Ice Mountain

(Above) Diane won the raffle for the finished demo pine. (Left) Mark Bynum and I work on a collected juniper.

Tree # 303

Species: Ponderosa pine

Estimated Age: 100 Years

Collected: 5/09

Price:  $225     Shipping: $80

Comments: Lots of old character to start with.

Tree # 304 Sold FA

Species: Ponderosa pine

Estimated Age: 50 years

Collected: 5/09

Price:  $85     Shipping: $30  

Comments: A great base and plenty of branches to work with.

Tree # 305 Sold TI

Species: Ponderosa pine

Estimated Age:  130 Years

Collected: 5/09

Price:  $275     Shipping: $125

Comments: Charming trunk.  Lots of possibilities.

Tree # 306 Sold

Species: Ponderosa pine

Estimated Age: 25 years

Collected: 5/09

Price: $150    Shipping: $50

Comments: This is a five-tree clump, the end result of a sprouted cone.

Tree # 307 Sold TI

Species: Rocky Mt juniper

Estimated Age: 150 years

Collected: 5/09

Price:  $ 200    Shipping: $75

Comments: A literati style tree with shari up the whole face of the trunk.

Tree # 308

Species: Black Hills spruce

Estimated Age: 10 Years

Collected: 5/09

Price:  $85     Shipping: $25

Comments: 8 small spruce in a ceramic pot

Tree # 309 Sold TI

Species: Rocky Mtn juniper

Estimated Age:  300 Years

Collected: 5/09

Price:  $625     Shipping: $125

Comments: Spiral deadwood. A great future for this one.

Tree # 311

Species:

Estimated Age:

Collected:

Price:  $     Shipping: $

Comments:

A beautiful old Colorado spruce growing in a rock crevice. Still there.

Tree # 312

Species: Ponderosa pine

Estimated Age:  130 Years

Collected: 5/09

Price:  $250     Shipping: $85

Comments: Lots of character here and some very flexible branches.

Tree # 313

Species: Rocky Mt juniper

Estimated Age: 80 years

Collected: 5/09

Price:  $125     Shipping: $45

Comments: I think start by pulling the two right branches down. Then maybe make a semi-cascade.

Tree # 314

Species: Ponderosa Pine

Estimated Age: 100 Years

Collected: 5/09

Price:  $150     Shipping: $60

Comments: Great trunk. Very graceful.

I’ll be attending the Mid-America Bonsai Alliance show in Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 25th-27th, 2010. Also, the Mid-west Bonsai show  at the Chicago Botanic Gardens in August 2010. And in June 2011 I’ll be at the ABS/BCI bonsai Convention and Learning Seminar in Louisville, Kentucky. Come join us!

I had a great time in Dallas- Fort Worth. Thanks to everyone that attended.