Shimpaku tidy up.

I finally got some time to myself today, so I decided to tidy up this Shimpaku juniper.

Before I started you can see the extensions it has put on this season.

After working, you can now see the pads more clearly.

Starting to look very good.

Acer Palmatum.

After I repotted my Acer Palmatum at the start of the season with the hope of making it a much larger tree, it looks like it will not take as long as I thought.

This was the tree after the first flush of foliage in Spring.

This photo taken this morning shows how much the foliage has grown since then.

Next year it will need a restyle, something I am looking forward to.

Bonsai Thursday with Dave.

When Dave came over today we worked on this piece of bogwood in preparation for planting with a tree.

Although most of it is solid, the base had a lot of rot, so we placed some plastic mesh and covered this with galvanized wire mesh to hold it in place.

With this set up there should be no problem with drainage.

From the back you can see the pot shape we have created for the tree to be planted in.

Next spring we will install the tree.

Natter night 8th August 2016.

The wind finally dropped for this evenings get together, felt more like Winter than an August evening.

I started off working on this Cotoneaster cascade to tidy it up a little.

Although just a young tree it is now starting to show signs of pads taking shape.

I gave Boxie the task of thinning out this Azalea, which I got from a neighbor a couple of months ago.

Now it is much more open it will allow the light in to promote some back budding.

Another good night once more.

Ayr flower show, displays.

Here are the photos I took yesterday at the Ayr flower show.

A really good day out.

Ayr flower show.

Today we had a day out at the Ayr flower show up in Bonnie Scotland, where I treat myself to a couple of Bronzes.

The Monarch of the Glen.

The Bear.

Maybe a new collection starting.

Procumbens Juniper.

I have given my Procumbens juniper a much needed trim.