Category Archives: General Interest

General Interest

NEW Address for Dai-ichi in Redditch

Dai-ichi Bonsai at Redditch and Newbury

Due to New premises and the Jubilee Celebrations Dai-ichi Bonsai  at  Studley, Redditch are holding a Jubilee Holiday Celebrations on 2nd / 3rd / 4th  & 5th  June 2012.

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Bargain sieves at Aldi

Aldi Sieves

Garden sieves went on special at Aldi today (for a limited time) perfect for separating out the particle sizes of your Akadama, Kiryu, Pumice and such like. They are £4.99 each so a bit of bargain, nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

You’ll find them here

General Interest

Pop Bonsai

Recently I came across the new phenomenon of Pop Bonsai, which is a freestyle approach to bonsai to which there are no rules beyond your own rules it appears. It does not follow conventional or traditional bonsai rules, but allows the artist to just create Pop Bonsai however they like, to the extent of their own imagination. read more »

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Bonsai hedge

This is awesome, I have seen this miniature set of hedges displayed at many a country show and the detail is fantastic. It is amazing to see what people can do and create with a bit of patience and imagination. One of the purposes of this display is to show the various types of hedge laying styles as these vary from county to county.

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Update on Baobab as bonsai

It is that time of year again, well it might seem a bit late but we have yet to have a proper winter here in the South of England. It has been so mild that I have delayed taking my Baobab starter bonsai trees out of their pots for the winter during dormancy, as they didn’t appear to want to go dormant. read more »

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Recovered Bonsai Tree

Stolen Korean Hornbeam Back in September of this year.

I brought you the sad news of a Bonsai tree Stolen from John Trott … aka, Mendip Bonsai

The theft occurred in September whilst it was being exhibited at the Royal Bath & West show.

During the last week, this once beautiful Bonsai has been recovered.    Sadly, not as it once was when owned by John.  The tree was successfully recovered in the Manchester area of the Country.

The hugely important fact, is that due to concerted effort by many to circulate this information as quickly as possible, has undoubtedly been instrumental in said recovery. Had this information not been circulated as much as it had, then it is likely John would never have been contacted … regarding HIS tree!

Thank you to everyone who did all they could to make people aware of this theft. It has on this occasion paid dividends.

I am unable to go into further details at this time.

General Interest

Another Stolen Tree

Yesterday this Blackthorn bonsai was stolen from a collection near Bristol, south west.A full description of the tree can be found at http://snsyamadori.co.uk/blackthorn then scroll down to Blackthorn 5.Please be on the look out for this bonsai.
There is a healthy reward from anyone who can give any information which leads to the return of the tree. 

General Interest

Pest alert for Pines

It is not only the Oaks you now need to watch over closely but also your pines too. A new threat to pines is present in the form of Pine Processionary moth (PPM) (Thaumetopoea pityocampa). read more »

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Tropical bonsai trees (Indoor bonsai)

Ficus_Lodders Bonsai

Ficus microcarpa 'taiwan' (Taiwan Fig)

Within the UK, most bonsai enthusiasts keep outdoor bonsai trees and by this I mean they keep species of trees as bonsai that are acclimatised to the weather conditions of the UK. Native species of trees are frequently used as well as more hardy non native trees that make excellent bonsai specimens. read more »

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Root over rock styles

Recently there have been some fabulous examples of root over rock styles at bonsai shows throughout the UK and some excellent examples were present at Heathrow bonsai show this month. This technique of planting the bonsai over a rock or even clinging to a rock is not an easyone to perfect and to be convincing read more »