Tag Archives: scots pine

Monday morning blues ??????

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

Well , the thing about being a blues music fan is that it is easy to see having the blues on a Monday morning as a pretty damned good thing ! Certainly I rarely have cause to be upset about … Continue reading →

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Possibly……..probably , the last general workshop ever, well no,just of this year !

Posted on November 25, 2012 by

Of the regular monthly workshops that we conduct, November’s is usually the last, though we are happy to stage one in December if folks want. I guess that at that time in the last month of the year people’s minds … Continue reading →

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All change !! well not quite

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

As mentioned in a previous post about the Queens Hall Gallery Show, it was our intention to rotate the trees on a regular basis. The first nine bonsai had been in place for one week today so I exchanged six … Continue reading →

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More for the shop window

Posted on September 10, 2012 by

We have taken in a few part-exchanges in the past week or two, here are some that have been uploaded to the Willowbog Bonsai On-line shop. One of those small needled Japanese black pines. This is a chuhin size tree … Continue reading →

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This week at the nursery.

Posted on August 9, 2012 by

Fairly quiet one way and another this week here,  but on Tuesday I was pleased to meet and talk to a new customer who was making his first purchase from us. And what a nice purchase it was too ! … Continue reading →

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Well that certainly worked !!!

Posted on August 5, 2012 by

I am now about to claim that Friday’s post in which I quite deliberately insulted our esteemed customers was a bit of reverse psychology aimed at getting a good turn out at the August Bonsai Chat yesterday !! Just look … Continue reading →

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Half-way through the year

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

An end of June look at the nursery with photos taken today while there was just a touch of sunshine between the showers. Now, I am the first to admit that running this bonsai nursery gives me a great way … Continue reading →

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Scots pine progression

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

An interesting, though not complete, set of progression photos for this Pinus sylvestris, Scots pine. This is the tree today, despite being quite a nice, relatively mature image now, it is an image that I am sure can be quickly … Continue reading →

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You have heard of the ‘ Lotus Eaters ‘ ? well these are the needle eaters !

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

A little while ago my good friend Bonsai Eejit blogged about Pine sawfly larvae eating his pine needles. I rather suspect that he may have used his devious influence to arrange for, maybe a US Drone, to drop a consignment … Continue reading →

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Fancy a threesome ?

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

Have just put these three Scots pines, Pinus sylvestris on our on-line shop. From the collection of an enthusiast not entirely unconnected with my last post ! This mature Scots bonsai is so like this species in the landscape, a … Continue reading →

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