new cute acquisition

This shohin trident maple I traded in yesterday. It is only 15 cm high.

Pictures as I got it from two sides and then after 30 minutes work.

new olive in offers

This is a collected olive which I have added to my offers today. It is 40 cm high and has this great deadwood part.

blackthorn (sloe)

Prunus spinosa, blackthorn or sloe, 55 cm high, about 40 years old, pot by Peter Krebs, collectd in Germany

The fungus is there since 15 years. So often we have a discussion about folks being paranoid about fungus on their trees. Here you see: the overwhelming majority of fungi are harmless. This one lives in old wood and does no harm to the live parts. Or at least did not so in fifteen years.

What a sucess for this event!

Not only was the symposium in Croatia covered on prime time majer TV nes, now it is also covered on a Chinese blog and will be published in an important Chinese bonsai magazine.
See here: Chinese coverage

Second South-East-European Bonsai Symposium

If you missed me, I was in Croatia for a few days. See the travelogues for a great experience.

spring images #2

two deutzias, shohin
Trident maple
Garden lilac, shohin
Afghan lilac, shohin
three Chinese elms 'Hokkaido'
European euonymus
better images of the cherry

spring images #1

all these are wild European cherries

mountain ash potted

harvest of a European mountain ash

This is Sorbus aucuparia, the European mountain ash. It is called 'ash' because of the similar foliage. But it has nothing to do botanically with ash as it is from the rose family while the ash is from the olive family. Anyway, the reason this was repotted way too early is the fungus that attacks this species in the roots. If repotted in April like most other non-conifers the fungus will attack in May and in June the tree is dead. Repotting now is done on the hope that the wounds in the roots are already closed when it gets warm enough for the fungus. We also used good protectant on the wounds: milking fat!

trident maple

Spring is here.