Day: May 6, 2020
Everything is still alive & well 2020
Originally posted on bonsai balcony brno:
Hi there. Long time, I know. Been busy. Instead of a boring and long story here are some trees 🙂 ? This Common Juniper was the subject of my first public demo on the 23rd of June in Poland at the Bonsai Triennale 2019. I was really happy with the result. ? ? Yes, bonsai was being done all… Continue reading Everything is still alive & well 2020
Boxwood Bonsai Thinning
Originally posted on Bonsai Iterate:
Boxwood is one of my favorite species to work on. The work is precise, detail oriented, and rewarding… if you are patient. The work I’m doing today should be done only after the current year’s growth has had time to harden off. My preferred way to determine whether boxwood leaves have hardened off is by feel, but that’s hard to… Continue reading Boxwood Bonsai Thinning
Ground Boxes
Originally posted on Bonsai Iterate:
I have initiated a new experiment for development of bonsai material. When we want to grow a thicker trunk we often hear the advice to “put it in the ground and let it grow.” In my experience collecting material from the clay-heavy soils in my yard, plants growing in the ground will often send their roots ranging far and wide… Continue reading Ground Boxes
Walter Pall Bonsai Adventures: Cotinus #1 – update
Japanese Holly in Early Development
Originally posted on Bonsai Iterate:
Bonsai is an art of patience. Sometime around four years ago I found a Japanese holly growing wild in area where I knew I was able to collect. It was overgrown, but I saw potential for not just one, but at least two trees. I waited until the following growing season to take an air layer (which you can read… Continue reading Japanese Holly in Early Development
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