Excellent video from Andrew Sellman. Mke sure you go back and watch some of the older videos on his channel.
Monthly Archives: July 2013
31 degrees c.
Watering twice a day and its to be like this the rest of the week. Some of you will think nothing of this but gor the UK this is a melter!
Ingrid Bergmann
Was lucky enough to have this fabulous Rose named after her. This is from my garden and this is my wife’s favourite. God help any kid who hits it with a football! 🙂
Accent of the Day – Rhodohypoxis
Shohin Juniper
This little Shohin Juniper had a hard year last year and seemed to be struggling a little. All seemed to stem from a repot. However, with some TLC, good light and this great weather, it seems to have made a comeback. I’ll give it until the Autumn and perhaps a little wiring is in order.
Accent of the Day – Japanese Horsetail
Scots Pine Needle Size (Watering Difficulties)
No not mine but I have seen two almost dead pines during the last month and wanted to clear up a myth regarding watering of pines.
My own small Scots Pine is building up a nice framework of branching this previous three years. Come the Autumn I will thin the tree out by around 40-50% to enable me to shape further. Minor pruning can be carried out now, but do ensure you seal cuts. For now the appropriate feeding and watering regime with a position of full sun all day, has given me quality sized needles.
Yes, the tree is rotated, but does indeed sit in sun all day long. Watering is generally twice daily at the moment, as the gorgeous weather we are having .. and owed some; is ensuring most of my trees dry out quite quickly. And it really was this watering I wanted to mention.
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Accent of the Day – Hokonechloa macra aureola
and a little fern too
Stolen Bonsai – Wales
Helping to spread the word, just read on this thread on the European Bonsai Forum that Alex E in Wales has had some trees stolen.
Please keep an eye out for these in the UK and I hope whoever has them sees this post and realises that 200 – 300 bonsai people from the UK read this blog every day. We are watching! Hope you get caught ❗
If I hear any more I’ll update, or if you know any more, give me a shout and I’ll add it.
Update: Trees actually stolen from a show! Here is a few words from Alex taken from this Thread on IBC.Please also keep an eye out for the others mentioned.
“all the trees were stolen from a Marquee at the Bridgend County Show 13TH/14TH July
picture quality of the White pine is not good but its the only one I have & it belongs to Ron, a member
the Cardiff club although it is featured in the Bonsai Wales 2012 book, other trees stolen were ………
Southern Beech, Triple trunk Maple,
Semi cascade Larch in a crescent Mo pot,
Literati Larch very distinctive 8″ jin top in a China Mist round pot
Mame Cottoneaster with a chinese pot,the culprits even had the audacity to take the stands they were
on:evil:
Any information please contact me on 07969629466″
Alex e
Here are the trees:
WOW! WOW! For the Wings of a Dove
Take the hand of another and sing for the wings of a dove!
Hey! If Peter Warren can slip in numerous song quotes and links to Youtube videos, then so can bloody I 🙂
Madness I tell you!
I had the pleasure of watching this collared Dove from my computer window all morning. It is obviously building a nest in a neighbour’s Leylandii. It didn’t care a jot if I was watching it prance around the trees looking for twigs. It did get rather confused by a bit of bonsai wire that resulted in a tug of war for a few minutes 😉
Walk in the woods Giant Bird!
Leave the apples alone!
weeding
Twinkle in the eye
Oooh! Shiny twig
Tug,tug,tug,tug….
Ah feck that
this one will do 🙂
Interesting fact, growing up and having a love for bird watching, I never saw these Collared Doves. They started to spread into Europe from Asia and were first sighted in the UK in the 50’s and now have a extensive population in urban areas.
Bonsai Eejit 