Update general and Prunus Mahaleb Glimpse

 After moving to a new garden this winter finally ready to establish my own bonsai garden.

In the next months i will give updates on the trees that I showed earlier and are still well as well as new ones.

Chinese Elm Update

 This tree has come a long way since i purchased it and I am quite satisfied with the trunkline. The Canopy and ramification will hopefully reach a good state in the next 2 growing seasons.

Cotoneaster Update

This trees growth seemes to stall over the last 2 years, and therer was some dieback on a minor amount of branches. It was repotted and I hope it will regain its vigour. I plan on just further developing foliage mass and ramification this year.

Summer Cutback Weigelia

This Weigelia was developed for around 7 years, originating from a pot plant in a garden center and planted in the ground. This spring it was first introduced to a pot and the primary branch structure is being established. As weigelia produces strong shoots when left growing unchecked in summer, it is important to cut back in time to produce the desired branch structure.

Garden and Blog update and announcement

This year i made good progress on most trees as i could dedicate alot more time to them then in previous years.

Over the next weeks im going to give updates of those already written about as well as presenting new ones.

Also, i will describe 2 of my latest, and, in my opinion, most useful for average bonsai people, DIY projects on a turnable bonsai work table and bonsai benches.

Bonsai benches aside some accent plants

Cotoneaster Update

The tree was covered with big and increasingly heavier, due to rain, amounts of snow over the winter. Thus, the main trunks were bent down naturally. I decided that it is an improvement to go for a more leaning design for this cotoneaster. It was not repotted this spring which needs to be adressed next year possibly into a first bonsai pot. Also, the deadwood needs to be taken care of and worked on. This year i started by bending the lowest branch down further and more wireing and cutback will happen this season. The flower buds are swollen which looks pleasing of course with lots of them covering the tree.

June 2018

May 2019

Chinese Elm Update

The chinese elm is taking small but constant steps forward in its development.

I am pleased with the trunk development and wound healing. The focus lies on the thickening and development of the lower branches and the top. The crown needs to be established and extended especially on the left side when seen from the possible front, as it is also depicted in the pictures. The method of choice is to let lower shoots grow longer before cutback in comparison to the upper branches which are ramified alot more already and might need a more significant cutback this fall.

June 2018

May 2019