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Root over Temple ???
With reference to the image that I posted a few days back of Beech tree roots growing down over a wall in Cumbria, how about this photo that I spotted on Facebook this morning ? Makes my Cumbrian tree’s roots … Continue reading
Favourite bonsai images.
My interest in bonsai began with me collecting European beech , Fagus sylvatica, and Norway spruce, Picea abies, raw material. As a consequence both species hold a particular interest for me. The Willowbog Collection might be thought to be a … Continue reading
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Cumbrian Beech
I took a couple of photos yesterday on a day off trip into Cumbria. An interesting old Fagus sylvatica, European beech, at an entrance to a farm on a back road through the east Cumbrian landscape. I sort of wanted … Continue reading
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Big Trees
Whilst these photos maybe cannot really be thought of as inspiration for our bonsai designs they are nevertheless images of awesome trees ! The species is Sequoia sempervirens or Coast redwood and is a tree of the west coast of … Continue reading
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Yenling Blog
This is another blog drawn to my attention by Ian [ Bonsai Eejit ] It is interesting to see that all over the world bonsai folk are posting great photos of trees in the landscape by way of inspiration for … Continue reading
Oak for deadwood inspiration
This tree is one of the best that I have seen for gaining inspiration for the use of deadwood in broad-leaved or deciduous bonsai. It is Sessile oak [ Quercus petraea ] , a species native to the UK. as … Continue reading
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Tagged carving, Deadwood, deciduous bonsai, hollow trunk, inspirational trees, oak, Quercus, rotten wood, Willowbog
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Inspirational Scots pines……….. in Scotland
It seems an almost universal truth that the more folk get into bonsai the more they begin to look at tree images in the landscape by way of inspiration for their hobby. Some years ago myself and a couple of … Continue reading
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