Just bought me 6 starter Bonsai

[Fonz]

So when I'm not busy with the 6 year JBP contest, my collected hornbeam and Oaks and my air-layering experiments (read: first time efforts on this subject, not really experiments) or building my first benches, ... I can always try to improve these little fellows.

First pic:
3 European hornbeam (I already sold the one on the top right in the blue pot to another newbie in my bonsai club)
1 Zelkova (bottom right)
1 Japanese Maple (on the left)



And the I also bought this Trident a couple of weeks ago:

 

[just.wing.it]

Some nice looking pre bonsai there!
Should be fun!

 

[defra]

Looking good fonz!

 

[clive bennett]

not too much work needed on these trees

 

[Bonsai Mike]

Wow. Looks like you are going to have a lot of fun. I would be very tempted to try an air layer on the maple in the second photo. It still looks great as is but still an option.

 

[cmeg1]

Look of good quality trees....nice score!

 

[defra]

How are these doing in the heat ?

 

[Fonz]

How are these doing in the heat ?

All dead! WHY WHY WHY!!!

They're doing just fine.

I sold the fagus crenata in the oval blue pot right after I bought it to someone of my bonsai club.
The Acer Palmatum: Fixed some of the wounds so they would calus over in the next year, the previous owner did a lousy job. So now it's growing freely to help the wounds heal. Will remove most of the branches at the end of fall and will repot it in a big flat wooden box next year
The 2 other Fagus crenata: repotted 1, didn't do anything to the other besides pruning it a bit
The Zelkova: repotted it and pruned it a few times
The Acer Buergerianum: pruned it a few times, will repot it in a big flat wooden box next year

Sorry for the lousy pic (left: acer p., center-front: repotted fagus, center-middle: zelkova, center back: fagus, right: acer b.)