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I visited the 2024 Belgian Bonsai Trophy yesterday in Genk in Belgium Here's a link to an album of photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/norbury/albums/72177720314859878/ The first are of the (literally massive) sales areas and then there are photos of the exhibition/competition itself.

After multiple attempts I have finally managed to not only get a chopstick to root - but to also grow some foliage. IMG_6836 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr

Some photos from last Sunday. Deshojo maple 04225013 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Mame Larch 04225058 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Chochubai - with flowers for the first time in my possession. 04225089 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr 04225091 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Shohin European elm...

People, Happy New year. I've got a new "smallest tree in my collection"...Hedge Honeysuckle 01132881 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr It's this big - about an inch and a half in old money. 01132871 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Larch 01132714 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Rowan group - shohin...

A US builder of my bonsai bench has produced a conversion sheet and schematics to make building easier for y'all. The PDF can be downloaded from here: https://1drv.ms/b/s!Am79oDXO3yjRhc9EH8Q1wtFpW2vvoA

So, I have a small plastic greenhouse (the last of many similar ones) which I cram full of trees during winter. Over the years I've tried all sorts of ways to keep it from getting ridiculously cold, ranging from candles to oil heaters (don't go there), through electric fan heaters with timers...

People, hope you are well. Photos from yesterday (Saturday 11th November). I've chosen a bigger photo size - let me know if this is TOO big. Korean hornbeam - shohin 11112160 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Crabapple 11112251 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Mini Field maple - Acer Campestre...

Nice lighting last week and it's going to rain tomorrow... Main benches 10141452 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Korean hornbeam shohin 10141460 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Crabapple 10141485 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Chinese Ash 10141501 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Korean hornbeam - was in...

I messed around a bit and used some reflected light - another canvas facing sun on the other side: 09230958 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Finished photo - Chinese elm 09230960 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Pyracantha 09230966 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Chinese elm 09230990 by Jerry Norbury, on...

Some photos from yesterday, 16th September Crabapple 09160850 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Trident maple beginning to change colour. 09160695 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Pomegranate also turning yellow now 09160701 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr More crabapples - this clump from seed 09160713 by...

All little ones today. Imported small leaf cultivar Trident maple 09090470 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Homgrown Prunus cerasifolia - Purple leaf Plum cherry 09090477 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Cotoneaster 09090481 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Chinese Ash 09090492 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr...

Was a decent day for photos (between the rain showers)... Photo stand 07300084 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Ficus 07309883 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Crab apple 07309891 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Another ficus 07309845 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr The effect in a few seconds of the sun...

You lot like my photos and I like to show them so here are some more from last Saturday. I started a few Elm seeds - we have literally millions of seeds falling off the trees right now and I figured I'd throw some handfuls of seeds into seed trays to see how that worked out. Well it worked out...

Ash 05278244 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Pyracantha - I've had this thing maybe 7 years and only THIS year has it decided to flower - the fickle bastard. 05278255 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Korean hornbeam - finally looking healthy 05278260 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr 05278261 by Jerry...

"Emergency" repotted Larch group 05217962 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Old pot was losing the tray rim... 05217929 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Pyracantha (from cutting) - flower buds budding... 05217968 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Ginkgo 05217985 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Korean hornbeam -...

I was torturing Larch saplings last year on 12th March 2016 and I coincidentally took a photo of exactly the same tree on 12th March 2017. Sapling from previous year 03124384 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr VetWrap'd 03124390 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Wired up and tortured 03124402 by Jerry...

I've been repotting - here are some post-repot photos. Acer palmatum 03043392 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Prunus - jury is still out on which... 03043398 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Korean hornbeam 03043400 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Quince full of flower buds 03043419 by Jerry Norbury, on...

I bought 2 of these several years ago - just about to sell the other one. Won't sell this one. Last November 11130942 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr With leaves some years earlier DSC04366 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr As purchased 2010 - I took all the branches back to about 1cm/a half inch...

We had some funny old frost at the start of the week - this Larch has no needles, this is just ice. It's not been ridiculously cold (-6C/21F). 01181864 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr 01181865 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr 01181877 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr And here are some photos from this...

Usually use a black painted board, but I thought I'd try a light colour - so I bought a cheap artist canvas at the discount store for €6/$6.40. It's a good size - 115 x 75cm or 45 x 30 inches. At one point the light changed and the colour changed to a light blue - I think that's the colour I'll...

...you're probably not letting them get the most out of the sun. Mine look like shit, but they're getting the most out of the growing season. Chinese elm 07179059 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Prunus kojo no mai 07178961 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Larch 07178965 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr...

Did some work for someone and got paid in bonsai trees last Thursday - first photos taken today. Acer palmatum - Japanese import 06258695 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr 06258697 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Korean hornbeam - from Korea 06258700 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Prunus (although they...

Three years ago I bought an "urban" yamadori cotoneaster for €30/$35 at a bonsai show. I swear to God I regretted it for 3 years - what the hell was I thinking? I was simply hoping it would just die at one point (as you do) and just make the problem go away. Well, they don't die do they...

Field maple after defoliation. Pot rotation make it look like the tree's planted wrongly in the pot and from this angle I can only agree. 06047999 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Common elm 06048014 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Ficus microcrapper - Green bay of pigs 06048028 by Jerry Norbury, on...

I didn't get the names... IMG_20160531_165618613 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr IMG_20160531_165643470 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr Actual Japanese employees. The owner is Dutch Japanese. IMG_20160531_165659130 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr IMG_20160531_165707729 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr...