vance hanna

Hi Jerry, Isospin, Carl and Jerryrigger,

This is an interesting discussion. I've defaulted to the same conclusions many years ago:

Thought once that 'mini trees had to have mini leaves'...Well that might be so for mini trees.

But we're talking about bonsai. Lord I'll not forget (name withheld) when she came into the club and showed everyone her 'bonsai'. A great bonsai instructor, now passed on, Dean Atkinson was kind enough to try to explain, although she had a nice planting, it was not bonsai. This devastated the 'newbie' and yet, she's stuck it out and become a real advocate during the last ten years in this club!!



Dean's critique was centered on leaf size, composition, branch placement, pot size/scale/color and dimensions etc.



This is where it's at folks. An illusion.



Ah, the illusive nature of bonsai!!

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