Stone for ishizuki (80cm height)

A bigger stone changes the whole composition. At 80 cm tall and 70 cm wide, this one gives you room for a real scene: a tree with presence, sometimes paired with a smaller second plant, the way you’d see it on a mountain ridge.

It’s an artificial stone in a resin-and-fibre composite. It weighs only about 8 kg — very little for its bulk. Anyone who has tried to move a real rock this size will appreciate the difference. UV- and frost-resistant, it lives outdoors year-round.

The shape follows the stones made by Master Masahiko Kimura, the reference point for anyone working with rock plantings.

With a stone this size, pick a tree that can hold its own: a juniper with mature deadwood, a pine with character, something the rock won’t dwarf. The most common mistake is setting a small plant on a large block — the scene loses its force. Better a confident subject, placed where the stone suggests a natural path for the roots.

For fixing it: keto and akadama to make the soil cling, aluminium wire to anchor until the roots take, and moss across the surface. On a stone this exposed, moss isn’t just for looks — it holds water where the sun hits hardest.

Bonsai is a genuinely international hobby, and a rock planting is one of those pieces that reads the same in any country: a cliff in miniature, instantly understood. Growers swap approaches across clubs and online from Britain to North America to the Mediterranean, adjusting only for their climate. Wherever you are, remember the composition holds little soil and dries faster than a pot; in hot spells the light weight lets you move the whole scene into shade in seconds.

To be clear: the sale is for the stone only. The photos with trees are for reference, to show the kind of result you can build.

• Height: 80 cm
• Width: 70 cm
• Weight: about 8 kg
• Material: composite (resin and fibre), UV- and frost-resistant