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Day: December 31, 2016
Looking back at 2016 at Willowbog Nursery.
How to wire a Y branch intersection – Bonsai Tonight
My Bonsai Year of 2016 in Pictures
Here we are again at the end of another year and its time for me to review my bonsai journey over the past 12 months by means of a selection of my favourite photographs taken throughout the year.
The Ayr Winter Image Show in early January is the first gathering of the season for the Scottish bonsai community. Last year I took my Juniper Squamata along.
In February, I took the opportunity to photograph all of my best shohin trees in groups of deciduous and evergreen. Incidentally, the deciduous group received more Facebook likes than any photograph I’ve posted before or since.
At Last the Spring returned, my favourite time of the year. I have chosen the next picture to illustrate this, even though I normally cringe, when I see a picture of myself. This one isn’t too bad and it shows me doing what I love most in the place I…
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Slanting European Hornbeam One Year’s Difference
Spring 2015. Too tall and lacking taper.
Spring 2016. Trunk chopped back.
Winter 2016. Trunk chopped further and first wiring completed. Fingers crossed for back budding to fill the gaps next year.
Trident winter pruning 1
A quick update on this tree. Before:
After:
Ready for a little more root work, a decent pot, and some branch building.
Cascade Japanese Black Pine
I finally got around to doing a little work on my new Shohin Japanese Black Pine. I picked this one up whilst on holiday in Tenerife back in October. A visit to Bonsai Centro Tenerife and a chat with Jose Acuna did the job.
This is it as purchased.
and after a little work.
A slightly different angle.
As a large shohin I like the fact that it has possibilities for reversing it in a box stand to fit different displays. Here’s the back.
and the other sides just for giggles.
Jose gave me a few earlier photos of it which I’ll share here too to keeps my records all in one place.
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