Apr 5 2015

Maples

Apr 5 2015

Berberis Clump Outing

Time for this berberis clump to come out of the poly tunnel. Going to make a nice tree.

Apr 4 2015

Gallery

Trees from my personal collection

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Apr 4 2015

Mame Hawthorn Cascade

I’ve had this little tree for 20 years, you’d think it’d be better by now lol.

Apr 3 2015

Hawthorn Adjustments

I was pushing my luck today wiring this Hawthorn so late on. Easy to knock off emerging buds. However if left for another season the branches would have stiffened further making it harder to get the right shape into them. Some deadwood also removed to improve trunk line.

A long way to go to create enough ramification on this one to make a convincing mature image, but that’s the fun part 🙂

Apr 3 2015

Mame Elm

Potted up this little English Elm into it’s new pot made by Magic Ceramics.

A nice combo I think.

Apr 2 2015

Poser!

Trying to take a few photos around the trees yesterday and Maggie wasn’t happy until she’d done her cute posing routine!

Malus

Trident Maple

Japanese Larch

Escallonia

Apr 1 2015

And The Rest…

… of the pines, now tucked away in the tunnels. Mixture of Scots and Lodgepole.

Mar 31 2015

A Great Start

I finished work today at 5 and am off now until 13th April. I have lots of bonsai things planned during this time and thought I’d get stuck in by clearing away the mess in the garage left over from the potting up of the collected pines on Sunday. As I was checking the bags before they went in the bin I spotted a missed shohin sized tree in a bag. After a further check I spotted 3 more!! Result 🙂

All were still in good nick as they had been collected with a full rootball still encased in field soil.

This is what we’ve been finding, even small trees with amazing bark and character.

Mar 30 2015

I’m Back!

I think that’s officially the longest I have ever went without posting on the blog! I have been meeting myself coming back in work of late, with every minute taken up doing more important things than blogging 🙂 Yes, I do have a life lol.

I did find time to go collecting on Sunday with Phil and Mark. Not great timing with the clocks going forward for BST. It meant that after a couple of hours sleep we had a 5 hour drive followed by a 5 hour collecting session, followed by another 5 hours back home, followed by 3 hours potting up session, followed by a double shift in work today!! I’m feeling pain in every muscle after humping up and down the side of a mountain, but you know what? I wouldn’t have missed it for the world 🙂 Mark had it easy, he only had a 3 hour drive from Cork to get to the site lol.

A wee cup of tea before heading home.