Tag Archives: shohin

A few more little trees for the web shop

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

We added a handful of new, mostly shohin bonsai, to our on-line shop tonight. Three dwarf Rhododendrons The species is R. keleticum All potted in similar, hand-made, glazed ceramics. One of those Cotoneasters with really tiny leaves. First of two … Continue reading →

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A few more on-line

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

We added a few more new trees, mainly shohin, to the on-line shop tonight, here is just a taste , Japanese black pine grown from seed in this country , if you like sinuous trunks ………………… An imported satsuki with … Continue reading →

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Hand-me-downs

Posted on October 8, 2012 by

Just purchased a few nice, mainly shohin bonsai, from a well-known UK shohin bonsai aficionado who wanted to reduce their collection a tad. First up a handful of junipers. A nice, mature Chinese juniper, lots of foliage to work with … 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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Adding ceramics

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

Up to now we have not had any of the large range of ceramic pots that we sell at Willowbog Bonsai, on our web-shop. Mainly, I think, because I had reservations about packing and shipping such vulnerable products, however I … Continue reading →

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Mainly [ but not quite only ] shohin added to shop

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

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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A very encouraging day at the nursery yesterday

Posted on June 24, 2012 by

We staged a very successful  novice/intermediate workshop here at Willowbog yesterday. Being a creature of habit I will, as usual, start this post of the day’s activities with photos of the tokonoma display that I set up. The main tree … Continue reading →

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Another Bonsai Chat Saturday

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

Our regular monthly first Saturday of the month get togethers seem to come round increasingly quickly ! April’s yesterday was another good day at Willowbog Bonsai. My tokonoma display included a maple from Mr. Greedy’s collection and a carved wooden … Continue reading →

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The show part two

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

This year there were three invited pot makers selling their wares, the photo shows the Walsall sales area, Andy Pearson of Stone Monkey Ceramics and Ian Baillie were the other two. In this picture , John Armitage, chairman of the … Continue reading →

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Getting there !!

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

We are winning !  main studio finished and ready to go !  this is the hub of the show where folk meet up to sup tea or coffee and eat pies, all sold in aid of BSA funds. So from … Continue reading →

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