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Good morning,
We've got some stunning root on rock bonsai for you today. Bonsai where the rock is the pot. Something for the philosophers to ponder. Also we've got 2021 bonsai calendars. Which will help you keep track of the bonsai year. Also many cutting tools that are not shears are on sale. Shears have hogged the limelight long enough.

Root on Rock Bonsai 

This is what can happen when you have a great rock and excellent plant material to work with (a little skill doesn’t hurt either). It’s by Norboru Kaneko, from our Masters’ Series Juniper book.

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Needle junipers and companions growing on a rock. Like the photo just above, this one is by Norboru Kaneko and also from our Masters’ Series Juniper book. Given what we’ve seen so far, it’s safe to say that Mr Kaneko has achieved a degree of mastery when it comes to root-on-rock bonsai.

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2021 Bonsai Calendar

Beautiful 2021 Japanese Bonsai Calendar. Enjoy 24 powerful bonsai while you check the date on your beautiful new 2021 calendar. Next year you can cut off the dates and enjoy attractive wall hangings in your office, workshop, man-cave, kitchen, wherever you want. Don't miss out on yours! We sold out early last year and we expect these will go even faster.

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With bonsai, it's usually the tree that dominates, even though the pot, (stone, slab or whatever) is considered a critical part of the whole. In this case however, you might decide that it’s the rock that dominates and elevates the planting from very good to extraordinary. The tree is a Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica). The tree, rock and moss belong to David Benavente.

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Koyo Masters Grade Bonsai Tools are known for quality materials and craftsmanship When you hold them in your hand, you can feel and see why they are called Masters grade. Splitting trunks is not something that most people try (unless they are the daring types). But it is something that can yield impressive results. This powerful cutting tool is used for creating jin and shari, to prepare large branches or trunks for bending and for splitting one trunk into two or more

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Here's an equally impressive and improbable Benavente planting. The main tree seems so relaxed and natural given its precarious position. It's a Scot's pine (Pinus sylvestris) and the others are Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica). As with the planting above, there are also ferns and moss. I'll guess the convex slab is man made.

This is a planting by Marc Noelanders. No mention is made of the type tree or what the rock is made of.

Three robust Shimpaku junipers on a stupendous rock. We’ve shown this one more than once, but it’s good enough for at least a fourth or fifth encore. From the Omiya Bonsai Museum.

Sources

David Benavente
Marc Noelanders
Omiya

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