Korean Hornbeam
There are three main components to tree physiology and they are the roots, the trunk and the crown and here is a brief guide in the context of bonsai trees which are only a scaled down version of a regular tree. Any tree or shrub or plant can be used for bonsai but some work better than others so select your species well and some of the elements of the bonsai tree will work better for this.
Award winners from Bonsai World 2013 at K2 Crawley. Photos courtesy of Mark Cooper.
So you want to keep a bonsai tree, you are not alone in this and may be you have even had one before but it died as is common to hear however it probably wasn’t your fault so here is a simple guide to starting out for the first time or having a second go.
The Olive is from the Oleaceae family and this is a genus of over forty species and they make great bonsai trees.
For any non-believers in magic, a trip to Whistman’s Woods in Dartmoor is well worth the journey. The majority of this copse comprises of twisted ancient oak trees on granite boulders, shrouded by carpets of mosses and protected from grazing animals. The trees themselves don’t grow any higher than six metres,
Newbury & District Bonsai Society members
Enjoy some pictures taken at Newbury & District Society’s Bonsai show organised at Roots Garden Centre, Newbury. Over 100 people attended the event and traders included Lee Verhorevoort, Paul Goff of Bonsai Presentations, Bonsai Trees Southampton, Dai-ichi Bonsai, and David Sampson. There was a wide range of bonsai trees on display from visiting clubs and societies including our own display and it was a really good event and a fun day out.
Thermography is a well know tool used widely for technical investigations of buildings, for archaeology, biology and arboriculture to name a few examples, and I was inquisitive to see how bonsai trees show up under a thermal image camera having used thermal imaging on trees before to assess health and to look for dysfunctional areas on trunks and along branches etc. The scale on bonsai is smaller than that of trees in their natural environments, but it is easier to image more of a bonsai at once. You don’t need to climb it to examine branches in more detail.
1st place – GS, Juniper
2nd place – PB, Japanese Larch
3rd place – AW, Japanese Snowbell
Newbury and District Bonsai Society present the Bonsai Roots Show, Sunday 7th July in Hermitage, Berkshire.