Had this variety for ages and is well suited to accent pot culture. I have only just had it identified as Gingee by Bali Hai Nursery.
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Pollen
Alot of trees seem to be having a good year as far as flowers go. I have seen a lot more flowers on pines, Scots, Mugo and Japanese White.
This ones a Mugo at Stephen’s house the other day. Anybody else seeing more of this this year?
This Common Juniper also at Stephen’s only had to be touched to raise a cloud of pollen.
Accent of the day – Lewisia
I have a lot of accent hitting their best at the moment, so I’m going to pop one or two up each day until I run out of plants or interest, whichever comes first 🙂
Lewisia
My New Baby
This is my latest acquisition, a Root over Rock Itiogawa Juniper from Willowbog Bonsai. This is it just as I bought it. I’m not working on it until the Peter Warren Workshop in September, but I will do a little clean up of the shari and bark and inner weak foliage.
The Front
The Back
My son’s nipples for scale 🙂
The Wedding
Congratulations to Phil and Suse for what was a fantastic day out for all the guests sharing in their big day. Sun was shining, drink was flowing and the craic was mighty 🙂
Here is the day in photos for those who know them and want a closer look.
Well done Mark the Best Man, I think we worked well as a team on the day in keeping Phil right 😉 As a kind gesture, at the end of the day we swapped a cuff link, a nice moment.
And a big thanks to Suse and Phil making me walk into the top table to the the song, ‘Here Come The Girls’!! 😛
Last minutes watering
Helping hand
First bottle of the day
Yeager bombs
Phil ‘Dorthy’ Donnelly
Where’s the Photographer??!!
The boys
The fingers
The Best Man
Wow
Gulp
Pose
What’s the capital of Thailand?
Bangkok 🙂
Allie helping out too
Excited
All aboard
Stretch out!
Bonsai contingent
Ben & Em
Allie and I
After the deed
Beautiful Bridesmaids
The happy couple
Attracting attention
Phil heckling
Checking my blog
Brotherly love
aaww
Wedding Day messages from Kobayashi and Kimura wow.
The cake
Suse getting hooked
Whiskey
Finn and Phil
Dessert
The rabble table
Stuffing my face, double desserts
Guess who
Your round
Shot o’clock again
Cuffed or chuffed
Table flowers for Allie
The Big Day
If you follow this blog you will have seen and heard a lot about one of my best friends in life and in Bonsai. I have known Phil now for 19 years, and today he marries Suse, who is way too good for him.
I’ll post the odd pic here as the day progresses but I just wanted to take this time to wish both Phil and Suse a long and happy marriage.
I wish I was going to Japan on honeymoon with you both 🙂
Snart on Tour Stop 8
After a quick meal back at home, we both headed over to Josh’s Garden for the last stop on our Tour. I have a funny feeling that this was Peter’s favourite stop.
Josh has quite simply some of the best field grown bonsai in the UK. See for yourself.
Massive Beech Collected from a local park 20 years ago
Field Maple from same park
Ulmus Glabra
Turkey Oak
Pine Torture 🙂
Closer look
Oak Bark detail
Copper Beech
Beech Nebari
First year in a pot.
Raulli
Snart on Tour Stop 7
On our way back to County Down, we stopped at Carnlough to visit Bali Hai, a Hosta Specialist Nursery. Just one phone photo from here but more on what I got at a later date.
Snart on Tour Stop 6
The main target of our tour, the Giants Causeway. Funny rocks surrounded by thousands of tourists. If I sound cynical, I apologise. It’s a beautiful place, but I’ve been here ALOT!
Rock Climbers
A rare shot with no people
taking it in
Orchid?
Poser
Causeway Seathrift
The Giant
High Point
Bonsai Eejit 