Informal Upright "Moyogi"

This European Hornbeam tree was acquired by the Krohn Conservatory in 2017.  This tree is from Nature’s Way Bonsai Nursery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  It was donated by Bonsai Society member D. Brown in 2017. 

It is a 3-tree planting from a single root mass and an informal upright style.  The pot is round, mica, brown in color and is 5 inches deep.

This Japanese Hornbeam was imported from Japan by bonsai artist Jim Doyle of Nature’s Way Bonsai Nursery in 2005.  It has been in training since 2005.  The tree was acquired by the Krohn Conservatory in 2016 when it was donated by Bonsai Society member D. Brown.

It is an informal upright style. The pot is made by Sara Rayner and is round, unglazed, brown in color and is 5 inches deep.

This Ponderosa Pine was field collected with permission (yamadori) from Devil’s Tower area of Wyoming at 8-10,000 feet by renowned bosai artist Dan Robinson.

This Japanese Yew was donated by longtime Bonsai Society member Dr. Aaron Perlman in 2010. 

It is in the informal upright style.  The pot is rectangular, unglazed, brown in color and is 5 inches deep.

Taxus cuspidata, the Japanese yew or spreading yew, is a member of the genus Taxus, native to Japan, Korea, northeast China and the extreme southeast of Russia.  They are relatively slow growing and can be very long-lived.  They are popular in public and home gardens.

This Japanese Black Pine was locally field grown (yamadori).  The tree was donated by Bonsai Society member Dave Billings in 2010. 

It is an informal upright style. The pot is rectangular, unglazed, brown in color and is 6 inches deep.

Pinus thunbergii also called black pine and Japanese black pine, is a pine tree native to coastal areas of Japan and South Korea.

This Ficus Retusa is an informal upright style.

The pot is small, rectangle, glazed and blue in color.

Ficus retusa is a species of evergreen woody plant in the fig genus, native to Asia and Australia. It is also known as the Taiwan Ficus, Indian laurel fig, or ginseng Ficus. It has a thick, pot-bellied trunk, glossy green leaves, and aerial roots that can form additional trunks. It is commonly grown as a bonsai tree, due to its ability to adapt to pruning and shaping.

This Bougainvillea was donated by Bonsai Society member Judy Fister, and Bob Hill from the Dayton Bonsai Society in 2018. 

It is a mother/daughter composition and informal upright style.  The pot is oval, glazed, beige in color and is 4 inches deep.

The first European to describe these plants was Philibert Commerçon, a botanist accompanying French Navy admiral Louis Antoine de Bougainville during his voyage of circumnavigation of the Earth. It was first published by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789. 

This Taiwan Fig was donated by Bonsai Society member Doug Hawley in 1999. 

It is an informal upright style.  The pot is rectangular, unglazed, brown in color and is 5 inches deep.

This pomegranate was donated by Bonsai Society member Pete Daroczy in 2016.

It is an informal upright.  The pot is large, round, brown in color and is 8 inches deep.

Pomegranates are native to the Mediterranean climate.  It was introduced into Spanish America in the late 16th century and into California by Spanish settlers in 1769.

This Taiwan Fig was donated by Bonsai Society member Mike Scheid in 2008.  For its initial styling, it was grown over two stakes. 

It is an informal upright style with aerial roots. The pot is large oval, glazed, blue in color and is 5 inches deep. 

Taiwan Fig is cultivated as an ornamental tree for planting in gardens, parks, and in containers as an indoor plant and bonsai specimen. In Southeast Asia, it is cultivated as a shade tree because of its dense foliage.