Recent content by Lee Brindley

This week I performed the first styling on my yamadori Pinus sylvestris More info on my blog as always: http://yamadoriartuk.blogspot.co.uk/ Before... After...

Unfortunately I don't have one of this tree, but here is another tree we collected the same day... This one was later sold.

Its not far for me Jelle, so I'll probably be going back home in the evening. See you there.

So its not 2105 like it says on the bonsainut home page? lol

Thanks Judy. I am led to believe that hawthorns are a little different from other deciduous trees insomuch as they must be pruned as soon as the shoots begin to lignify and before they turn woody. I have used this video as a guide (skip to 7 minutes):

Hi Judy. Yes, its just had its third pruning of this season - also the apex has been reduced, and the big root around the rock has been carved. Here it was before pruning a few days ago... Its grown extensions this long three times this year, so growing well and starting to build a bit of...

Update: (More details on my blog) http://yamadoriartuk.blogspot.co.uk/

Thanks dudes. I can't really take the credit though - the tree was styled at a workshop with Pavel Slovak. I will take some updated photos soon with something to give a better idea of scale. The type? Wild/yamadori collected by Pavel in the mountains near his home.

Epipactis palustris;

I started off with the usual "mallsai" and had a few as a child. In my late teens I built up a collection of cheap trees from garden centres and I also collected some local saplings. After a few years I realised that my sticks in pots were never going to amount to much and I lost interest. I...

My Mugo

#1 Dactylorhiza X grandis in Erin pot #2 Orchis mascula in Dan Barton pot #3 Anacamptis morio in Erin pot #4 Ophrys apifera on slate slab.

I grow a few outdoor hardy orchids as kusamono (accent plants). Mainly native to the UK/Europe.

Thanks for the replies. I agree, ultimately I want a more rounded canopy rather than a pointy apex.

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