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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Peter Warren October workshop here
Just the one place left on the Sunday of the workshop weekend that Mr. Warren will do here at Willowbog Bonsai on the 27th and 28th of October this year, so if you are still to make up your mind … Continue reading
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Wrong month ?????
I reckon the seasons are at least a month out of kilter ! This scene, taken by the Proprietor a minute ago from the window beside the computer, would be quite appropriate for mid October when we typically have a … Continue reading
Spanner
In my last post I mentioned a cat , there now is a Willowbog Cat ! For the majority of our married lives Jean and I have had cats. In addition to the two that we brought with us when … Continue reading
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Tagged bonsai, bonsai people, cats, Spanner, wildlife, Willowbog
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A new , well, ”modified”, look to the entrance to Willowbog Bonsai
The Proprietor has just created a new bit of garden at the side of the path on the way in to the shop. She needs a new bit of garden to look after like I need another couple of customers … Continue reading
Adding to the range of indoor bonsai for those who either only want, or can only keep, trees in the house.
Although indoor bonsai are only a very small part of what we do at Willowbog, we do really have to be able to supply a reasonable range to meet the demand that exists. So I added a few more to … Continue reading
A few more shohin
A handful of new shohin trees and material have just been added to our on-line shop. This Rhododendron radicans has the makings of a really nice shohin bonsai. The first of two Korean hornbeams, nice raw material with a decent … Continue reading
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Tagged bonsai, hornbeam, maple shohin, on-line shop, rhododendron radicans, Willowbog
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”Six of the best” well …… if not actually the best then at least 6 new trees
We have just added a half-dozen new little bonsai to the shohin category of the Willowbog Bonsai on-line shop. We have seen this species used for bonsai before but these four examples are the best we have so far come … Continue reading
Season change in the air ?
A bit of Autumn colour is starting to appear on some trees ! This Acer japonicum, Japanese full moon maple, is one of those showing most leaf colour. As you can see, quite a reddish tinge to the leaves already. … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn colour, bonsai, deciduous bonsai, maple, Ulmus glabra, Willowbog
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Mr. Greedy’s Western hemlock
I have mentioned more than once that Tsuga heterophylla, Western hemlock , is one of my favourite species to use for bonsai. The species is a native of the western half of the United States of America and has been … Continue reading
The Gravel Garden spruce
I posted about this tree a while back when I lifted it from our gravel garden where I had planted it when it was collected. It has been doing really well in the polytunnel and seems never to have been … Continue reading
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Tagged bonsai, Norway spruce, Picea abies, Willowbog, yamadori
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