Bonsai artist: Marilyn Rinnert, club member since 2022
Species: Scented geranium (Pelargonium spp.)
Source: nursery
Years in training: since 2023
Story: The bonsai tree featured this month isn’t a tree at all, but a tropical scented geranium (Pelargonium spp.) grown by Marilyn Rinnert. While currently so vigorous that Marilyn plans to cut it back this spring, she was originally drawn to the plant because she believed inadequate care had left it “stunted” with small leaves that suggested bonsai potential. When she found out the nursery was literally giving it away, she decided it would be the perfect plant to experiment with. When the plant started to lean naturally, it became a semi-cascade style bonsai, with graceful bending lines. Her future plans for this “tree” include potentially training it to grow over the rock features she has added. Marilyn “likes to do things that are different”, and her playful approach to bonsai is highlighted both by this geranium and by the rest of her collection, which ranges from more traditional temperate species to unconventional tropicals and petite “mame” bonsai in tiny pots.
Species: Scented geranium (Pelargonium spp.)
Source: nursery
Years in training: since 2023
Story: The bonsai tree featured this month isn’t a tree at all, but a tropical scented geranium (Pelargonium spp.) grown by Marilyn Rinnert. While currently so vigorous that Marilyn plans to cut it back this spring, she was originally drawn to the plant because she believed inadequate care had left it “stunted” with small leaves that suggested bonsai potential. When she found out the nursery was literally giving it away, she decided it would be the perfect plant to experiment with. When the plant started to lean naturally, it became a semi-cascade style bonsai, with graceful bending lines. Her future plans for this “tree” include potentially training it to grow over the rock features she has added. Marilyn “likes to do things that are different”, and her playful approach to bonsai is highlighted both by this geranium and by the rest of her collection, which ranges from more traditional temperate species to unconventional tropicals and petite “mame” bonsai in tiny pots.
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