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Manzanitas (Arctostaphylos sp.) are amazing plants. Blood red skin-like bark that covers a muscley twisted form is their...
05/07/2020

Manzanitas (Arctostaphylos sp.) are amazing plants. Blood red skin-like bark that covers a muscley twisted form is their most iconic feature, but their sun-bleached dead wood and small bifacial leaves are also quite stunning.

California is blessed with over 100 species and subspecies of manzanita. Most of these species are adapted to uniquely harsh soil and environmental conditions. The low-nutrient, well draining soils; and the wind, sun and snow that they tolerate, cause them to take dramatic shapes.

This cascade style manzanita, complete with a perfect live vein and bleached white dead wood, has survived drought, snowstorms, clearcut logging and road development.







@ Del Norte County, California

This weekend I got to spend some time in the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt, Oakland. This is one of three public bonsai ...
06/06/2018

This weekend I got to spend some time in the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt, Oakland. This is one of three public bonsai gardens here in California. They had many native trees like this california juniper, many traditional trees, and a few historically significant trees. I will be posting pictures of some of their tree over the next few days.

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Today I put together a northern california coastal redwood forest. This was built to imitate the assemblage of tree spec...
05/21/2018

Today I put together a northern california coastal redwood forest. This was built to imitate the assemblage of tree species found in the Arcata Community Forest. There are three large and three small redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens), one large and one small Douglas fir (Psuedotsuga menziesii) one Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), a western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) and a bigleaf maple (Acer macrophylum).
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I also added two burned pieces of wood to act as a burned log and an old charred stump. I planted a few miniature plants to mimic ground cover and ferns. I also collect some neighborhood moss and scored with some surprise liverworts.
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This forest is a work in progress and I'm excited to see it as it changes.

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