This year is a return to Failands Village Hall for the Bristol Society. Dan Barton explained it wasn’t feasible to show at the Festival of Trees,
Swindon and District Bonsai Society again this year put on a quality display of bonsai at Wanborough Village Show. This has become an annual event for the Society and is followed,
Taiwan Fig in June 2011 suffering from Mealy bug and scale insect pre defoliation
In June this year I noticed that the leaves on one of my Taiwan Figs were going yellow and usually this is part of the normal process of leaf shedding and renewal so I wasn’t overly alarmed at first. However, I began to notice that this was happening in greater quantities than normal and across the whole tree and this was more of a concern.
Maple joint First place
Fuchsia joint First place
This months tree of the month was awarded to two trees jointly for first place.
Aculus ulmicola (Elm gall mite)
Elm gall mite is a common problem and none so more than on our bonsai Elm trees where it can be more than just an aesthetic problem. Identification of this mite is fairly easy as hard pale swellings containing microscopic mites
Another good day was spent at Queens Park, Swindon on Sunday the 24th July made even better with the improved weather. It saw the best attended fun day since it has started.
We recently received an email from Bonsai Techno, based out of Tokyo looking to expand their network. They are mostly concerned with constructing modern bonsai. Having looked at the site I could not simply leave it at placing a URL on our Links page as the site is both beautifully crafted and contains some fantastic articles on making mini bonsai. I particularly enjoyed ‘How to make mini bonsai beech’ and ‘How to make a moss garden’
You’ll find them at http://www.bonsai-techo.jp/
Malcom Hughes gave a very informative talk for our club night and I managed to gleen 10 pages of notes from the talk and here is a summary of the main points that were discussed regarding maples.
1st place: Musk Maple 'Premna Microphylla' BB
A change from the usual format, Tree of the Month has been separated from Malcolm Hughe’s talk for your special delectation. Enjoy
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