Harry mists the tree before starting his deisgn work
on the 400-year old california juniper.
Kaz and Harry seem to communicate by telepathy. They both
go straight to work in silence.
Harry pauses to answer questions. This tree is becoming a moyogi.
The tree is compacted and lowered.
Finished tree, view from the back.
Finsihed tree, view from the front.
Harry and Kaz view their work, a beautiful bonsai in
training won in the benefit drawing by Andrea Wagner.
The tree will stay in its plastic container until next
winter when it will be put in an oversize bonsai pot.
Later I went around my house taking pictures of my bonsai. It's a good
idea to document one's collection so that in case of theft, it's
possible to recover a stolen bonsai and punish the thief or receiver
of the stolen goods. If one knows or suspects he is in possession
of a stolen bonai, he will always live in fear that the rightful
owner might some day spot it.
Seven tree ginkgo forest.
Chokan Brazilian pepper, show tree.
Growing shelf: elm, hibiscus, fig, boutainvillia, juniper, korat.
Growing shelf: liquid amber chokan, left, elm on rock and oak
cascade, center.
California juniper, far left, bougainvillia on rock.
California juniper, center, show tree olive, left.
Show tree olive, center.
Pomegranate forest, center foreground.
Harry's May '03 demo tree in plastic container.
Ron Arias' juniper.
Liquid amber and black pine forests.
Pine and cork oak (show) forests, zelkova (demo tree).
Center right: liquid amber from seed, ponderosa pine from seed.
Right, prostrata juniper 2002 show tree.
Cascade juniper, show tree.
Right, california juniper cascade.
Monterey cypress forest.
Silk oak.
Three junipers, twin bonsai (show), right.
Lower shelf.
Cork oak from seed from the tree that fell at Disneyland.
Cascades on wall.
Center: another cork oak from seed, exposed root style.
Left, exposed root cork oak (styling assistance from Harry Hirao).
Jacaranda forest, upper right.
Another view.
Eucalyptus, right.
Jacaranda forest, right.
Windswept juniper.
Shohin collection, boxwood demo tree (Ed Walters), left.
Winter silhouette show tree, elm, center.
The remaining photos show trees in growing pots.
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Photos by Rick Wagner.