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THE WORLD OF

BONSAI ALOHA

Creating a 360-Degree

Complex Tropical Landscape

By David W. Fukumoto, Hawaii

The first 360-degree complex ur bonsai evolves due to our American-
tropical landscape on a Hawaiian values and our tropical climate and
concrete turntable disc was Otrees. Training has shifted from traditional
titled “Creating a Bonsai World”
and dedicated to Haruo temperate climate single apex, tier-branched pine-
“Papa” Kaneshiro, the father tree-style to tropical, multiple-apex, arched-branched
of tropical Hawaiian bonsai. trees with rounded heavy canopies and an emphasis
Created in 1992, it features on roots and banyan forms. There is less concern
dwarf azaleas that are now about creating a single formal front so we try to create
about 25 years old in this
current photo. This impressive bonsai that are attractive from all viewing positions.
arrangement attracts the most This is the story of “The World of Bonsai Aloha”
attention from visitors. dedicated to and honoring Ted T. Tsukiyama, Hawaii’s
administrator and diplomat who played a major role
in Hawaiian, national, and international bonsai.
The landscape has three major views: “The Giant
David Fukumoto is shown with Sea-cave,” “The Transition to Land,” and “The King-
a smaller selected rock that dom of the Banyan.” It features ocean-eroded lava
will be positioned to extend rocks and two Dwarf Schefflera, Schefflera arboricola,
the sea-cave into the ocean. 15 and 25 years in training. The concrete disc is 48
Smooth rounded stones will
compliment the ocean scene. inches in diameter.
The landscape is almost equally divided into three
sections with the high point of the major ocean rock
almost in the center, standing 15 inches above the con-
crete disc. The sea cave will be on the right and trees
on the left.
A second rock was positioned to form a small inlet.
Smooth rounded stones were used to fill the voids and
smaller stones created texture to complete the ocean
landscape.

Bottom left; This photo shows
the left side of the sea cave
with the space between the
main rock filled with colored
concrete so roots will not
be able to invade the ocean
scene.
Bottom right; The sea cave
with the selected extension
rock in place. The deeply
eroded surface texture makes
the landscape very attractive
during the rainy season with
the addition of pools of water.

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