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That’s a Keeper

October 13, 2016 Written by KaizenBonsai

I suppose it’s a dream job for most bonsai nuts. Every year I have to buy between one and two thousand trees. Who wouldn’t love to have a trip around Europe spending a hefty five figure sum on bonsai? I get to see all the new stock when it arrives and all the fresh yamadori long before it is released for sale. The tough bit is that I have to buy trees I can sell of course. I can’t just buy what I personally happen to like. If I did that there would be nothing here for sale and the bills wouldn’t get paid. Mortgage companies do not take trees last time I checked.

The other issue is that when I do buy that ‘special’ tree I tend to get inundated with offers to buy it. So far I have pretty much sold all of my best trees, barring a couple which I have priced out of the market 😉 As a rule any raw material I work into bonsai gets sold in pretty quick order and that makes it tough to keep a nice collection. Also we typically have between two and three thousand plants here and just keeping everything tidy takes more time than I have. As a result a lot of very beautiful raw material is sitting here getting better by the year but rarely getting worked into bonsai.

This year I did my normal winter buying trip and picked up what turned out to be a bit of a sleeper. This big sabina looked like a bunch of junk and was priced accordingly. With my business head on I figured a juniper of that size and price ought to be a bargain but had left my artistic talent at home and could not see the wood for the weeds. However when the tree arrived Ramon and I humped it into the workshop, pulled the weeds and started to see something a bit special. Once we cleaned out some junk and cut away a couple of massive branches (it was over 6′ wide) it became clear i had something a bit special.

Now I have moved it into a smaller pot and lifted a lot of it out of the soil it IS a bit special and is NOT for sale, sorry 🙂 Chances are this will make a nice video project in a years time. Watch this space.

G.

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6 Comments

  1. Peter Peter
    October 16, 2016    

    Wow would like that one in my collection Sabina one of my favorite trees video please and like the pot too very powerful tree.

  2. Leigh Leigh
    October 15, 2016    

    woah !! now that is something special. Just goes to show all that you sacrifice and all the hard work you and the team put in is worth it in the end.

  3. Marcel Lucas Marcel Lucas
    October 14, 2016    

    Yes, a video please!

  4. Nigel Brett Nigel Brett
    October 14, 2016    

    That looks absolutely amazing!

    If you need to make some more room for it I’d be happy to look after a couple of trees for you.

  5. John John
    October 13, 2016    

    Wow Graham what a fantastic tree I don’t blame you for keeping it I look forward to seeing the video.

  6. Derek Stevenson Derek Stevenson
    October 13, 2016    

    Look forward to the video

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