I caught up with an old friend this week. Robert Porch is in N Ireland seeing family and called with me. Robert taught me a lot about bonsai and is probably one of the most understated, under estimated bonsai artists in the UK.
He brought a selection of accent plants with him and we managed to do a few swaps.
Some of the trays of accents available.
I got my hands on a dwarf Astilbe.
Snowbell
Hosta, he had about 7 varieties with him!
Dwarf grasses
One of the best parts of having a blog is the great folk who you make contact with. A week or so ago I got chatting with Xavier from France who has his own blog www.petit-arbre.com [now upgraded to bonsai friends list to the right →] He liked the coltsfoot I had featured and we got to talking, anyway, one thing led to another and I received a parcel yesterday from Xavier containing a selection of Hostas and Rhodohypoxis 🙂 Another parcel is winging it’s way to France with some Coltsfoot and other oddities. This is what Bonsai is all about, or in this case, kusamono 🙂
To visit Xaviers Website click on the image link below. Google translate works very well from French to English.
This Pleione Orchid is emerging and will flower in the next few days. Short lived flower but worth it.
Nothing like a sunny day to get the most out of this Coltsfoot accent.
Plenty of things impressed me at the weekend and not just the Exhibition itself. I was also delighted to have the opportunity to buy from a few of the trade stands.
My first purchases, albeit small ones, were from Suteki, Simon Haddon, Bonsai monkey. He’s even more names than me 😀 He had a small but packed display and I took up one of his great offers for multi purchases. When I eventually get them planted up, I’ll share the results here.
In the mean time, here’s his stand.
This is Simon’s tree, a Lonicera that won a Certificate of Merit.
Click on the image below to go to Simon Pots and Accent Plants.
and this one to visit Simon’s Blog
Going to try and work my way through the photos I have taken over the weekend and add them here is some sort of order.
I’ll start with my favourite accents from the show.
I tidied up a few accents today in case I need any for next weekend. Nothing very exciting but nice in their own way.
From this
To this with a little weeding and a little moss added.
I managed to get those Alpines I purchased the other day potted up into a few spare pots.
Here’s how they look now.
A few of my accents are just coming into flower. Typical, as the display was 2 weeks ago. I also purchased a few Alpines a couple of days ago to make into accents. Here’s the photos.
My Wild Strawberry accents
under planted by aquielega
Dwarf Irises
A Rhodoypoxis starting to show, I thought I had lost them all during the Winter.
Daisy 🙂
and the new guys on the block!
For the life of me I can’t remember what this one is! It’s true, once you pass 40 the memory goes down hill rapidly 😦
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