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Lack of Bonsai Holly Tree Pics
2007-11-09 21:29:00 I apologise for not getting the pictures of the holly trees up yet! It seems I have no hours in the house during daylight hours at the moment. I go to work before dawn and come back at dusk. This time of the year is a bit depressing like that. But guess what… Today is ... More About: Holly , Bonsai , Tree , Lack , Olly
2 New Holly Trees for Bonsai
2007-11-04 20:50:00 I have accquired two small holly trees today which I am going to try out as bonsai. I’ve never seen a holly bonsai before so it will be a good experiment. They are not the common holly we get in this country, the leaves are more rounded and less spiky. I’ve yet to identify them ... More About: Holly , Trees , Bonsai , Rees , Olly
2 New Holly Trees for Bonsai
2007-11-04 20:50:00 I have accquired two small holly trees today which I am going to try out as bonsai. I’ve never seen a holly bonsai before so it will be a good experiment. They are not the common holly we get in this country, the leaves are more rounded and less spiky. I’ve yet ... More About: Holly , Trees , Bonsai , Olly
Time for Planting Seeds
2007-11-04 18:56:00 It’s about this time of the year I like to plant some tree seeds. I think it’s best to let nature take it’s course and allow the changing of the seasons to bring your seeds to life. I know that a lot of people go through various strange methods of scarification, soaking, freezing, stratification, warming ... More About: Seasons , Time , Planting , Seeds
Time for Planting Seeds
2007-11-04 18:56:00 It’s about this time of the year I like to plant some tree seeds. I think it’s best to let nature take it’s course and allow the changing of the seasons to bring your seeds to life. I know that a lot of people go through various strange methods of scarification, soaking, freezing, stratification, warming ... More About: Seasons , Time , Seed , Planting , Seeds
End of the Growth
2007-11-02 20:13:00 This years growth has all but ceased on the bonsai and we are now waiting and watching for spring. Winter is a bit of a miserable time of the year but bonsai can look extremely dramatic when they are bare without their leaves like now. It can bring on a whole new air of magnificence ... More About: Seasons , Growth , The G
End of the Growth
2007-11-02 20:13:00 This years growth has all but ceased on the bonsai and we are now waiting and watching for spring. Winter is a bit of a miserable time of the year but bonsai can look extremely dramatic when they are bare without their leaves like now. It can bring on a whole new air of magnificence ... More About: Seasons , Growth , The G
Sold Out of Cotoneaster Seeds
2007-10-20 22:04:00 I’ve currently run out of cotoneaster seeds at the bonsai art store. I should be able to get some more in the next week or two. More About: Sold , Seed , Seeds , Tone , Aster
How Often Should You Prune Your Bonsai?
2007-10-20 20:47:00 Pruning is all according to your own tastes. If we are asking how often we should prune your bonsai it can vary from person to person. However, a bonsai cannot be kept looking it’s absolute best at all times. Sometimes it needs a bit of growing time to do what it wants. Now and again you ... More About: Bonsai , Pruning
Autumn Colour Fully in Gear at Westonbirt
2007-10-14 13:15:00 Autumn has kicked in with a vengeance and all around the trees are changing colours. There are beautiful sites around where I live with the trees changing to all different colours. I am planning a trip to Westonbirt in the next week or two to check out the sights there. The autumn season at Westonbirt ... More About: Seasons , Gear , Colour , Autumn
Styling Improvements
2007-10-08 18:21:00 I was looking over some old photos of the first trees I tried to style myself and noticed a massive difference! Nearly two years ago I tried having a go at it myself. Before then I just purchased ready made bonsai from the shop and kept them in their original shape. So here it is ... More About: Improv , Prove
Newly Potted Hinoki Cypress
2007-10-07 20:41:00 I got hold of a new pot today and had the difficult decision of which hinoki cypress to place in it. The three that I recently styled in New Cypress Specimens all need potting but for the moment I’ve only got the one pot. It is a 10 inch red dappled ceramic pot ... More About: Ypres
The Alder
2007-10-02 18:54:00 The Alder is a very interesting tree which up until recently I wasn’t sure of. Theres a lot of them in the place where I work and have been meaning to identify them for some time. It is a normal type of deciduous tree but is unique in the fact that it has cones like ...
New Cypress Specimens
2007-09-29 20:31:00 This weekend I have created 3 amazing looking cypress bonsai which I think could be good enough for being show quality. I know it sounds quite big headed of me to say so but I think these 3 trees that I have created are truly wonderful! I will be keeping one of them ... More About: Ypres , Mens
Growing A Flowering Plum Bonsai by Barbara Williams
2007-09-26 08:15:00 Flowering plum includes a variety of plum trees that are both native and introduced, and can be found growing on the low slopes and in valleys across the United States and southern Canada. They can even be seen by the sides of roads and along fences — especially in those parts of North America with ... More About: Tips , Barbara , Bonsai , Growing , Williams
Silk Bonsai Trees by Bob Bastian
2007-09-25 13:37:00 Do you know that bonsai trees are a great looking plant? You will find that you can make your room and home look just as you want it to with your bonsai. You will find that you can get a great look with silk bonsai trees as well. You do not have to have a ... More About: Models , Trees , Bonsai , Silk , Rees
Bonsai Art Store now Selling Trees for Sale
2007-09-24 20:36:00 The bonsai art store is now up and running! More About: Selling , For Sale , Sale , Store , Trees
Store Starting to Take Shape
2007-09-21 17:45:00 I’ve been very busy lately working on my new addition to bonsai art which is the “Bonsai Art Store ”. There you will be able to purchase trees of all ages. The main part I am looking forward to is to be able to offer seeds to people in other countries where the trees are not ... More About: Shape
A Thought
2007-09-19 20:08:00 You do not train your bonsai, your bonsai trains you. More About: Tips , Thought
New Addition to Hawthorn Project Bonsai
2007-09-18 08:57:00 I decided that my 12 hawthorn bonsai looked a little too skinny for it’s height and would take many years to look good and for the trunks to gel together. To help it out a little I inserted a nice looking driftwood branch in the centre as a main trunk for the hawthorns to ... More About: Photo , Project , Bonsai , Hawt , Horn
Best Easy to Take Care of Indoor Bonsai
2007-09-17 15:15:00 My friend has recently got into bonsai but prefers to have indoor trees as opposed to outdoor. To be honest I much prefer outdoor bonsai as they are much easier to take care of but here are a few that are good for keeping indoors and easy to look after. Chinese Elm - An obvious choice, ... More About: Care , Bonsai , Easy
Latest Developments of the Site
2007-09-13 22:17:00 You may have noticed the site has slowed down a bit in the last few weeks. I apologise for the lack of new posts lately but I do have good reasons for it! The first is that it’s coming to the end of the growing season and the trees are not growing much so you ... More About: Site , The Site
The First Signs Of Autumn
2007-09-06 20:54:00 The seasons have gone topsy-turvy this year because of the strange weather we have been having. My azalea out the front think that it’s just turned spring and my oak bonsai out the back thinks it’s nearly autumn. My oak is closer to the truth but autumn is still supposed to officially be ... More About: Seasons , Signs , Autumn , Autum
A Years Worth of Growth
2007-08-27 20:00:00 A bonsai can grow so much in a year, but unless you take photographs it is very hard to notice the change. I have taken a few photos of my trees at the start of this year and again this week to see the difference. More About: Seasons , Growth , Worth , Years , Year
5 Top Indoor Bonsai Care Tips by Samuel Phillipson
2007-08-21 14:19:00 Indoor bonsai care can be quite a difficult process to say the least. Without proper care and attention bonsai trees are prone to dying which is a rather unfortunate for the grower and the tree itself. Many people have different views on the proper way to care for bonsai trees and today I am going ... More About: Tips , Care , Bonsai , Samuel , Ipso
Woodlands for Sale in Your Area
2007-08-18 12:35:00 I have found a website called Woodlands for Sale which sells woods around the UK. It seems like a very interesting prospect and I think the main purpose of it is to get owners that love trees and woodlands to take care of them. Quite a few of the woods for sale have ... More About: For Sale , Area
Taking a Step Back
2007-08-16 12:49:00 Apologies for the lack of posts this last week, I’ve been away on holiday in Edinburgh checking out the Fringe. It is about 400 miles north from where I live so the main difference that I noticed up there was the temperature dropping. It seemed a lot colder up there. With one or two days ... More About: Seasons , Back , Step , Taking
Discover the Bonsai Orange Tree - A Magnificent Additton to Your Collection
2007-08-08 20:01:00 American nurseries have taken the pruning and sculpting of the bonsai and applied them to indoor house plants. By combining traditional house plant procedures with bonsai concepts of design, they have created different bonsai styles. The following plants have been grown as indoor bonsai. These plants can be obtained from either local or specialized nurseries. If ... More About: Orange , Bonsai , Tree , Range , Discover
My Seat Has Come To Life (part 2)
2007-08-06 20:02:00 On closer inspection of my log that has sprouted leaves I cannot see any roots forming underneath it. Surely a tree has got to have roots to suck up water? My conclusions are that it is either sucking up water directly through the bark chippings underneath it into the log, or that the bottom of ... More About: Life , Seat , Part
My Seat Has Come To Life
More articles from this author:2007-08-02 21:01:00 I had a bit of a shock today. My seat at the back of my garden has come to life and sprung leaves… Quite strange you might think seeing as it has been sitting there for about 6 months, as I went to sit on it I spotted leaves sprouting from it and ... More About: Photo , Life , Seat 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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