Oct 16 2013

Enfield Bonsai Group Autumn Show

Here are some photos from Enfield Bonsai Group Autumn Bonsai Show held at Capel Manor last weekend courtesy of Dan from the group, thanks mate..

Best Display – John Armitage

Best Tree – Ian Stewardson

Public vote – Mark & Rita Cooper

And a gallery of the rest including club entries and even a few demo pics.

Oct 14 2013

A Few New Accents

What! More accents I hear you say 🙂 These were exchanged in my now regular swap sessions with Robert Porch who was over talking at our Club meeting this Friday.

Two Soldanella Alpina, one is ‘Minima’ and the other is ‘Alba’ which as the name suggests, will have a white flower.

And also this one which I have seen in a few Japanese origin photos, but I don’t know the name. Ideas?

Oct 5 2013

Accents – New Arrivals

I’m exchanging a few accents with Jose at Centro Bonsai Tenerife . I love this aspect of the bonsai community 🙂

Jose’s parcel arrived today with 14 new plants for my collection. A few will need a little extra protection in out Irish climate but most should be fine. I’ll be sending Jose a selection of my hostas once leaves start to drop.

Three mini roses the the mix.

I was able to split a few as well.

Sep 3 2013

Fly Eater Accent

Not flowering at the moment but this little carnivorous plant has had a good year and is feeding well by the look of all the little dead flies stuck to the leaves 🙂

Aug 27 2013

Another ID Please

Yet another unknown one that appeared in a pot given to me. I thought I was being given the little saxifrage but this other spiked leaf succulent appeared and has now flowered.

Any ideas?

Aug 20 2013

Accent ID… Again!

I know I said I was done with getting plants identified by you lot, and technically I am as this one isn’t mine 🙂

Spotted this at my friend Stephens house the other day and really liked it. Any ideas?

I could just see this in a nice mixed planting next year.

Aug 14 2013

Favourite Kusamono

These two are my favourite Kusamono at the moment. Probably because of the wild look that they portray. Now surprising as both were nearly direct lifts from a bog with collecting Pine this Spring. It’s been fun to watch them fill out and new plants appear as the season progressed. Nature really does do it best.

Fern, grass, moss, lichen

Grass, lichen, heather

Aug 12 2013

Dwarf Astilbe

It’s taken a while but my Astilbe has finally flowered.

Aug 1 2013

Accent ID Please…

Where did accent of the day go then?? 🙂

Give me a break, it’s not a bottomless pit you know. I do still have a few more to share once they get around to flowering.However this one was another freebie that I was given without a clue as to what it is. Can anyone ID it from the flower heads? It’s a young planting still to mature so please ignore the Leptinella at the bottom.