This Hosta has produced it’s best head of flowers to date. It’s one of my fist mini hostas, variety unknown which is a pity.
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Sapporo!
Even drinking Japanese Beer!
Tray Revision
Hard to believe, but despite the rain here this month, there has still been a few days were my accent/mame gravel trays have dried out too fast. On the advice of a friend I decided to swap the grit, which was quite large, with small grain clay [tesco cat litter].
I wasn’t able to do this on my own due to the shoulder so I recruited my son Matthew to help out. He has an interest when I can eventually pull him away from the computer.
Job done, thanks Matthew.
Through The Keyhole
I thought I would show you part of my body that I normally keep under wraps 🙂
Don’t get too excited. I was with my surgeon yesterday for my first check up since the op and he handed me photos taken by the camera during the keyhole surgery.
He said that red isn’t good, here’s my first two pics!
After removing the inflamed tissue he put this bad boy to work removing some bone. 80,000 rpm. My first thought was, would it work in the makita?!
This is the final one showing a nice gap for my tendon to move around in without any more aggravation.
Kurume Azalea Festival
Nekotoban was kind enough to share these photos with me in a recent email and I thought I would share them with you lot as well. Photos taken at the Kurume Azalea Festival back in April. What I’d give to go and see this for myself!
Satsuki Flowers
This is a satsuki azalea that I grew from a cutting. It was in my flower bed for about 6 years and was lifted last year. I just love the flowers, no idea of the variety. Any knowledgeable folk out there who know, please comment.
This is the trunk, early days but might be interesting in a few years.
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Get Wired In
I thought I better thank my two de-wiring buddies who kindly came over to my place and de-wired a few trees that needed done before I will be able to do it myself. Ben and Stan worked hard and I even let them cut chunks out of this big Sequoia for fun while they were here. Thanks guys 🙂
Ben stops to check his phone, surely his wife can’t be expecting again so soon after the last one 😀 Sorry Ben, couldn’t resist.
Mini Hostas
Stan called over to my place the other day. He had just received some mini hostas via mail order from Bali Hai [local and Internationally renowned Hosta specialist] and wanted to get them potted up. We wanted to see if any could be split in the process. He brought with him some recently purchased Erin Pottery accent pots as well.
Some great little ones, varieties such as;
Hydon Sunset, Blue Mouse Ears, Dixie Chick, Baby Bunting, Limey Lisa, and my favourite Venusta
I also potted up some ferns liberated from a grave Yard wall. Amazing what you can collect for free 🙂
Lonicera Forest
I’m looking after this one for a few weeks while Josh is away on holiday. It a Lonicera Forest collected many years ago from a hedge. Trunks are where they were in the hedge, nothing adjusted. I love the little bushes growing at the base of the trees, they add to the scale of the whole image. It’s a little pom-pom in places but it’s hard to do anything else with Lonicera on this scale. It breaks your heart with growth. Rather Josh than me 🙂
and with me for scale in case you thought it was shohin size!
Bonsai Eejit 