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.
Scots Pine No 3. L 41 ins H 27 ins
Alan Harriman is selling his bonsai collection so for more details contact Alan via e-mail: alan.harriman1@btinternet. He can also provide further details about any of the trees shown in the photographs. Offers for individual trees can be made by e-mail to Alan or at the Open Days of March 22nd and 23rd 2014.
Takanori Aiba is an amazing artist who designs and creates some magnificent tiny structures and buildings on rock with bonsai trees.
Bag End recreation
Bonsai artists get their inspiration from all sorts of places and this bonsai artist Chris Guise, has re-created Bilbo baggins house Bag End using a Chinese Elm, ingenious or what!
This week, we’ve been designing displays for our upcoming winter show. Setting trees up in this way really makes you take note of the good points, but also the areas for improvement.