Some photos taken at Belfast Rose Show this weekend past. This was Friday night when I was there entering a few bonsai into the exhibition. Sun was on the way down which created some interesting light.
Sedum and Leptinella
Mixed fern and grasses
Hosta Venusta
Chaenorhinum Glareosum
Arthropodium candidum purpureum.
Two more getting their first direction. First is a hawthorn with great bark and second is an unusual variety of privet.
This is another Hawthorn I worded on on Saturday, collected from a hedge a few years ago using a digger and now well established in a pot. Some amazing deadwood that will now be protected. Branch selection and some basic placing done. Raffia on a few of the heavy branches to get the right placement. Leader left to grow free to help with taper. This will be another great tree in a few years time.
I had the pleasure of working on this tree yesterday.
This Pyracantha was a beast collected from a garden a few years ago. It was time to do some branch selection and a little placement with wire where it was required. First though we had to define what was alive on the trunk and define the veins. Most of the trunk was dead but it had two live veins and an impressive base once we uncovered it. Bark was removed from the dead areas but no detailed carving was done for now. The top of the chop would was removed as this wont be needed in any final design. A repot in the Spring and this tree is well on the way to being one of the most impressive Pyracantha I have seen.
My constant shadow these days is Maggie, my Springer Spaniel.
Always wants to be at my feet, no matter what I’m doing. Sometimes that means getting a little messy 🙂
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.
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
Boston Ivy
Sumo Cotoneaster
And a very tasty Dissectum Japanese Maple with some beautiful leaf colour this year.
More to follow when I manage to get the camera out again.
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.
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