Bonsai is:
1. Trees or shrubs, collected from nature, stores or sowed from seeds.
2. Kept year around, inside or outside, in a container.
3. Easy to maintain, provided substrate/soil, temperature, humidity and light that is natural for the tree.
4. A dynamic and rewarding combination of art & recreation.
Bonsai is not:
1. Japanese special kind of trees that are difficult to maintain.
Trygves trees
Yesterday i went to visit an old friend of mine, Trygve, to catch up on old times and check the progress on his trees. Since he doesnt have much time for blogging (nudge nudge) I asked him if I could take some pictures and post here. It is late in the evening and therefore the light conditions are pretty far from optimal.
Trygves first birch. A giant thing reaching a height of 1 metres. it will need some serious backbudding to become a bonsai. I really think you should repot this thing and use some pinching techniques for birches later in the season. Birches must be watered and fed very aggresively (in comparison to other species) to avoid dying of branches as well. It would be a pity to see that happen to this tree. It doesnt take much imagination to make a virtual of the lower part of the trunk as seen on this first image.
Mame Acer. This maple was "yamadored" on the same day as my youngest daughter Lykke was born. So its special. 6 cm in height and already a decent trunk.
Øyvinds trees 1
Øyvinds trees 2
Its growing.
(edit 7 april, 2009) According to Mirek Halatin at the int. forum it must be a Cotoneaster. http://www.internationalbonsaiforum.com/index.php?topic=282.msg1704#msg1704
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