It’s been a while since I shared another blog with you and I found this one yesterday.
Chian Bonsai
A great active blog showing some nice tree progressions. Even better, he follows me 🙂
Pay him a visit and give him a few hits.
Monthly Archives: March 2014
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Mukdenia Rossi
Scots Pine Prep
This is one of the pines collected from a bog two years ago. It has recovered well but now’s the time to remove a few branches that won’t be needed in any final design. I also needed to chase back the foliage so that the tree back buds into more suitable areas over the next few years. Once I have this I can then start to think about styling the tree.
This was the tree being collected
and now before cut back.
A straight bit here needs to be removed.
And after cutting back
Rubbing Shoulders….
… with celebs.
I was at a Gala Evening tonight helping to fund raise for a new charity helping to tackle Human trafficking in Northern Ireland. Ross Kemp very kindy flew over to be out guest speaker for the night. Fair play to the guy, he’s passionate about this subject and did a great job on the night. I was lucky to be in the position to have a pint of the black stuff with him. A good bloke.
Floodgates in the Wind
I had my first walk in 8 weeks on Sunday. I badly sprained my ankle back in January and I’ve not been able to enjoy my usual walks. I decided to give it a go on Sunday and picked the Floodgates in my home town along the edge of Strangford Lough. It was a touch windy but a nice day. I think I over did it with my ankle but I’m glad I went. Note the blackthorn in full flower!
Repotting Tip ‘O the Month-
Many trees like their roots far away from anything saturated, which is the bottom of the pot. Two in particular, pines and azaleas. And in muddling about the Western bonsai world I’ve been haunted by the number of pines planted in very shallow containers.
The pine that Matt Reel is working on is in a deep pot, and this is typical for pines. This has as much to do with horticulture as aesthetics.
‘Rules’ are slippery things, as anything in bonsai has exceptions. So consider this a ‘slippery-rule’, a ‘you might want to consider’, and not necessarily a ‘darn it you’d better do it or get swatted with a bamboo chopstick’ sort of offering—-but please, in general, get your conifers, particularly pines, in deeper pots, and your deciduous might go in shallower ones because you can get away with it horticulturally.
This maple in Shinji Suzuki’s tokonoma is in a…
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Orchid Flowering
This is one of the little Orchids I got from Jose at Centro Bonsai Tenerife back in the Autumn. Delighted to see it flower this week.
April Workshop
The final place will let know in short future. Total cost 60-75€ for two days.
Soldanella Accent
Bonsai Eejit 