Bonsai tree: Bonsai Gallery: Five Magnificent Trees

Forest on a slab from Bonsai Today issue 23. Though the photo is uncaptioned it looks like it could be an Ezo spruce forest by Saburo Kato.



Slant style Japanese maple in fall color. From Bonsai Today issue 14. Artist unknown.





This is one of a handful of outstanding Japanese winterberries (Ilex serrata) that pop up here and there in Bonsai Today. It’s from issue 14 (it appears on both the cover and inside, though with different backgrounds). Artist unknown.



Trident maple forest from Bonsai Today issue 14. I counted 29 trees, though it’s difficult (if not impossible) to tell the exact number. The pot is almost exactly the same length as the planting’s height (23″).



Full cascade Shimpaku juniper from Bonsai Today issue 23. Artist unknown, though it looks like it could be a Kimura. Height: 35″



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Bonsai tree: Super Mario

Hornbeam bonsai (Soro in Japanese) by Mario Komsta.

Mario Komsta is his name

Once upon a time, when I was the publisher/editor of Bonsai Today, we featured an article by a rising young European bonsai star (issue 102 – we also featured him in issue 105). His name was Mario Jano. Or so we thought. Turns out, we were wrong (for the whole story see Bonsai Today issue 104 page 53). His name was, and remains Mario Komsta, and judging by the photos here (there’s more on his site) he’s a bonsai star that has fully risen.



Japanese winterberrry bonsai (Umemodoki).



Another hornbeam bonsai.



Whoa! This is one daring Shimpaku bonsai. At first glance I thought ‘oh no, another crazy overly sculpted bonsai.’ But, the more I look, the more I like. It’s two trees in one with that wild free form jin tying them together.

All the photos in the this post are from Mario Komsta’s website.


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