Jul 4 2013

Ed’s Garden

Last week I popped into see a new club member Ed. It was a shocking day with constant rain but we still managed to get a look aroung his garden and his growing collection of bonsai. Ed’s only been doing bonsai for about a year and has a mixture of bought trees and raw material that he’s practicing on to gain skill.

Main Bench

His first tree

Cotoneaster

Stewartia

Trident Maple

Jade

Hornbeam

Larch Group

Shohin Juniper before I altered it.

and after

Hawthorn

Kashima Maple

Satsuki Azalea

Overview

Jul 4 2013

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Accent of the Day – Mukdenia rossii

Jul 3 2013

He’s Back!!!

Just when you thought it was safe to walk the streets……

And they’re back too 🙂

Checking on how the trees did while he was in Japan

Hawthorn

Shohin Elm

Trident Maple

nice base

stamp

and signed

Loved this sedum in the garden too

Jul 2 2013

RIP Google Reader

It’s the last few hours of Google Reader. I’ll be sad to see it go. I’ve been using it for a few years now to follow 100’s of bonsai blogs.

I’ve been experimenting with some of the alternatives and I’ve decided that Feedly is the one for me. I know some of you have been using my reader bundle to follow the same blogs. Might be worth getting Feedly on the go. I’ve been using it on PC and on mobile and it’s been a smooth transition.

Jul 1 2013

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Accent of the Day – Dwarf Astilbe

Jul 1 2013

Carnlough Harbour

A few snaps I took at Carnlough Harbour on Saturday while Stephen and Vanessa were getting the fish suppers 🙂

This little fishing village is now better known as the home town of Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool FC’s Manager and of course the location of Bali Hai Nursery 🙂

Just missed a shot of the captian’s dog getting carried off the boat

Local character, tried to snap him with harbour in the background but he sussed me out and walked off 🙂

Love the old timber sticking out

Jun 30 2013

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Accent of the Day – Saxafraga Mt Nachi

Jun 30 2013

Bali Hai Haul

As promised, this is the haul of plants that I got yesterday at Bali Hai Nursery. Mostly Hosta and Rhodohypoxis, but a few other oddities thrown in as well. You will notice one that is rather large for an accent, that’s going below my display bench, I just couldn’t resist the leaf colour.

The box

Rhodohupoxis various

1000 Cranes Japanese variety

Origami Japanese Variety

Kiwi Joy

Kiwi Joy double flowering

Hope

Hope double flowering

Unknown

A dwarf Agapanthus Blue

Dwarf White Agapanthus Snow Pixie

Hakonechloa macra Aureola

Dixie Chick

Rock Island Line

Blue Belle

Lemon Frost

Kifukurin Ubataka

Love the leaf at flower height

Bali Hai Home grown at the nursery

Bali Hai

Venusta Dwarf Form

Stiletto

Athyrium Otophorum

Dierama Tiny Bells

Dwarf form of Fisherman’s rod

Happy Haul

Interesting comment that now is actually a good time to split hostas. Stephen and I always did this in Spring as growth emerges although that is seemingly a good time to trim the roots on hostas to keep them small leafed.

Jun 29 2013

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Accent of the Day – Bits and Bobs

Jun 29 2013

Bali Hai

When you here the words Bali Hai some of you will automatically think of South Pacific 🙂

However, if you are into your Accent plants you should be thinking of this Bali Hai.

I had the pleasure of visiting the nursery today along with the Bonsai Baker and his good lady wife.

The owner Ian Scroggy, always makes you welcome and we had plenty of time to look around the old Nursery and the new one too. It’s a bit of hosta overload but there is also a stack of other interesting and unusual plants there that can be adapted to accent use. Here are some photos that I snapped there today.