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The Ancient Art of Creating a Bonsai From a Stump?
2008-03-26 20:17:00 Here in the UK we don’t like to wait for long. Don’t get me wrong, we seem to love queuing up in shops for as long as it takes. It doesn’t matter to us if we wait in the post office line for half an hour as long as we get there in ... More About: Creating , Bonsai , Ancient
A Wet Boot Sale
2008-03-16 20:29:00 Quite a few people turned up to the bonsai boot sale in Birmingham this morning but I’m sure there would have been a lot more if it didn’t rain so much early on! I was in two minds about going myself listening to the rain through the night. To be honest I didn’t sell very ... More About: Selling , Sale , Boot
Outdoor Bonsai - The Standard
2008-03-14 19:50:00 “I thought bonsai were supposed to be kept indoors” or “Shouldn’t those trees be inside?” are statements that I hear all too often. Outdoor bonsai are truly better than indoor trees for dozens of reasons. I think just about anybody would struggle to keep a bonsai indoors for one simple reason: It’s a tree. Most ... More About: Standard , Bonsai
The Trees That Made Britain
2008-03-10 19:17:00 I’ve been watching an interesting program on TV called the trees that made Britain . I think it’s a repeat, but it’s new to me so that’s good. The program is currently being broadcasted on UK TV Gardens on cable and sky. It explores the way that these trees were such a major part of ... More About: Trees , Made
Cypress Death - A Long Process
2008-03-08 12:03:00 In the last week or so I’ve noticed that a shrub which forms part of my hedge has died. There is no reason why it should have died, it’s had ample water, light and oxygen. The secret lies in the waxy coating which cypress have on their needles. It was probably dead a few ... More About: Death , Long , Process
1st Of March
2008-03-01 20:19:00 According to the met office springtime officially starts today. Yet historically it has started nearer the end of March . It’s true that trees are starting to sprout leaves but it is still only a handful compared to the majority of them. On the bbc website I found this: Much of the country is in the ... More About: Seasons
Weathered Bonsai
2008-03-01 11:21:00 Fantastic Weathered Bonsai found at Loren Webster’s blog. ... More About: Pruning
Springtime Has Hit The Gower
2008-02-24 18:20:00 Finally springtime has started to kick in. It’s been happening slowly since the last frost a week ago mostly with only hawthorns so far. I found one which was nearly fully in leaf this morning. I’ve been on pins the last few weeks waiting for my bonsai to come back into leaf. I ... More About: Seasons , Springtime
Creature From The Deep
2008-02-17 20:47:00 This weekend I acquired a very odd looking tree which I have named the creature from the deep! It was growing in the side of a very steep slope of loose coal which we call slag heaps. The main trunk had been snapped by someone who was probably sliding/falling down it and used ... More About: Deep , Creature
Bonsai Size Classification
2008-02-16 10:45:00 I was searching the internet for the proper size for mame bonsai and found this interesting table of bonsai size classes. Japanese classification Required hands to move bonsai Approximate size Imperial Eight-handed bonsai 60 to 80 inches Hachi-uye Six-handed bonsai 40 to 60 inches Dai or Omono Four-handed bonsai 30 to 48 inches ... More About: Bonsai , Size
Bonsai Boot Sale
2008-02-10 17:49:00 Sunday March 16th there is going to be a bonsai boot sale at Birmingham botanical gardens in the car park. It starts at 8am and finishes about 12pm. It only happens once a year so book your place now if you want to be a part of it. More info at fobbs ... More About: Sale , Bonsai , Boot
And The Winner Is?
2008-02-09 21:42:00 The past week or two I have been keeping an eye on the bonsai in my garden as spring slowly approaches us. Buds of many trees have been slowly swelling in anticipation of the heat and sun that is soon to come. Cherry trees are one of the first ones to respond to ... More About: Seasons , Winner
The Importance Of Taper
2008-02-04 19:41:00 Most collected trees fail to look good for one specific reason. They have no taper. Taper is the way that a trunk starts off large at the base and slowly gets smaller towards the top of the tree. It should also been seen in the sizes of the branches on the way up. ... More About: Tips
Willow Leaf Ficus
2008-02-01 20:59:00 Here is a fantastic tree I’ve found online created by Ed Trout which is a willow leaf ficus. It is a great design which is a root over rock. It looks like he’s grown it over the rock for a good few years to increase the root size and then switched it onto it’s side. ... More About: Leaf , Pruning , Willow
Newly Styled Willow Tree
2008-01-28 07:16:00 One of my yamadori finds from this winter was this lovely willow tree. At least I’m pretty sure it’s a type of willow because it is a lot harder trying to identify trees in the winter. Only time will tell if I’m correct. It’s quite a bushy looking tree at about 2 foot tall. ... More About: Tree , Wiring , Willow
New Yamadori Hawthorn - my biggest yet (part 3)
2008-01-27 12:12:00 Today I carved my hawthorn using hand tools including a stanley knife and a large penknife. I tried to tear off as much as I could to give it more of a natural look but it is so thick it took a long time to remove any amount of wood. I am happy ... More About: Part , Part 3 , Pruning
Not Long Until Spring
2008-01-26 16:08:00 I’ve been outside today and noticed the garden is starting to wake up! A few of my tree’s buds are getting ready to open and it won’t be long now until spring. ... More About: Seasons , Spring , Long
Best Way To Collect Yamadori
2008-01-25 21:15:00 I’ve tried a lot of different ways to collect trees and keep them alive while doing so. Here is the only way I’ve found that makes sure they survive: You will need - a plastic bag, a bin bag, a cable tie, a shovel, a branch cutter 1. Dig up the tree at the location trimming ...
Accent Plants For Your Bonsai
2008-01-24 19:57:00 Heres a video I’ve found on youtube showing good accent ‘hosta’ plants to accompany your bonsai. ... More About: Plants , Bonsai , Pruning
New Yamadori Hawthorn - my biggest yet (part 2)
2008-01-24 17:14:00 Last week I wrote about the newest addition to my collection. A very large yamadori hawthorn. It was cut down to it’s bare bones and transferred to my garden. Yesterday I found a pot for it while out at the shops. I inspected the roots and found them to be in good condition ... More About: Part
Arty Bonsai
2008-01-24 14:54:00 Heres some arty bonsai pictures for you at bonsai art! © Written by Adam Nantel - ... More About: Bonsai
Update - Trees Of Great Britain
2008-01-20 18:51:00 I have been working on a new area today called Trees Of Great Britain which will soon contain the most common trees in the UK and their practicality as bonsai http://bonsaiart.co.uk/trees-of-great-bri tain/ More About: Great Britain , Update
Chunky mame bonsai
2008-01-19 22:40:00 Going today from the biggest tree - (Yamadori Hawthorn) to the smallest. I have created a new mame bonsai this week. It is a type of willow and it actually quite old for it’s size. It’s between 5-10 years old and is very short indeed. It is under the 10cm requirement for ... More About: Bonsai , Chunky
New Yamadori Hawthorn - my biggest yet
2008-01-19 12:25:00 I have been working at collecting a new specimen this week. It has taken me a good few days to prepare it for removal from it’s site and transporting back to my garden. The hawthorn tree started off at about 15 foot high. It has good branches at the base and a ...
Nedd Fechan Waterfalls
2008-01-18 19:31:00 On Tuesday this week me and my uncle Paul went for a walk up to Nedd Fechan Waterfalls . It had been an extremely wet night and there was a lot of flooding around. We went to see how much water was coming over the falls and hoped it would be spectacular. We got there ... More About: Seasons
Tree Shaping
2008-01-17 17:13:00 I have found a very interesting website called “Pooktre Tree Shapers“. It is the concept of growing a tree into a shape so that it can be used as something. They have some amazing looking chairs, tables and mirrors on their site. It looks like a good idea. Why not give it a ...
Giant Oak Photo
2008-01-15 17:07:00 Who said that I love oaks? I suppose I might have mentioned it now and again… Here’s a picture I took in August 2007, at the National Botanic Gardens Of Wales which is near Carmarthen. The oak itself is huge and must have been around for hundreds of years. More About: Photo , Giant
Oak Decline - A Growing Problem
2008-01-14 19:02:00 Reports of Oak decline are said to date back to the 1920’s so it is no new disease. However recently in the news has been reports of it spreading more rapidly and killing off whole oak groves. The disease is said to be welling up again more rapidly due to the increase in ... More About: Problem , Growing , Pests
How Easy Is It To Keep A Bonsai?
2008-01-13 18:10:00 Today somebody asked me how easy it is to look after bonsai trees and whether it takes a lot of time to watch over them. It depends how much time you are willing to put into the hobby on how long it will take you to look after them. I know someone who hardly ever ... More About: Tips , Bonsai , Easy
Identifying Dormant Twigs From Trees in Winter
More articles from this author:2008-01-11 13:15:00 In winter it can be hard to identify trees correctly with the absence of leaves. I had this problem earlier in the week when I collected 4 yamadori specimens but could not tell what species they were. I searched the interweb high and low for pictures of “bare twigs in the winter”, “dormant ... More About: Winter , Trees 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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