Holiday Care Time Again

It’s that time of year when I get a few extra trees in my garden! I’m looking after 3 collections at the minute while friends are on holiday. It adds to the watering time but I must admit that I like looking at something different for a while too. Main problem is space but as long as the hose reaches, Ill cope 🙂

Here are some that arrived this week.

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I’ll take a few photos when I get a chance, some haven’t been seen before and are rather interesting 😉

These ones below belong to Ben, and we had the chance to photograph them already.

Berberis

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Boston Ivy

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Sumo Cotoneaster

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And a very tasty Dissectum Japanese Maple with some beautiful leaf colour this year.

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More to follow when I manage to get the camera out again.

More from Nekotoban

More shohin bonsai from Nekotoban’s blog  showing exhibits from Kyusyu Miyabi-ten 2013. There’s far more detail re pots and tree species on her blog HERE.

 

Shohin Juniper Reworking

Did a little work on this wee one a few days back. Smaller pot required at some point.

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Kyusyu Miyabi-ten 2013

For all you Shohin folk, check these out 🙂

If you want to know more info on species and pot makers then pop over to Nekotoban’s Bonsai Days Blog where she has lots more info listed for each photo. After seeing how popular her exhibition posts were last year, she has taken the time to note more information about each display. There should more exhibition posts to follow.

Swallowtail Moth

This flew out of my Beech the other day.

Today’s Walk

in photos…

Belfast Lough

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In the cool of the trees.

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Wild Rose

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Poser 🙂

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What’s he found?

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This

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Directions?

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Panoramic

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Spirea in Flower

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Satsuki Flower Removal

The best was past for my Satsuki Azalea and it was time to remove the flowers to help conserve a little strength. It took a while but I got the all, just always make sure you get the seed pod too. These are the four flower types on this tree.

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The aftermath!

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Now I have to look at this for the rest of the year 😦

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Geranium

Geranium Accent.

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