Two elms, Ulmus glabra

These twa are in development since about 15 years. One would ask why they are not much better then after all that time. Well, these are Ulmus glabra, the European elm with the large foliage. This species is rare now and as bonsai it is unheard of. I find them very difficult despite their habit to grow vigorously. We'll see whether I manage to get these to to look decent one day.

Chinese elm shohin

Chinese elm, Ulmus parvifolia, Hokkaido, 22 cm, pot by Dan Barton.

Zelkova

This is a zelkova, Zelkova serrata, that I acquired abot 18 years ago. I never was happy with it really and offered it for sale or trade for many years. Now it is coming and I wonder whether I should not do what the second image shows, which is a virtual. I think that it would take another two years to get there. I wonder whether I should not remove it from the offers, especially when i think about the import stop into Europe.

two hornbeam stumps

These are European hornbeam, Carpinus betulus. They have been stumped more than ten years ago.

Turkish oak in winter

Turkish oak, Quercus cerris, collected in Italy.

Japanese maple group coming

Some will remember this group that I acquired in a trade in early summer of 2008. The middle trunk with the long sacrifice branches will have to thicken considerably. It will do that within the next three or so years. The sacrifice branches will make it much thicker than the other trunks.

my garden in winter

At the moment we have Siberian temperatures. Not so much in my area; and I am grateful for it. In other areas of Central Europe we have the coldest winter in 100 years.

European hackberrry

This European hackberry (Celtis australis) is in development since more than ten years. But it has at least another ten years to go.
Australis btw does not mean that it is from Australia. Australis means 'sothern' in Latin.

shohin elm

Better picture of the shohn Chinese elm after subtle changes in the crown. It is amazihng how well one sees faults on a photgraph and not when one sees the tree in reality.

hornbeam: demo tree in Croatia 2007

This was my demonstration tree at the first South East European Bonsai Symposium in Croatia. At the time when I did the demonstration many spectators must have thought that I am nuts 'ruining' such a nice tree. Well, all I wanted to do is showing how a deciduous tree is developed. Only 20 months later it looks decent, I suppose. The last two images are virtuals, of course. But if I wanted to repot the tree this spring I could achieve the look immediataly. This hornbeam will still get much better within the next years, I am sure.