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By Massimo Bandera, Italy
How a semi-cascade Mugo pine became
an informal upright
Interview by Joe Grande, Canada Photos by Massimo Bandera
14 | BCI | July/August/September 2015
Founded in 2006, Museo Fujisato, located in the famous bonsai centre in Turin, is one of five Italian bonsai museums. Open to the public every day of the year, it offers a collection of bonsai imported from Japan
and China, and a collection of native Alpine species. The museum features a collection of Mugo pines.
The following interview is about one of these pine trees and the work of BCI Director and bonsai artist Massimo Bandera who is developing this tree into a masterpiece bonsai. The most interesting facet of this story is how the tree, first styled as a semi-cascade, was transformed to an informal upright style, complete with dramatic deadwood features.
