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go ahead, laugh at my bonsai
Just wanted to show you my Wisteria that wont bloom. What a miracle is spring.
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A Horticultural expert came to see my Bonsai-he stated that there was one really important thing that the tree needed, I thought he meant more loving kindness, more metta/dana/ respect? until he said , Water.
I gave up after that.
P.S. I have a wisteria growing in the backyard, it takes at least three years before blossoms occur-if my knowledge is anything to go by.
I personally think that even with a bonsai, the dish is (1) too shallow and (2) too wide....you need a more cylindrical and tall container (to counterbalance the growth and height) and you need more soil and to feed it sparingly....
Just the humble opinion of one who did a spot of horticulture in the UK.... a six-week stint at The Royal Botanical gardens at Wisley..... and has grown a couple of bonsai in her time....
....That's all.....
I think it's great.
There is a guy at work who does bonsai.
If you would like, I will take a picture today of one he has in his office and post it for ya.
I love bonsai.
-bf
I'm just full of spring fever, as usual, posting the bonsai is not so much a cry for help, but a wish to make you smile. Any help and advice is greatly apreciated though, and I thank you for it.
I have 30 bonsai, with more in training. A few are actually beginning to show promise, I just can't seem to get good pictures of them with my low cost digital camera.
BF, I would enjoy any pictures you care to post at your leisure.
Spring is Buddha's time, and I'm really looking forward to the celebration of his birthday at the temple on the 20th.
I'm so thankfull for this web-site that brings me like minded beings.
But I will take a picture when I get back into work.
Your 30' bonsai lookes like a lilac.
-bf
It's just that spring is really springy around here this year. We must have hit a very nice weather pattern, for a change. I noticed the plant life has put on alot of new growth. The White Spruces, some of my favorites, are really loaded with new growth, and the lilacs seem to have extra blossoms this year. One has a Robbins nest in it.
I'm looking forward to bringing the Monks produce from my garden. Plants are such a great study in impermanance, and interdependance.
BF, I do have one imperial bonsai, it's a 6' Catalpa. It wont bloom either, I think it's a male. "weed trees" I pull up out my yard seem to do best for me as bonsai, but the leaves are too big to make good bonsai. I use them to learn and practice on. I have many Sumac in training. Actually all my bonsai are "in training", that is, none are "finished". The wisteria, and the catalpa were both damaged by a late frost this year. I had hoped that would get the wisteria to bloom, it's old enough, I've had it in in a pot since 1999. No such luck. Bonsai forces me to get out and do stuff in the spring, mother nature waits for no one. None of my trees are much to look at as "bonsai", and I always make the beginners' mistake of trying too many different species. But, in the fall, my miniature forest with all the variety of color makes it worthwhile. I take pictures of my trees so I can comepare from year to year how they are doing. All those pictures were lost when my last computer died, or I would have many to post.
Maybe its just because Buddha's teachings are so universal, and I don't really don't have any insight into rebirth, but sometimes it occures to me that I must have been exposed to eastern culture before.
Please, everybody, post anything spring time related to this thread. The "rebirth" of spring is like magic to me. I would really like to share in my friends observations of "spring".
Good luck with yours, everyone!
Mushrooms,
Go for it Wezz, most of my bonsai came from nursury stock from the department stores or home centers. I dont buy bonsai pots anymore, they cost too much, and people don't give them back after they've killed the tree I made for them. haha. I just use terra cotta dishs. I drill 2 or 3 holes in them with a masonry bit. Be gentle, they're very brittle. Place some kind of soft cushion under the pot and drill from the inside. Get a book first, or do some research on the web. Last bit of advice, look for nice roots and trunk when choosing a tree. When I go to the nurserys I find probably less then 1 in 100 are suitable for bonsai.
This cottoneaster is one my fav's. Last year, in the fall it seemed like it had more red berrys than leaves. A miniature apple tree.
-bf
Wow! BF those are great! I like! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
and now, my gift to you; birdies!
With love,
Wes.
my grandma doesn't have too many hummingbirds this year, it's really sad, shes only seen about 2 so far, hopefully more will be coming in.
With love,
Wes.
Hi Wezz, my pleasure, like most things, plants don't have "views" I apreciate that.
There was an article in the newspaper last week about a guy, a florist no less, whose wisteria bloomed this year for the first time in 40 years! I knew it was an extra good spring this year around here.