From Taraval Street

Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis obtusa

Common Name: Hinoki Cypress

Story of the Tree

This hinoki has a story within a story. Its original owner, Terence Krista, first encountered bonsai in the early 1990s while living in San Francisco. He found this tree at a small nursery on the western end of Taraval Street — no more than six or seven inches tall. "It loves to be in full sun," Terence recalls, a quality it has carried through the decades.

I won the auction bid for this tree at Mammoth in February 2025. That June, Jennifer Price gave it its first styling under my ownership. It rests on a stand made by Jerry Braswell.

From a small nursery on Taraval to this display — a long way from six inches.

Exhibited by Idris