These two bonsai stolen from Václav Stropek, Nýřany, Czech Republic! If you know anything or see these trees please contact Václav HERE via Facebook. Remember that they could turn up anywhere in Europe.
Please reblog this post and share via Facebook. It may not get the trees back but at the very least it will piss off the thief!
Just last Sunday Ian ask if I could lend a hand to dig a few trees up.
These had been in the ground for at least 13 years. Sadly the guy who owned these was downsizing his collection.
Once back in Ian’s garage -workshop, we could really see just what he had.
Ian taking out unwanted branches.
When these five were put togather I think they make a nice group.
This Spruce was collected back in March 2012, full story here.
During the week I decided to give it a clear out of the dead branches and remove a few unnecessary ones. I have chased back the foliage a bit too to encourage some back budding.
After a lot of turning around and a little thought I opted to remove the branch on the right and do a little shari.
It will now be left alone until next year to allow it to recover and back bud. I see two options with it and a lot of raffia in it’s future 🙂
Today sees Phil and I head back to Cork for a workshop weekend with the Munster Bonsai Club. Looking forward to seeing the chaps again.
We are even stopping off on the way down to see Owen who’s starting up the Leinster Bonsai Club.
After the major period of flowering in the cooler months of the year, ‘Chojubai’ Dwarf Flowering Quince will begin to grow. At the end of this period the plant is usually multi-tasking, flowering and growing. What you will see first are whorl growths of several leaves. These do not have an extension. About the time the tree begins slowing down on flowering, the major growth period ramps up and it will create extensions. They start as a pinkish white bud that grows fatter.
Two types of growth on Chojubai: Whorl growth which does not extend, and shoot growth which does. There is only one shoot growth in this photo. All the others are whorls. These may produce flower buds, or might later in the year extend themselves.
In spring you want to see many extensions on your Chojubai. Not all tips will extend, though, just about 10 percent of them.
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It was time to do a little work on this garden cotoneaster. This was it back in May last year.
This is it before work this week.
I did a little carving to remove the chop marks and gave it a basic first styling.
It’ll now have a year to fill out and see what new shoots pop.
I was offered a few field grown Zelkova recently. I had passed comment to the owner that a few of the tougher trees could be used to create a group. As part of a little deal I got to dig up and create the group for myself.
These photos show Stephen and I collecting the trees from the ground, thinning out and planting up a group. One went to an individual pot as it was required for the forest.
Here the Blue Diamond Rhododendron in full glory taken over the last few days.
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