... http://blogs.knowledgeofbonsai.org/rob_kempinski/2010/01/24/florida-elm-styled-by-wilma/ With the blast of arctic air penetrating Florida I have temporarily moved my tropical and sensitve trees indoors or in my garage. While in there I took a few photos. My purple bougy starting to make a few flowers. Indoors won't help out the process. And how about some fall ... http://blogs.knowledgeofbonsai.org/rob_kempinski/2010/01/03/cold-weather/ This Juniper needed a makeover do to losing a couple of branches. It's a Juniper San Jose trunk with Juniper shimpaku grafted to it. Here is what it looked like a few years ago. I repotted it a few days ago. Looks like a puff ball on a stick. ... http://blogs.knowledgeofbonsai.org/rob_kempinski/2010/01/01/juniper-makeover/ I'm in the midst of repotting lots of trees. Here's a peek at several shohin trees. Some are show ready and some are just starting out. A Dwarf Yaupon Holly, (Ilex vomitoria Schillings nana) mini display with a small house plant foliage. The Ilex is in a Chinese Xjing pot. ... http://blogs.knowledgeofbonsai.org/rob_kempinski/2009/12/30/shohin-on-parade/