Cheryl Petty
September 9 on the deck of the Siskiyou Arts Council, outside their jewel of a gallery, folks were free to drop in and stay as long as they liked while passersby flocked to the Farmers Market.
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Here I am painting at Wright's Beach in Sonoma
For spring match blooming branches of flowering plum (prunus mume) or quince (chaenomeles) with austere and patient dark green conifers, pines or hemlock (tsuga) or Japanese cypress (chamaecyparis). Together with other blooming plants such as hydrangea, they can make their own mini-bonsai arrangements. Summer is a good time to show zelkova with hosta and succulents. These could be each in their own pot or combined in the same one.
Fall color dominates with branches of elm and beech, ginkgo, berries and grasses, and equisetum (horsetail rush) is paired with curled pines. My favorite is callicarpa bodeneri (Beauty Berry) violet berries paired with a red berry companion or miniature Japanese chrysanthemum.
For winter little conifers of cryptomeria and chamaecyparis combine well with osmanthus, a variegated holly, bamboo, fruited citrus and cactus.
In February 2008 I visited Japan to see the Kokufu Bonsai Exhibiton and smaller bonsai collections of living bonsai masters, sensei.
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