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Four for sale
A North east enthusiast has asked us to sell four interesting Larch on his behalf as he is seeking to reduce his collection. They are all Larix kaempferi, the Japanese larch and they are all trees that have been in … Continue reading
Not another re-pot for this larch ?
Yes ! I’m afraid so. I posted about the re-potting of this Willowbog Collection Larix kaempferi earlier this year. First though, one or two reminders of the background to this tree. This is the tree on the day that it … Continue reading
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Tagged bonsai, larch, larix kaempferi, marco invernizzi, re-pot, Willowbog
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Peter Warren weekend.
The end of another very successful teaching weekend with Peter Warren . The first thing that Peter did yesterday morning was to put a tokonoma display together, something that we do for each event staged in the studio. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged bonsai, bonsai people, juniper, larch, larix kaempferi, Peter Warren, Willowbog, workshop
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Is Tanuki really a dirty word ?
TANUKI 狸・貍, MUJINA 狢・貉, MAMI 猯・貒 Magical Fox-Like Dog with Shape-Shifting Powers Trickster & Spook, Originally Evil, Now Benevolent Modern-Day Icon of Generosity, Cheer, and Prosperity Found Often Outside Japanese Bars & Restaurants If tanuki is a trick then how … Continue reading
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Tagged bonsai, larch, larix kaempferi, tanuki, Walsall Studio Ceramics
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A few photos from today
The weather is still a bit problematic for getting many of the bonsai with more vulnerable foliage out from their winter accommodation. Two maples from the Willowbog Collection in the old greenhouse. Continuing over-night frosts risk cosmetic damage to leaves … Continue reading
Tinkering
I spent a few minutes yesterday making some minor adjustments to the larch, formerly known as ” the raft ” in the Willowbog Collection. This is the bonsai as it was following the re-pot into a much smaller container that … Continue reading
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Tagged bonsai, larch, larix kaempferi, Mr Greedy's trees, Willowbog
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Addendum to last post [ not the trumpet solo ]
Bonsai Eejit volunteered this photo from his collection to give some scale to the larch featured last time . It may not help that much though as I suspect that is an Irish elf in green beside the tree , … Continue reading
A long overdue re-pot of a Willowbog Collection larch
The tree featured in this post is a Japanese larch, Larix kaempferi, that I collected myself locally, I have no record of when exactly but I reckon that it must be something like 15 plus years ago. I consider one … Continue reading
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Tagged Deadwood, larch, larix kaempferi, re-potting, Willowbog
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February novice/intermediate workshop.
Yesterday we hosted a very encouraging novice/intermediate workshop here at the nursery. Teaching has always been an integral part of the ethos of Willowbog Bonsai and it was pleasing to see the day well supported. As usual I had very … Continue reading
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Tagged bonsai, Bonsai chat, bonsai people, bonsai pots, larch, Willowbog, workshop
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Semi-styled Larch
Last weekend I took in a few part exchange bonsai, quite a common occurrence. It is a practice that enables folk to upgrade their collections whilst giving us some new and different stock for the sale benches. This is a … Continue reading
