Backyard Bonsai
To be honest, I don’t think anyone else will want to look at these pages; it’s here just to help me keep up with developments in my bonsai. Feel free to look at them if you want to, but know ahead of time that I’m just a beginner. To paraphrase what I heard from someone years ago, I’ve learned what you would expect to learn in the first year of working with bonsai six years in a row. I’ve made the same beginner mistakes time and time again.
But I’m getting better! Really. I am. I haven’t killed a tree since last summer.
Trees
| Althea01 |  |
| Azalea04. Satsuki ‘Chinzan’ |  |
| Boxwood04. Kingsville Boxwood |  |
| Boxwood06. Kingsville Boxwood |  |
| Burning Bush 01 |  |
| Crape Myrtle 01. Lagerstroemia. |  |
| Elm02. Ulmus parfivolia |  |
| Elm03. Ulmus parfivolia ‘Seiju’ |  |
| Hackberry02. Chinese Hackberry |  |
| Hackberry03. American Hackberry |  |
| Korean Hornbeam. Carpinus coreana |  |
| Pine01. Japanese Black Pine |  July 2, 2025 Before cutting candles |
| Pine02. Japanese Red Pine |  July 2, 2025 Before working on new growth |
| Pine03. Japanese Black Pine |  |
| Porcelain Berry |  |
| Spirea 01 |  March 3, 2023 |
| Sweetgum01. Liquidambar styraciflua |  |
| Trident 07. Acer buergerianum |  |
| Wisteria 01 |  |
Bonsai Containers
These are not all of my containers, they’re just the nicer ones, some of which may never hold a tree. Most of these are signed or stamped, though some of them are just there, being pots I like. The organization here is just something I’ve concocted so I can keep up with them. When I have a tree in the pot, I’ll try to include a photo on the pages with details about the pots.
Painted pots
Details and additional photos are here.
| Sensui. Octagon |  |
| Sensui. Hexagon |  |
| Toho. Round |  |
| Tosui. Oval. |  |
| Tosui. Hexagonal Round. |  |
| Tosui. Round |  |
| Tosui. Oval. |  |
| Unknown. Round Cascade. |  |
| Unknown.Oval |  |
Signed/Stamped/Chopped Pots (Japanese)
More details and photographs here.
| Haruyoshi. Rounded Rectangle. |  |
| Kouzan. Oval |  |
| Tosui. Rectangle |  |
| Yamaaki. Oval |  |
| Yozan-Eime. Round. |  |
Signed/Stamped/Chopped Pots (Not Japanese)
| Eli Akins. Round. |  |
| Eli Akins. Oval. |  |
| Eli Akins. Oval. |  |
| Sonny Boggs. Round Cascade. |  |
| Sonny Boggs. Round. |  |
| John Cole. Oval. |  |
| Ching Wen Chen. Oval Cascade. |  |
| Erin. Square Cascade. |  |
| Chuck Iker. Scoop. |  |
| Marjan Mirt.Oval. |  |
| Byron Myrick. Oval. |  |
| Byron Myrick. Round. |  |
| Byron Myrick. Round Cascade. |  |
| Byron Myrick. Round Semi-Cascade. |  |
| Byron Myrick. Oval |  |
| Sara Rayner. Round |  |
| Richard Robinson. Round |  |
| Karen T Shaw. 7″ Square |
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| Michael Thiedeman. Oval. |  |
Unidentified Potter’s Mark
Details and additional photographs here.
| Unidentified Potter. Oval. |  |
| Unidentified Chinese Potter. Rectangle |  |
| Unidentified Chinese Potter. Round |  |
| Unidentified Japanese Potter. Oval |  |
| Unidentified Japanese Potter. Oval |  |
| Unidentified Chinese Potter. Square |  |
| Unidentified Japanese Potter. Round. |  |