Bonsai Care Weblog

'General Bonsai Discussion' Category

• Nov

  07

  2008

  Bonsai Plant Guide

  Many trees and shrubs are suitable for traditional bonsai. Good starter stock can be found at a local nursery, Lowes, Home Depot, your own back yard, or a neighbors for that matter. (please ask before digging) Specialty nurseries often have a wide selection of dwarf and semi dwarf varieties of many species. Dwarf plants, however, [...]

  posted in Bonsai Plant selection by admin

• Oct

  14

  2008

  Basic Bonsai Styles

  Check out the Basic Bonsai Styles article for tips on choosing the correct plant and style for your next bonsai design.

  posted in Bonsai Styling 101 by admin

• Oct

  06

  2008

  Introduction to Bonsai Styling 101

  Featuring today’s bonsai artists without including the “Masters” who influenced them most would not be possible so from time to time we plan to interview some the founding legends of this art form and feature bonsai artists from other parts the world such as Morten Albek from Europe and Kenji Miyata from Japan.
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  posted in General Bonsai Discussion by admin

• Sep

  02

  2008

  Welcome to West Coast Bonsai

  "Bonsai is imagination and fantasy. You can’t just scale down a big tree, and put it in a pot. You have to paint the visions held in peoples’ minds." Morten Albek

  This bonsai web site is dedicated to the living art of bonsai. West Coast Bonsai does not claim to be an authority on the art [...]

  posted in General Bonsai Discussion by admin