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First www. of the year
In this particular case, www. equates to ”Warren Workshop Weekend” With four of the six participants booked to do both days, we had a large range of material and a lot of trees to start with on Saturday morning ! … Continue reading
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Tagged bonsai, bonsai people, deciduous bonsai, hornbeam, larix kaempferi, Peter Warren, Willowbog, workshop
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Too wet !
We have about half of the Willowbog Collection Trees under cover in the ‘ new ‘ greenhouse. Not out of concerns for colder weather, though, of course, there is always the potential for that at this time of year, but … Continue reading
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The Saturday of Peter Warren’s workshop
We have just completed a very successful weekend of teaching workshops with Mr. Warren. Six folk participating each day and here are some photos from the first day. Typical of all our workshops here the day began with a general … Continue reading
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Tagged acer palmatum, bonsai, bonsai people, Deadwood, deciduous bonsai, Peter Warren, raw material, Willowbog, workshop
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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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Three great new trees
We have just added three excellent new trees to the Willowbog Bonsai on-line shop. This is the first of two near specimen quality maples. This root-over-rock Trident maple, Acer buergeranum, is the best of this desirable style of bonsai that … Continue reading
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Tagged bonsai, deciduous bonsai, hawthorn, japanese maple, on-line shop, trident maple, Willowbog
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Mainly [ but not quite only ] shohin added to shop
Quite a mixed bag of bonsai gone on our on-line shop today. Starting with not a shohin but a chuhin size tree, how often to you see yamadori Common juniper for sale? Followed up with another chuhin bonsai, this time … Continue reading
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Tagged bonsai, chuhin, deciduous bonsai, on-line shop, raw material, sale trees, shohin
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Nagging Trident
It’s funny how some trees cause mental anguish, well maybe that’s a little over-the-top but I reckon most of you will know what I mean. This Acer buergeranum, Trident maple, bothered me every time that I walked past it ! … Continue reading
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Tagged bonsai, de-foliation, deciduous bonsai, re-potting, trident maple, Willowbog
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The show, some local success.
Willowboggers did pretty well in the weekend’s BSA show here ! no nepotism I can assure you , I was not even on the premises when judging took place, I was out putting up signs on the roads in. First … Continue reading
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Tagged bonsai, bonsai people, BSA, BSA show, deciduous bonsai, NIBS, Walsall Studio Ceramics, Willowbog
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A couple of collected trees
Yesterday I managed to find the energy to get out to dig some new raw material. In days of yore, a morning spent collecting would yield anywhere been 10 and 15 trees that could, given the right passage of time, … Continue reading
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Tagged Betulapubescens, bonsai, common white birch, deciduous bonsai, larch, larix kaempferi, raw material, yamadori
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Willowbog tokonoma no.2
It is always nice in the depths of winter with all our deciduous trees [ except for the '' confused ones '' ] quite bare, to look back at a photo of a bonsai fully clad with a canopy of … Continue reading
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Tagged acer palmatum, bonsai, deciduous bonsai, maple, Willowbog
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