Anther nice video...
Friday, April 3, 2015
Monday, March 23, 2015
Friday, March 20, 2015
Bonsai : The Living Works Of Art - Japanology Plus ( 盆栽 )
Great video from Youtube on bonsai in general...
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Friday, March 13, 2015
Chinese Juniper - Itoigawa design suggestion...
Dear All,
a couple of weeks ago I posted a picture of a tree that I have bought and will work on this spring... When I saw the tree online I remembered a picture in a book of a bonsai that I could use as inspiration for the tree... It is similar style and I think that is the look that I am going for when i start working on the tree... see the similarity?
a couple of weeks ago I posted a picture of a tree that I have bought and will work on this spring... When I saw the tree online I remembered a picture in a book of a bonsai that I could use as inspiration for the tree... It is similar style and I think that is the look that I am going for when i start working on the tree... see the similarity?
Update on Figus airlayering...
Just a quick update on the figus airlayering that I did... Roots are starting to fill out the plastic bag and the health of the tree great... I think I will leave the tree for another month before I will seperate it from the old rootbase.
Bonsai made of a 4 Euro tree... (Pinus pinea)
Dear All,
A few days ago I was going home from work and I passed a local flower shop.. they had a early spring sale and I stopped to have a look. Since Christmas was over they had these little pine trees for sale for 4 euros each... first I really did not give them much thought until I remembered a video I saw on youtube some time ago.. cant remember who posted the video.. but remember the content of the video...
A filmcrew was visiting a beautiful bonsai nursery in Japan... and the journalist was amazed by the high quality trees... the owner of the nursery asked the guy: "how old are you?" The journalist replied: "I am 32 years old". The Owner said... "look at all these beautiful trees... if you start doing bonsai now.. when you reach MY age you will be able to have the same.. most of these trees are around 30 years old!"
With this video in the back of my mind... I thought.. "hey.. why not buy a couple of these trees... work on them...not expecting anything special for at least the next 10 years to come out of these little young trees... it is not what I will get tomorrow or next year.. but in 20 years from now.. I want to be that 62year old guy with a garden full of quality trees for my enjoyment"
I think there is something fascinating about creating something that have that long time spand before it turns into something great... and then it will first be highly appreciated.
So.. long story short.. here are a picture step by step one one of the little trees..
A few days ago I was going home from work and I passed a local flower shop.. they had a early spring sale and I stopped to have a look. Since Christmas was over they had these little pine trees for sale for 4 euros each... first I really did not give them much thought until I remembered a video I saw on youtube some time ago.. cant remember who posted the video.. but remember the content of the video...
A filmcrew was visiting a beautiful bonsai nursery in Japan... and the journalist was amazed by the high quality trees... the owner of the nursery asked the guy: "how old are you?" The journalist replied: "I am 32 years old". The Owner said... "look at all these beautiful trees... if you start doing bonsai now.. when you reach MY age you will be able to have the same.. most of these trees are around 30 years old!"
With this video in the back of my mind... I thought.. "hey.. why not buy a couple of these trees... work on them...not expecting anything special for at least the next 10 years to come out of these little young trees... it is not what I will get tomorrow or next year.. but in 20 years from now.. I want to be that 62year old guy with a garden full of quality trees for my enjoyment"
I think there is something fascinating about creating something that have that long time spand before it turns into something great... and then it will first be highly appreciated.
So.. long story short.. here are a picture step by step one one of the little trees..
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Figus Retusa - Airlayering.
Dear All,
In 2013 I bought this Figus Retusa online.. but I was not really happy with it. I did the first restyling right after arrival. The nebari was terrible and a huge branch was twisted around the trunk of the tree leaving a huge "scare". I was really not sure what to do with it at the time.. I left the tree.. and sometimes by doing that and looking at it for a long time I got the answer.
I decided to change the front of the tree and since it was in good health I wanted to do something about the ugly nebari. I did a airlayering about 3 weeks ago.. and below you can see pictures of the process. The tree have already started to shoot out new roots and hopefully I can get a much nicer tree that what I had to start with.
I will also change the angle a bit and repot the tree in a more round pot later.
In 2013 I bought this Figus Retusa online.. but I was not really happy with it. I did the first restyling right after arrival. The nebari was terrible and a huge branch was twisted around the trunk of the tree leaving a huge "scare". I was really not sure what to do with it at the time.. I left the tree.. and sometimes by doing that and looking at it for a long time I got the answer.
I decided to change the front of the tree and since it was in good health I wanted to do something about the ugly nebari. I did a airlayering about 3 weeks ago.. and below you can see pictures of the process. The tree have already started to shoot out new roots and hopefully I can get a much nicer tree that what I had to start with.
I will also change the angle a bit and repot the tree in a more round pot later.
the tree as it arrived...
After the first styling but was not happy with the big scare at the front of the trunk!
The tree have just been left to grow...
The new front of the tree.with a much better trunk. I also wired the tree a bit...
I removed the bark around the trunk and hopefully new roots will shoot out and create a much nicer nebari for the furture.
I wrapped the part of the trunk in plastic bag and added soil. I now water the tree from the top and make sure the area is not drying out at any time.
(You can already see new white roots inside the bag after one month now.)
One month later I see the tree is in very good health and I already begin to see alot of new white roots inside the plastic bag. So fare it looks like it works.
I am not sure when I will separate the tree from the old root base but I want to make sure there is enough new roots to support the tree... maybe a couple of months from now on.
will keep you posted...
Monday, February 2, 2015
Chinese Juniper - Itoigawa
Dear All
I just made a reservation on this tree from Kaizen Bonsai nursery in the UK. It will arrive within the next 2 months. Below I have added a few pictures of the tree. Cant wait to get my hands on it.
The tree is original from Korea and is about 58 cm tall, 60cm wide and with a nebari of 12cm. With a little wirring and some styling I think it can be a great Bonsai in the future.
I just made a reservation on this tree from Kaizen Bonsai nursery in the UK. It will arrive within the next 2 months. Below I have added a few pictures of the tree. Cant wait to get my hands on it.
The tree is original from Korea and is about 58 cm tall, 60cm wide and with a nebari of 12cm. With a little wirring and some styling I think it can be a great Bonsai in the future.
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