Peter Tea Apr 3, 2014 4 min Utah Juniper (aka “Big Sexy”) Utah Juniper (aka “Big Sexy”) Now that I have settled back in California, it’s time to rebuild my Bonsai collection! For the past 6 mont...
Peter Tea May 15, 2012 11 min Repotting a Beast! Repotting a Beast The first tree I noticed when I came to Aichien a year ago was this huge monster Black Pine! As I wondered around the ...
Peter Tea May 5, 2012 7 min Lets Bend! Part 3 Lets Bend! Part 3 Repotting season is coming to an end here at Aichien an how fitting that this Black Pine turned out to be the last tree...
Peter Tea Apr 22, 2012 2 min The Trident Maple Projects (yes, another two…) The Trident Maple Projects (yes, another two…) As if I wasn’t busy already, I decided to add a couple more project trees to my plate. Le...
Peter Tea Apr 19, 2012 4 min The Japanese Maple Experiment The Japanese Maple Experiment Since it’s repotting season and I was itching for a maple side project, I asked Mr. Tanaka if I could devel...
Peter Tea Apr 7, 2012 5 min Restarting a Trident Maple Restarting a Trident Maple Now that I’m settled back in Japan I’ve been busy repotting, wiring and cutting back trees. It’s back to busin...
Peter Tea Nov 10, 2011 5 min Shimpaku Health Shimpaku Health Tree health is always something we strive for here at Aichien. We try to keep everything healthy and strong so that we c...