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Late summer displaying
Summer is not allways the best time to display shohin. This time of the year many trees are leaf trimmed or in other ways not showing the full beauty, missing flowering and colours of the fruits not developed full yet. It is possible though to…
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Rhododendron lysolepsis deadwood treatment
Today it was time to treat the deadwood of the Rhododendron lysolepsis. The summer has been dry but even though, the watering unavoidably will add some moss to the deadwood and trunk of trees. Today it was time to brush of the green areas in order…
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Crataegus development first 3 years
From collecting this Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna, has developed fine so far. Still in early progress, but now settled in a good pot. The first tree years has been focusing in surviving, by doing nothing but watering and feeding aggressively the first two years until healthy strong growth…
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Mame Goat Willow
This is a small Mame-bonsai Willow started two years ago. The raw material was given by a friend of mine, and the speedy growth will soon give a full canopy. The speedy growth requires also a careful pinching so the tree will neither overgrow or…
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New blog from Morten Albek
This is my blog featuring small and big events, notes from my bonsai garden i.e. I hope you will enjoy. At the blog I will post informal notices of what happens in my world of Shohin-bonsai and more or less related topics. The basic and advanced…