Bonsaify | Mike Pistello's Fantastic Bonsai Collection
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Join Eric for a tour
Join Eric for a tour of Mike Pistello's Garden - Mike has been a bonsai practitioner since he was a teenager, and his carefully curated collection is full of gems!
00:00:30 - Mike shares his 2-Year old juniper cuttings including a golden shimpaku he plans to use for grafting onto yamadori.
00:01:16 - The 7-year old cuttings Mike has in pond baskets.
00:01:50 - A plan for his golden shimpaku - ground growing to allow for more propagation.
00:02:10 - A crape myrtle that Mike got from Kaya Mooney (currently apprenticing in Japan as of 2022) that has nice small leaves.
00:02:50 - Another example of a 7-year juniper project - Mike talks about the sequence of wiring, growing and wiring and growing repeatedly.
00:04:45 - Different schools of thought on when to put in shari to create the most interesting trunk over time.
00:06:55 - Sacrifice branches from the top and branches below both help Mike create taper in his juniper projects.
00:07:45 - A crape myrtle that Mike started 6 years ago from inexpensive garden center material by chopping off all the top growth, growing a sacrifice branch for better taper and then starting the branch work down low.
00:09:22 - Mike's cork oak (Q. suber) that he bought from an old collection and then restarted all the branching. Mike estimates it is 45-50 years old and loves the movement and taper in the trunk.
00:10:35 - A Sierra juniper that Mike collected himself and has been working with that won best of show, and best native at the 2016 GSBF Convention.
00:11:56 - An English oak (Q. robur) that Mike obtained from the same collection as the cork oak, Mike loves the spring and fall color of this deciduous tree, and he's planning to grow the crown larger than it is now. The tree has an interesting trunk with a cool remnant on the left side of another trunk, and craggly bark.
00:14:07 - A Prostrata juniper trunk grafted with Kishu gifted to Mike by his wife, and recently restyled to make the crown more compact, with some workshop help from Peter Tea.
00:15:57 - A small collected Sierra juniper that Mike is working on grafting with Tosho (Japanese needle juniper, Juniperus rigida, similar to Juniperus communis) Mike decided to graft it because the trunk is too small to allow the coarse sierra foliage to compliment it well.
00:17:58 - An imported 'Itoigawa' juniper. Mike loves the size of this tree and has been adding shari to the trunk. He likes the twisting primary branch on the composition. This is a great time of year for Itoigawa, with the contrast between the darker old foliage and the bright green new foliage.
00:19:25 - Mike's large Quercus ilex (Holly Oak or Holm Oak) was dug out by Gareth Shepherd from Aptos, CA in the late 1990's. Mike likes the natural feeling of the tree, imagining a picnic under it with his wife. (Great bark!)
00:20:55 - A Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora) that Mike got a good deal on, imported and previously a shohin size tree. Mike had to rehabilitate the tree, so it's grown out to a larger size. Great old bark too!
00:21:55 - A Japanese black pine (Pinus thumbergii) that Mike bought from Boon (Bonsaiboon.com) Mike discusses the health of the tree and how partial dicandling last year has lead to some buds that can't be decandled this year.
00:23:20 - A Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) that Mike bought from Eric in 2020. Mike removed a couple branches that Eric had been using for taper and one that was sticking out in the front too far. Mike has tightened up the crown, but he's still working on reducing the leaf size. Mike uses 100% akadama for his deciduous trees due to the heat and his watering schedule.
00:24:46 - A Japanese stewartia (Stewartia monodelpha) that has a great trunk and base. Mike's been very happy with the ability to cut branches back and get good budding. He wants to work with the existing branches because they already have a good feeling, size and taper.
00:26:47 - Eric and Mike wrap it up. If you want to get ahold of Mike, check him out on Instagram (@MVPbonsai) or Facebook. Mike does demonstrations and workshops when he has time between his family, job and personal bonsai collection.
Huge thanks to Mike for the invitation to tour his garden and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
We also recommend that you read this article if you're interested in developing young Kishu and Itoigawa junipers:
https://www.bonsaify.com/blogs/phutu-...
Please like and share this video, and subscribe to our channel for more entertaining, inspirational, and educational bonsai content! Thank you for watching!
00:00:30 - Mike shares his 2-Year old juniper cuttings including a golden shimpaku he plans to use for grafting onto yamadori.
00:01:16 - The 7-year old cuttings Mike has in pond baskets.
00:01:50 - A plan for his golden shimpaku - ground growing to allow for more propagation.
00:02:10 - A crape myrtle that Mike got from Kaya Mooney (currently apprenticing in Japan as of 2022) that has nice small leaves.
00:02:50 - Another example of a 7-year juniper project - Mike talks about the sequence of wiring, growing and wiring and growing repeatedly.
00:04:45 - Different schools of thought on when to put in shari to create the most interesting trunk over time.
00:06:55 - Sacrifice branches from the top and branches below both help Mike create taper in his juniper projects.
00:07:45 - A crape myrtle that Mike started 6 years ago from inexpensive garden center material by chopping off all the top growth, growing a sacrifice branch for better taper and then starting the branch work down low.
00:09:22 - Mike's cork oak (Q. suber) that he bought from an old collection and then restarted all the branching. Mike estimates it is 45-50 years old and loves the movement and taper in the trunk.
00:10:35 - A Sierra juniper that Mike collected himself and has been working with that won best of show, and best native at the 2016 GSBF Convention.
00:11:56 - An English oak (Q. robur) that Mike obtained from the same collection as the cork oak, Mike loves the spring and fall color of this deciduous tree, and he's planning to grow the crown larger than it is now. The tree has an interesting trunk with a cool remnant on the left side of another trunk, and craggly bark.
00:14:07 - A Prostrata juniper trunk grafted with Kishu gifted to Mike by his wife, and recently restyled to make the crown more compact, with some workshop help from Peter Tea.
00:15:57 - A small collected Sierra juniper that Mike is working on grafting with Tosho (Japanese needle juniper, Juniperus rigida, similar to Juniperus communis) Mike decided to graft it because the trunk is too small to allow the coarse sierra foliage to compliment it well.
00:17:58 - An imported 'Itoigawa' juniper. Mike loves the size of this tree and has been adding shari to the trunk. He likes the twisting primary branch on the composition. This is a great time of year for Itoigawa, with the contrast between the darker old foliage and the bright green new foliage.
00:19:25 - Mike's large Quercus ilex (Holly Oak or Holm Oak) was dug out by Gareth Shepherd from Aptos, CA in the late 1990's. Mike likes the natural feeling of the tree, imagining a picnic under it with his wife. (Great bark!)
00:20:55 - A Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora) that Mike got a good deal on, imported and previously a shohin size tree. Mike had to rehabilitate the tree, so it's grown out to a larger size. Great old bark too!
00:21:55 - A Japanese black pine (Pinus thumbergii) that Mike bought from Boon (Bonsaiboon.com) Mike discusses the health of the tree and how partial dicandling last year has lead to some buds that can't be decandled this year.
00:23:20 - A Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) that Mike bought from Eric in 2020. Mike removed a couple branches that Eric had been using for taper and one that was sticking out in the front too far. Mike has tightened up the crown, but he's still working on reducing the leaf size. Mike uses 100% akadama for his deciduous trees due to the heat and his watering schedule.
00:24:46 - A Japanese stewartia (Stewartia monodelpha) that has a great trunk and base. Mike's been very happy with the ability to cut branches back and get good budding. He wants to work with the existing branches because they already have a good feeling, size and taper.
00:26:47 - Eric and Mike wrap it up. If you want to get ahold of Mike, check him out on Instagram (@MVPbonsai) or Facebook. Mike does demonstrations and workshops when he has time between his family, job and personal bonsai collection.
Huge thanks to Mike for the invitation to tour his garden and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
We also recommend that you read this article if you're interested in developing young Kishu and Itoigawa junipers:
https://www.bonsaify.com/blogs/phutu-...
Please like and share this video, and subscribe to our channel for more entertaining, inspirational, and educational bonsai content! Thank you for watching!
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