It must be love. Phil gave me this little dwarf rose when I was at his house last weekend. I popped it into this little pot.
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Nishinihon meihin-ten
Some more excellent Japanese Exhibition photos from the bonsai Days blog. This time from Nishinihon meihin-ten.
Sorbus Reducta
I’ve had this little fellow for about 18 years.
Another Maple Layer
This time it’s a mame Trident Maple. I have a stump of maple that is far from attractive. I opted to layer off the little apex.
Escallonia
This Escallonia is now back out on the bench too. It got some work done during the Winter on the deadwood. Peter Snart kept me right with the carving and I took some time to preserve the inner deadwood. Just opening up now and in a few weeks it will be extending everywhere as usual.
and outside in the sun.
Rescue Maple Air Layer
After spending the last few years getting this maple back to health, it was time to make a decision about the rotting wood at the base and slight inverse taper. The tree has obviously had a hard life and large areas of the trunk have died back. After consideration I am opting to try an air layer.
I marked out the best spot for stripping the bark. Not easy as the deadwood always breaks the circumference of the trunk at some point.
Sharp tools at the ready and some Sphagnum Moss at hand.
Strip removed and a clean upper edge created. Lots of evidence of a hard life in the heartwood of this tree.
Instead of doing the usual air layer with cling film I opted to use a flower pot as it can sit at the base of the tree. Pot sliced and a portion removed to allow the trunk to fit through the bottom.
Taped up and ready for the moss.
Filled with moss and cling filmed over the top to help retain moisture.
Here we go. Update in the Autumn.
Korean Hornbeam
Back out on the benches with most of my trees. I will take a gamble that the weather has now turned. This Korean Hornbeam has been slow to bud this year but is now covered with tips of green.
Mario’s Spring Update
As I had the camera out on Sunday I took the opportunity to snap a few of Mario’s trees that I have in my care while he’s away working in Dubai. It’s sort of like proof of Life! 🙂
Jasmine
Satsuki
Japanese Black Pine
Korean Hornbeam
Itoigawa Juniper
Blue Star Juniper
Time to invest a little more time on this little Blue Star Juniper. It was pulled out of my front garden nearly dead and somehow a very thin live vein managed to keep the sap flowing. Over the last few years it has started to fatten and I can start to consider it’s future.
Albino Bonsai!
This is the second year that this shohin Corkbark Elm has produced cream/white spring foliage! It will green up in a few weeks but it is an oddity for viewing.
This is how it should look, my other shohin Corkie.
Bonsai Eejit 