Author Archives: tony bonsaiko

This is a juniper I’ve collected from someones landscape.  I’ve written about it a couple of times.  I decided to repot this in a corten metal pot.  Metal Pot was custom sized and made.  I wanted something different.  The metal rust has a color similar to the trunk and also it’s  changing like the tree.

  I’ve written about this thuja a couple of times.  I’ve originally envisioned this tree going on a standard bonsai pot but it will have to be a very large pot. This  tree is between 4 to 5 ft tall.  I got inspired by Michael Hagedorn’s  Mt Hemlock forest on slab.  Michael used a Teflon slab but IContinue reading “Thuja on Metal Slab”

This scrappy landscape juniper was part of a massive juniper mass that was removed from a mature landscape. We collected this tree in March of 2015. It was potted in the formica pot that is currently in with pumice and red lava mix. It was fertilized heavily about a month later and throughout the summerContinue reading “Landscape Juniper Progression”

Today is January 1st 2017.  This post is to provide a brief outlook of some of what I’m thinking will be coming up for 2017. It’s been 2 years since I started this blog.   In those 2 short years (in bonsai years), I am amazed at the many benefits I got out of this blog.   Made new friends, learned fromContinue reading “2017 Outlook”

It’s that time of the year again, when I become contemplative about many things, what else do you do when it’s dark and cold outside and you’re forced to stay inside.  I intentionally scheduled no work between Christmas and New Year and take some time off.  I was hoping to catch my breath before 2017 arrives. Continue reading “3 Bonsai Lessons that Can Help with the New Year and Beyond”

Rhododendrons are abundant here in the Pacific Northwest.  I’ve got them in my yard.  I like them especially when the flower for about 2 weeks in the spring.   Most of the time though, they just sit there as shrubs in the background and there’s nothing too special about them.  When I get a call toContinue reading “Saving a 100+ Years Old Rhodie”

Around 2007 my landscape company did a project for one of the Nordstrom brothers in Medina.  To date this is probably the largest landscape project I’ve done since going full time with my business.  They were building a new home at a water front property with some very mature trees.  Except for a few trees,Continue reading “Nordstrom Tree”