Yanashimi Bonsai: Shohin Bonsai

sources : http://www.artofbonsai.org/galleries/shohin.php

Shohin Bonsai

Acer palmatum

Morten Albek - Denmark
Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum)
Height: 7cm / 3 inches
Pot: Housen (Japan)

Walter Pall
Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum)
19 cm, shohin
30 years old, from general tree nursery

Morten Albek
Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum)
Height: 5 in, 13 cm
Pot: Bikoh (Japan)

Bucida spinosa

Enrique Castano
Bucida spinosa
25 cm
Pot: Klika and Kuratkova

Carpinus turczaninovi

Mario Komsta
Carpinus turczaninovi
Shohin 18 cm
Pot: Tokoname

Mario Komsta
Carpinus turczaninovi
Shohin 18 cm
Pot: Antique Chinese

Celastrus orbiculatus

Mario Komsta
Celastrus orbiculatus
Mini 11 cm
Pot: Tokoname

Celtis sinensis

Robert Kempinski Chinese hackberry (Celtis sinensis) Shohin, Japanese pot

Chaenomeles japonica

Morten Albek
Japanese Quince (Chaenomeles japonica)
Height: 5 in, 13 cm
Pot: Elsebeth Ludvigsen (DK)

Chamaecyparis obtusa

Karl Thier
Chamaecyparis obtusa
from garden nursery
25 cm
about 23 Years
Pot Ingrid Kralovec

Conocarpus erectus

Robert Kempinski
Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus)
9 inches wide, pot by J. Baccus

Cotoneaster horisontalis

Morten Albek
Rockspray Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horisontalis)
9.5 cm, 3.7 inches
Nursery stock in training since 1998
Age app. 18 years (1990)
Pot: John Pitt

Crataegus laevigata

Karl Thier
Hawthorn (Crataegus laevigata)
Height: 8.27 in, 21 cm
Pot: Josef Mairhofer
Categories: Shohin

Ficus

Robert Kempinski
Willow leaf Ficus (Ficus nerifolia 'Wasabi')
8 inches wide, signed Japanese pot

Robert Kempinski
Golden Gate Ficus (Ficus microcarpa retusa 'Kinmen')
Shohin, Japanese volcano rock, Chinese pot

Gymnopodium floribundum

Enrique Castano
Gymnopodium floribundum
25 cm
Pot: Klika and Kuratkova

Hisbicus

Min Hsuan Lo
Hisbicus (Hisbicus)
Height: 4.72 in, 12 cm
Pot: Japanese

Ilex serrata

Daan Giphart
Ilex serrata
Height: 10 in, 25 cm
Pot: Okuruyama

Juniperus chinesis

Robert Kempinski
Simpaku Juniper (Juniperus chinesis shimpaku/sargentii)
Itogawa foliage grafted on to J. San Jose trunk
7 inches high, pot by Robert Kempinski

Juniperus procumbens

Thomas Mozden
Juniperus procumbens
10" h (25 cm)
Pot: Tokoname

Thomas Mozden
Juniperus procumbens
9" h (23 cm)
Pot: houtoku

Thomas Mozden
Juniperus procumbens
7" (18 cm)
Pot: Tokoname

Malpighia coccigera

Min Hsuan Lo
Malpighia coccigera
12cm

Lagerstroemia indica

Robert Kempinski
Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica 'Pokomoke')
Shohin, pot by Horst Heinzreitler

Lonicera nitida

Morten Albek - Denmark
Shohin-bonsai summer display.
Main tree: Honeysuckle (Lonicera nitida)

Olea europea

Carlos Brandão (Portugal)
Olive (Olea europea)
Height: 7.08 in, 18 cm
Pot: Yixing

Mike Page
Olive (Olea europaea)
Height: 5 in, 12.7 cm
Pot: Dick Ryerson

Pinus Mugo

Marinko Beg
Mugo Pine (Pinus mugo)
Height: 5 in, 13 cm
Stone: Ibigawa

Pinus parviflora

Morten Albek - Denmark
Japanese White Pine (Pinus parviflora)
Height: 15 cm / 6 inches
Pot: Isabelia, Czech Republic

Pinus rigida

Christine Hayward
Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida) 9" (22cm) H
Pot by Nick Lenz
Collected 18 or so years ago as a seedling growing in a dirt parking lot on Cape Cod, with her lunch spoon.