This time I wish I had been along on the trip with Mr Monkey Mountain 🙂
Click on the image below to see what wonders he visited.
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Maintenance – Hornbeam & Hawthorn
Before, again all new growth post show on 21st July
After
Hawthorn before. The ramification on this one has doubled this year with numerous maintenance done this growing season.
and after
Maintenance – Trident Maples
A few more before and after trimming
Maintenance – Cotoneasters
In 20 years of bonsai I have never witnessed growth on my trees such as I have seen in the last two weeks. I spend some time on Sunday getting them back into shape.
These two Cotoneaster have been trimmed multiple times this year and this is the growth in just the last 2 weeks.
After trimming. You’ll noticed I missed a bit. I’m making a few changes to the image in that area and I’ve left extension to allow me to do a little wiring and improvement.
This was in a show 2 weeks ago!
And now.
The Short Straw
Phil and Stephen were at my place today and one of our tasks was to pick out our trees from last years collected Larches. Yet again I got the short straw and last pick!
Ah well, made for an interesting session watching what other people pick as the best tree.
Stephen as usual drank all my coffee 😉
Phil was trying to count how many trees were on the benches and ran out of fingers 🙂
We also photographed a few trees, more on this in future posts.
This was the back garden as we started out and before the camera went away in the thunderstorm. Four trees each.
Capel Manor Autumn Bonsai Show
It’s nearly that time again, a date for your diary for those in the UK who appreciate good bonsai.
and here are some photos from last years show to see what I mean.
Josh’s Shohin Lonicera
I am still trying to get around to photographing Josh’s bonsai while they are with me . It’s just been so busy at work that blogging is having to take a back seat. I normally have posts scheduled ready to go but this last week has been hectic.
Anyway, here is one of Josh’s that I did take a few snaps of recently. Not great photos but they give the general idea of scale and quality.
Snaps
A few foliage , flower and fruit shots from the garden this week.
Leptinella
Yes please 🙂 Interesting post over on Xavier Site. Click to visit.
Blue Star Juniper
Salvaged this one from my front garden a few years back. Only one branch at the top was alive and it had a live vein that was only 2mm wide at one point.
It has a bit to go before it looks like much but I have enjoyed watching it pull though 🙂
Bonsai Eejit 