Tonight Chairman Paul, along with Reg proposed their action plan for our upcoming show a week on Sunday. Terry Adams then took centre stage, sharing a few slides and his thoughts about his visits to the Japanese gardens of Brooklyn and San Francisco.
Here is a quick photographic A-Z of outdoor bonsai trees currently available from Hoka-en Bonsai Studio and Lodder Bonsai bv that we saw on our recent trip showing you the shear diversity of what is now available including some of the new stock that has just arrived.
Pinus parviflora
Lee Verhorevoort is expecting his new stock in April, but if you can’t wait that long and want a sneaky peek now, have a look at his website.
Olea 17 years old Winter Show 2014 Raffle Prize
For your chance to win these great trees at our Winter Show on Sunday the 23rd February. All you have to do is turn up on the day and buy a raffle ticket, it is that easy.
This is a great time to visit Lodder Bonsai bv and the Hoka-en Bonsai Studio of Gerrit Lodder as the new stock for 2014 has just arrived. It was hand picked by Gerrit, the choice of species & styles is stunning and their are also some new species that are quite unusual too.
Erin Pots has kindly donated some fantastic pots for our upcoming Winter Show. A big thank you to Vic from Erin pots from all of us, Vic has annually donated pots for the raffle at the show and has demonstrated continued support. The pots are bonafide pieces of art, I thoroughly recommend having a look through Erin’s online catalogue.
During the re-potting season, it is an ideal opportunity to check the health of your bonsai tree roots and soil conditions. At the same time be on the look out for these little blighters who can have a fairly deviating impact on your tree roots, if they are allowed. If you find these little white grubs it is highly likely they are the larvae of the Vine Weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus. These will need to be removed from the bonsai soil.
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Top down view of group
In Winter the stunning new vibrant shoots of the Cornus or commonly known Dogwood shrub can brighten up your day as they are just radiant. They come in a range of colours and for fun I have created my very own rainbow bonsai group using Cornus alba ‘Sibirica’ (Red), Cornus sang ‘Winter beauty’ (Orange), Cornus ‘Midwinter Fire’ (Orange / Yellow), and Cornus sericea ‘Flaviramea’ (green) all planted in a bright blue pot.
Mark and Ritta’s Kaede (Trident Maple) at Noelanders 2014
Ritta and Mark have visited the Noelanders Trophy exhibition in Belgium many times, but they have only exhibited there twice, this year and last.
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