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
Tag Archives: bonsai
Josh’s Deciduous Bonsai
Took a little video back on Saturday when Phil and Stephen were here. Here is some of Josh’s bonsai that I’m looking after at the moment.
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.
Sunday, Must be a Walk
As usual today saw me walking and admiring the view around my home town.
Strangford Lough
Scrabo Tower
My wee town
Mourne Mountains
Secret things happening in Killynether Wood!!
Patchwork
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.
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.
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.
Walk Before the Storm
Had my usual Sunday walk with my friend Steven and the dogs this morning before the Storm hit. This afternoon brought heavy rain and a little flooding around the garden.
The walk was in Redburn Country Park in Belfast overlooking the harbour.
Dry River, never seen this here before!
Grumpy Face Ent
Wild Fuschia
Cleggs! Killed about 6 of the buggers!
Lots of tree damage for some reason.
Ivy piggyback ride
Honeysuckle
Foxglove
Frodos hiding spot!
Old Beech Hedge now a tree lane.
Bonsai Eejit 