For our April 4th, 2001 meeting, 16 club members participated in a much anticipated
workshop on buttonwood bonsai. President Paul Weishaar, on one of his cross-
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Because of the extensive variety of specimen that Paul was able to acquire, members
were able to design a vast array of different looking bonsai, from informal upright
to cascade to literati style. Preliminary pruning, wiring, and styling were done
during the course of this meeting. Observers and other club members not styling
their own tree were actively involved in offering suggestions and giving feedback
to those involved. Participants will finish any additional carving or styling at
home, then in June, we will repot the trees into bonsai pots and apply lime sulfur
to bleach the deadwood on the trees. All in all, everyone seemed to have a challenging,
yet enjoyable, time -
Some additional examples of buttonwood bonsai from our workshop -
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Directory of Pictures
- The nursery specimen acquired for our buttonwood workshop
- Cascade style-
designed by ? - Informal Upright style -
designed by Alexander Choi - Another specimen -
designed by ? - Literati style -
designed by Michael Turley, Webmaster
Our thanks to the "unofficial" club photographer, Simon Feng, for his assistance in providing us with a photographic record of our buttonwood bonsai workshop.
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