Day: April 7, 2018
10 recent news stories about birds and birding — BirdWatching
Kagawa BONSAI on Instagram: “不思議な盆栽。 Mysterious bonsai. . The bonsai you acquired the other day. . You have a nice trunk. I am looking forward to seeing how to arrange…”
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gak Bonsai Export (@gakbonsai) Continue reading Kagawa BONSAI on Instagram: “不思議な盆栽。 Mysterious bonsai. . The bonsai you acquired the other day. . You have a nice trunk. I am looking forward to seeing how to arrange…”
Colorado Bonsai – Forsythia × intermedia ‘Lynwood ‘ – Colorado Rocky Mountain Bonsai – Suiseki
My Bonsai Obsession: This Melaleuca is a Survivor
First work on a Yamadori Yew ‘Pagoda’ style
Originally posted on Bonsai & Yamadori from Tony Tickle:
Its always exciting when you tackle a piece of raw material for the first time, the element of discovery (and sometimes disappointment) seeing the image that you have in your head appear before your eyes is great. This tree was collected over 4 years ago, this is a tall thin English Yew (Taxus Baccata), it has… Continue reading First work on a Yamadori Yew ‘Pagoda’ style
A visit to Hans van Meers garden
Originally posted on Bonsai & Yamadori from Tony Tickle:
The day after the Trophy in Belgium, Terry and I visited my good friend Hans van Meer in Holland, this video is a look around his collection. Continue reading A visit to Hans van Meers garden
Thinning and Wiring Pines
Originally posted on Robert Nocher Shohin Bonsai:
Gerry and I have started the end of year maintenance on our pines. This normally involves the thinning of the old needles and some of this seasons too, in areas of strong growth. When the thinning is complete, the trees have to be partially or totally re-wired to accommodate the new growth. The first one I tackled was… Continue reading Thinning and Wiring Pines
Some Trees in Development
Originally posted on Robert Nocher Shohin Bonsai:
This post is looking at progress that has been made this year on trees I have been developing during my weekly sessions with Gerry. The first is a Blaauws Juniper That was given to me as raw material by Philip Donnelly of Belfast Bonsai in 2015. It had a lot of thick branches that grew off the main trunk… Continue reading Some Trees in Development
Some Winter Images
Originally posted on Robert Nocher Shohin Bonsai:
We’ve had sub zero temperatures in southern Scotland for a few weeks now, but today we had our first significant snowfall of the winter. Work doesn’t stop completely at this time of year; there’s still plenty to do, but the cold certainly slows down progress. Gerry and I are still meeting regularly and we bring a few trees inside… Continue reading Some Winter Images