As it have got to my collections in August 2013
different angel
first styling October 2013
some adjustment in January 2014
in new pot May 2014
July 2014
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Monthly Archives: July 2014
European Larches Group update
March 2014 one year old seedlings
July 2014
chamaecyparis bulevard update
January 2013 after first styling in November 2012
February 2013 potted on stone plate
July need be wired coming winter
chamaecyparis lawsoniana ellwoodii update
as collected in box for last two years
March 2014 first styling
July next step in styling – deadwood creations and top branches styling
Mugo Pine Pumilo update
September 2013
November 2013
May 2014
July 2014
Playing with moss sumary
One month after defoliation
One month after defoliation at the workshop shown in previous post, the trees have responded well. The three shohin shown had all their leaves removed, leaving only the stem where a sleeping bud waits for something like this to happen. Maybe the tree is not aware of bonsai-mad men with sharp scissors, but they are prepared for natures moods and disasters. So when leaves are removed by hand and scissors, or attacks from grasshoppers i.e., they wake up the sleeping buds for survival. These buds are weaker, but the tree goes on. The weaker leaves developed are very beneficial for the purpose of developing smaller leaves and shorter compact branches for shohin-bonsai. So we just make advantage of what nature has planned, and by that we achieve better bonsai.
One month ago leaves were removed, now new ones are on their way, and in two weeks time the canopy…
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