August 2009 Some work on Bonsai in my garden©

 
  1. Menu pictures being updated during various seasons in 2010

        Styling work on Hinoki Cypress species Using Petflex

          Large Pine reducing leggy branches using Petflex

          Trevs Pine: Small Pine creating a tighter image

          Juniper Squamata  in a 'Chinese Welcoming' style

          Sequoiadendron Gigantium-Giant Sequoia Styling from  
          nursery  stock

          Rhododendron Indicum restyling leggy branches by Drastic 
          pruning

          Shohin Maple styling
                                                                
          Repotting the  large Pine-'Twin Dragons'
         Original Story in Bonsai Masterclass pages 178-180

          Styling Garden Junipers-Grey Owl, Old Gold, Blauws,
          Squamata

          White Pine restyle - Under Construction

          Larch Group -Under construction

          Privit -Under construction

          Large Trident recovery-The Slug -under construction

 

Some general views during June and July 2009

 
                                                                                                           My wife Svetlana with one of my old Maple Cut downs from 20 metre trees-Book 1
There are a number of areas in my small Bonsai Garden. I am not a dealer and my garden is not open to the public.
Part of the garden is given over to many different varieties of Maples and these form a backdrop.
Most of the garden is surrounded by Japanese Style Bamboo fencing and areas have been created to display the Bonsai on Posts.
The ground under the posts is large purple slate shards as smaller slate crumbles and  becomes dust after a while..
There are four display areas and three work areas. I have two workshops and two over wintering areas.

The large Shishi Gashira Maple was planted as a cutting by a friend, Ken Shalliker , in1974. I have been working on the refinement for three years now. The pot is an antique Japanese pot by the  19th century potter, Yoshimura. I like Shishis and have many from Shohin to medium sizes and a very large one growing in my garden as a normal tree. I am experimenting with foliage reduction techniques during 2009 and 2010


Shohin tray 2


Shohin tray 4 Coming into Autumn-I tend to let most things grow for vigour towards the end of the growing season

Pines and Evergreens

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Shohin tray1


Shohin tray 3


Larger Bonsai Late Spring


Pines and yews- the column and stones form a water feature
which is nice in hotter weather as the sounds of moving water is pleasant

Shohin in work View South

July

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View East

looking up to the back of the house

View South-most trees in this collection are in work all the time. Either wiring or unwiring, pruning or shaping. The workshop in on the top right

Looking up from the sunken garden to the back of the house and the workshop

General view West- In Scotland the weather tends to pretty wet with better weather in the earlier part of the year from April to end of May and then rain until September and hopefully a little better weather to round our damp year off.

Large Chinese Elm View South. In the background through the maples is a Finnish Bench Swing for four people with a central table encased in Japanese Style bamboo fencing. Very nice in the evening for a glass of wine or a coffee after dinner. There are solar lights throughout the garden subtly lighting the pathways.