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Bonsai inspirations from recent trip
Posted: October 7th, 2014, 8:10 pm
by ToddB
My wife and I recently spent 6 weeks travelling through Canada, the Pacific North West of USA and California. I've attached a few of the several hundred photos I took of trees: Individual trees, groves of trees and trees in the landscape. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do and I'll post a few more if people would like me to.
My favorite tree of the entire trip: the venerable Sugar Pine.
California Pt 1
The President_Giant Sequoia_Worlds Second Largest Tree.jpg
Sugar Pines_Sequoia National Park.jpg
Sugar Pines_Giant Sequoias.jpg
Sugar Pines 2_ Sequoia National Park.jpg
Re: Bonsai inspirations from recent trip
Posted: October 7th, 2014, 8:30 pm
by ToddB
California Pt 2
Giant Sequoias_Calaveras Nth Grove.jpg
Jeffrey Pine_Near Sierra Buttes.jpg
Boy Scout Redwood_Jed Smith Park.jpg
Chesty Puller Redwood_Jed Smith Park.jpg
Re: Bonsai inspirations from recent trip
Posted: October 7th, 2014, 8:50 pm
by ToddB
California Pt 3
Montaine Jeffrey_Ponderosa Pine_Sequoia National Park.jpg
Montaine Sierra Juniper_Jeffrey Pine_Yosemite.jpg
Red Fir 2_Lassen Park.jpg
Red Fir Natural bonsai_Lassen Park.jpg
Red Fir_Lassen Park.jpg
Re: Bonsai inspirations from recent trip
Posted: October 7th, 2014, 9:00 pm
by Boics
Awesome!
Red Firs FTW!
Re: Bonsai inspirations from recent trip
Posted: October 7th, 2014, 9:11 pm
by ToddB
Canada (B.C.)
Moss covered Doug fir in front of Western Hemlock.jpg
Western Redcedar 3m diameter_Cougar mountain.jpg
Washington State Olympic National Park
Doug-fir silhouette.jpg
Sitka Spruce Hoh River.jpg
Sitka Spruce 3m dia Quinault.jpg
Big Doug fir at Lake Quinault.jpg
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Re: Bonsai inspirations from recent trip
Posted: October 7th, 2014, 9:45 pm
by boom64
Very impressive ,great photos.
Re: Bonsai inspirations from recent trip
Posted: October 8th, 2014, 6:36 am
by kcpoole
Lovely trees and thanks for posting.
Collecting some of them would be a real challenge! but I am sure alpine might give it a go
Ken
Re: Bonsai inspirations from recent trip
Posted: October 8th, 2014, 6:49 am
by ToddB
kcpoole wrote:Lovely trees and thanks for posting.
Collecting some of them would be a real challenge! but I am sure alpine might give it a go
Ken
Re: Bonsai inspirations from recent trip
Posted: October 8th, 2014, 6:59 am
by alpineart
Hi ToddB , Mate there is some magnificent inspiration in those pics . I have collected a few Redwoods and Douglas Firs from up here
. Not quite as big as those Monsters ,but the stands here where very impressive for 100 year old tree's
. I think it would be easier to build a pot or tray around them and call them Super size Mountain Bonsai
.
Thanks for sharing your pics .
Cheers Alpine
Re: Bonsai inspirations from recent trip
Posted: October 8th, 2014, 6:59 am
by alpineart
Hi ToddB , Mate there is some magnificent inspiration in those pics . I have collected a few Redwoods and Douglas Firs from up here
. Not quite as big as those Monsters ,but the stands here where very impressive for 100 year old tree's
. I think it would be easier to build a pot or tray around them and call them Super size Yamadori Mountain Bonsai
.
Thanks for sharing your pics .
Cheers Alpine
Re: Bonsai inspirations from recent trip
Posted: October 8th, 2014, 7:03 am
by Reece
The american wilderness is AWESOME.
Re: Bonsai inspirations from recent trip
Posted: October 14th, 2014, 6:53 pm
by adge0001
I wish we had native conifers![CONFOUNDED FACE]
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Re: Bonsai inspirations from recent trip
Posted: October 14th, 2014, 7:44 pm
by ToddB
adge0001 wrote:I wish we had native conifers![CONFOUNDED FACE]
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We do mate...
Auracaria, Agathis, Athrotaxus, Calitris, Podocarpus...to name a few genera.