ah I see, you love pine bonsais, fair enough. Where I am in London I just dont see pines, junipers, larches, but I see loads of deciduous trees and yew trees, hence my love for any of those. I like spruce and cypress too, i would take a spruce or hinoki over a pine any day, thats maybe because ive had experience with spruce and cypress, they often have them available in the nurseries with good sized trunks. maybe one day ill try a mugo or scots pine. I like the foliage on cryptomeria too
what part of Kent? theres a few places I visit up that way for material ive probably been to most worthwhile nurseries up there, you should check out walnut on istead rise, most of the hornbeams are gone now though, but they do have some larger ones going for £300 upwards, those are far too big to get in my car. coblands in seven oaks is another one, but they stopped doing large stuff now. i had trade cards at both.
Love the hornbeamthis was from walnut
The Big Belly Hornbeam
Carpinus Betulus/European Hornbeam from tree nursery material...Picked up march 2018 This one has a very good base, great taper. with this material i didnt want to overdo the deadwood. the deadwood was necessary because there was a big chop made in the apex of the tree. rather than leaving a...www.bonsainut.com
what nursery did you get the pines from, what are their hornbeams like? maybe i know the place
ok i think i know it, he usually has lots of conifers, pines, spruces. sort of on the route to herons, on the left if coming from my direction.
That’s the one very nice bloke had a lovely chat with him and spent a couple hours there
