Wednesday 24 December 2014

Friday 19 December 2014

Larch Group Planting Progression photos

This group was started in 2000 from nursery stock plants bought at the local garden centre.

Initially it was five trees, but I added more as the group was developed.

2000

2002

2002


2004

2007

2007

2013

Juniper Progression photos

This juniper came from a neighbours front garden.  Had to be removed because they had the front paved over and I was fortunate enough to get my hands on it for nothing.

It's a golden form of juniper, most likely "Old Gold" and the foliage is quite feathery.  Does not make the nice compact foliage clouds you would get from a Blaauws or Itoigawa, but makes a nice image.

I lost most of the pictures of this tree due to a harddrive failure, so these are the only shots I have.

2004

2010

2011

2011

2012

2013

Japanese Mountain Maple Progression photos

This Maple was bought from the "Bargain Section" at Greenwood Bonsai Studio in 2002 at the princely sum of £45.

Not sure why I have taken so few pictures of this tree over the years.

2003

2007

2007

2010

2012

2013

2013

2014

2014

Cork Bark Maple Progression

Not much to do on the bonsai front this month, so i spent some time organising the photos on my computer and found some early shots of some of my trees.

I thought it may be good for some to see the progression over a number of years.

First up my Cork Bark Maple.  This was started from a cutting back in 1988 (if I remember rightly).  It is not as vigorous as a grafted maple and seems to grow very slowly.

It was grown in a large plant pot and then planted into its first bonsai pot in 1999.



May 2000

Sept 2000

2004

2006

2008

2010

2013

2014