Every year our trees will need to be worked on. This hinoki cypress came from rooted cutting. It is about 30 years old.
Last year it was in BIB show in January. it also was shown agin in November at GSBF convention in San Jose.
it is very dense. that is the way this dwarf hinoki grows. if we keep it this dense, interior buds will get weak from lack of light and air circulation. it need to be thinned. we takes a couple hour thinning it using sharp fine tips scissors
this is the look after we finished
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Akio Kondo is Boon’s senior colleague. They both came out of the very famous bonsai garden, Kihachi-En in Japan. Kondo is a busy and succesful bonsai master in Japan. Among his awards is the very prestigious Nippon Bonsai Koku-Fu Award.
This year he will attend our Bay Island Bonsai Exhibit this weekend (15th – 16th of January) in Pleasanton, California. At that time, he will choose one tree from the exhibit and give it the “Akio Kondo Bonsai Award.”
Along with the award, the winner will also receive a $ 300.00 bonsai pot carried back from Japan. Which tree will it be? Come and see.
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