May 5 2015

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Trident Root Over Rock

Apr 26 2015

Kusamono in New Pot

I was gifted this pot a few months ago. A truly stunning pot from a wood fired kiln [Anagama]. I have planted it up with various plants but will take a good year to fill out.

Apr 25 2015

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Malus at it’s Best

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Apr 21 2015

Another One!

You’d think I’d have enough plants for accent/kusamono, but apparently not! I was at a local Garden Centre on Saturday with my better half for a coffee and spotted a few plants in the Alpine section that took my fancy. A nice Dwarf Aquilegia, Primula and a Mazus which I’d never heard of.

After a little poking and splitting and a few Magic Ceramic pots, this is the results. I have a few set aside for future use as well.

Apr 19 2015

Tall Larch

I had planned to rewire my taller Larch this Spring but I missed my window of opportunity, and as a result it’s springing out of shape. Still looks pretty good but prefer it in the second photo after wiring a few years ago.

2013

Apr 18 2015

‘Old Joe’ Yew

Lifted this one in for a slight trim. Bit of a history with this one.

Before tidy up

After Tidy up

This was it in 2010

Apr 17 2015

Berberbis Bagatelle

I now know the exact name of this Berberis Clump, I found the original label buried in the root mass when I was giving it a clear out a few days ago.

This was it before clearing. I just wanted to remove excess mix from the pot and some of the old garden soil and aerial roots from around the base.

After the clean up I have uncovered about an extra inch worth of base.

Look forward to getting this one into a smaller more manageable pot next year.

Apr 16 2015

One to One: Mixed Bag

I had Ben over for a one to one last Saturday with a van load of trees to discuss and work on, always an enjoyable session with Ben.

These are a few of the trees covered on the day. First up a beech that got a pruning, thread grafting and a repot.

This Beech group on a slate had a few adjustment made to the slate so it didn’t look like it had just been stolen off a roof!

And finally a Yamadori Hawthorn getting it’s first shaping. A strange one to do but we opted to try and recreate an actual Hawthorn image that can be seen throughout Ireland. Typically seen growing the in the middle of a field with cattle lying under it. I suggested this to Ben as a possible accent feature but thankfully he’s wise enough to know that this would be tacky 🙂

Apr 15 2015

Bird Invasion

During a shower of rain last Sunday I had a flock of Sparrows visit my benches looking for insects, oh, and the usual Blackbird looking to remove every bit of moss it could find!