Tuesday, January 13, 2009
two wild honeysucke coming
These are both Lonicera xylostemum. This is a common shrub in Central Europe. But as a bonsai it is extremely rare. They can be nice littel trees as one can see.
shohin zelkova
This ons is Zelkova serrata, shohin size. I have this forever; since 1987. But it somehow dose not want to get right. I have tried to airlayer it to get decent nebari, but it did not work well. I will have to try again in a few weeks.
Chinese elm
Chinese elm, Japanese rough bark variety. This one is coming nicely. IO think I will take this away from 'offers'. It would be difficult to get a new one if I sold this one.
Monday, January 12, 2009
honeysuckles and euonymus
Europeajn burning bush. Euonymus europeus and dwarf honeysuckle, Lonicera nitida. Two shohin. The euonymus used to be a shohin but it outgrew the size a few years ago.
Fat sloe coming
This is a sloe or black thorn, Prunus spinosa. It is still in a training pot, of course. Maybe this spring I will find a good pot for it. This again is a rarity becasue black thorns are a bush and normally one wole never find such a fat one. Well, it happened. This will be great when hundreds of tiny white flowers show up in April.
European beech
I am quite happy whith this European beech, Fagus sylvatica. It is in the naturalistic style. Which leads some visitors to ask when I will start to style this good material. Well, I tell them I have been working on this for fifteen years to make look like wild material. They question my intelligence. Good for them!
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