An envelope with old photos accompanied each specimen and we took a considerable amount of time explaining his past development and future development of the maple bonsai. I was fortunate to purchase 18 additional maple bonsai. ![]() We went over the history of these two large and heavy bonsai and then envelopes came out with old photos of their development during the past 35 years.īecause of health reasons Clive is reducing his bonsai collection and has donated specimens to the Hidden Lake Garden Bonsai Collection. On the way home from the Midwest Bonsai Show we stopped at his home to see his collection and pick up the tremendous gifts he so generously gave me. Several months ago Clive sent me some photos of his best two Koto Hime Japanese maple bonsai and wanted to give them to me for their future development. All of his trees are extremely healthy and have produced numerous long shoots which will provide additional cuttings, air layers or branches for grafting. Many of his trees are air layered and some have been ground layered to improve surface root display. ![]() Considering that branches of Koto Hime Japanese maple are quite thin and brittle this is quite an accomplishment. He has successfully experimented with thread and approach grafting techniques used to add branches, roots and trunks to improve bonsai design. The plant was grown then cuttings were taken and trained for bonsai. In the early 1980s he purchased a small rooted cutting from me and the rest is history. Through the decades Clive has mastered the propagation and training of maple bonsai specializing in the Koto Hime Japanese maple. He is a member of the Ann Arbor Bonsai Society in Michigan and has displayed several of his trees in their shows. Clive successfully worked quietly by himself perfecting his propagation and bonsai training techniques. He was a “closet enthusiast” according to long time friend, Jack Wikle. Now retired, he spends his time as a serious bonsai enthusiast with his hobby started over 40 years ago. Professionally, Clive was an excavating contractor for over 30 years and was known as “The Pond Man” because he installed water features. It continued to be pushed away from tree roots so Clive inserted a bolt in the back of the stone and bolted it to a tree in the back to prevent additional movement. His large Japanese red maple forest has a prominent rock in the foreground. In addition to mastering maple propagation he is creative and an innovator as well. Although most of his bonsai are Koto Hime Japanese maples, Acer palmatum ‘Koto Hime,’ other maple species and cultivars can be seen as well as few others. His home is situated on a peninsula facing Lake Erie, a beautiful setting for his bonsai collection. ![]() Place the newly formed Bonsai group planting in the shade for at least a month and wait with styling the trees until the next spring.Clive Taylor is a long time serious bonsai hobbyist who lives just south of Detroit, Michigan, in the town of Gibraltar. The spring season is the best time of year to create a group planting, the ideal time is when the trees you are combining into a forest planting are starting to show signs of new growth. Take a look at our Bonsai forests top 7 for more inspiration. This Bonsai is named Goshin, a forest planting of eleven Foemina junipers. We also created a video about creating a small forest from Maple trees, see above, or read about this mini forest. Use a standard Bonsai soil mixture of Akadama, Pumice and Lava rock mixed together in a ratio of ½ to ¼ to ¼ (read the Bonsai soil mixtures article for more detailed information on soil mixtures for different species of trees, climates, etc.).Īfter having selected the trees and the pot, follow the step-by-step plan below to create the group planting. A pot with many small holes in the bottom will be useful when attaching the trees to the pot. Selecting the right Bonsai pot is very important choose a large and quite shallow pot and take into account the normal guideline for deciding on color etc. How many trees to use in total is up to you, most group plantings contain 7-15 trees. Use trees mostly growing upright, as the composition could look unnatural when using many different shapes of trees. First of all suitable Bonsai plants need to be selected a group planting should consist of different sizes of trees, a few tall ones for in the middle and several smaller ones to plant on the sides.
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