Some of the best junipers come from America, and pines too. Collect ponderosa pines, and rocky mountain junipers are some of the best material availible to be worked with. Many Europeans come out here to the US to collect trees to work on since there is still so much unadulterated land out here with many trees untouched by human hands for centuries.
There has been a retransmission of American style back to Japan. The natural style, American oval, live oak style, whatever you want to call it, is a form that works with the trees' natural form as they appear in the wild in America and applying that to Bonsai styling. It is a successful and charming style that is gaining momentum in the Old World.
oh yeah, please use the edit button nichole, avoid double posts
