off to Israel

Tomorow morning I will leave for Tel Aviv, Israel. I will report in a week with many pictures. Promised.

WP at the wall of walls in December 2005. Hard to believe, but true.

boxwood orgy

All these are Korean boxwood, Buxus microphylla Saunder's Dwarf, one is Kingsville variety. They are all beween 10 and 20 cm high, all shohin. These were selected from several hundred by myself last year. They are exactly one year in training. All in the naturalistic style. One typical feature of this style are the double fronts on all trees.

history of European Beech nr. 1

see this: http://www.walter-pall.de/European%20Beech%20nr.%201/

winter pictures - part 18

European oak, two Chinese elms and one hawthorn.

winter pictures - part 17

all Euroopean beeches and one Japanese beech.

winter pictures - part 16

European beech, Fagus sylvatica, collected in Germany, about 50 years old, training pot, 65 vm high

Resurrection of an elm group

Maria brought this Chinese elm group to me and wondered what to do with it. First we decided abut a much better pot. Then I spent a couple of hours cutting back severely, cleaning, working on the nebari, potting. Now the group looks very raw. This is the price one has to pay if a bonsai was negelected over more than ten years. But it will come back. The virtual shows the future outline of the crown.

winter apples

There are still lots of apples on this crab apple. They are frozen and gelly by now. The birds eat them one by one.

winter pictures - part 15

1) European beech, Fagus sylvatica; 50 cm high, pot by Derek Aspinall,back and front

2) European beech, Fagus sylatica, pot Chinese, trainig pot, front and back

winter pictures - part 14

European hornbeam, Carpinus betulus, 70 cm high, two sides and one virtual
European oak, Quercus robur, 60 cm