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some early winter images
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The cembra pine forest
Cembra pine, Pinus cembra
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Japanese maple #10
Japanese maple, Acer palmatum
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Peter Adams RIP
Deepest condolences to Kate and relatives.
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my garden today
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improvement of Japanese maple #14
As some are not aware bonsai only takes place seriously for six months in my climate. This is from March to October. During the rest of the time trees are in winter storage and most are frozen stiff. This is the time for musing, for thinking abut the future, for writing articles and storing photographs.
I was looking at this Japanese maple, Acer palmatum. In spring of the year it already looked quite good, as seen on the first image. Then lots of things happened to this tree during the vegetation period. Now it looks like on the second image. During the coming season in 2014 I plan to achieve what's on the virtual. I would be quite happy if that happened.
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improvement of trident maple #9
When people see this tree some say 'well, nice, but the pot is too big'. I think the crown is too small. A sumo trunk like it is appears to be grotesque. We are used to it by now, but fact is it is grotesque. So the solution is to make the crown larger. Here a virtual to show the direction.
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closing of holes
Holes on broadleaved trees are taboo in Japaenese traditional thinking. Well, I have nothing against them - if they fit. In this case on a clump form Japanese maple the big hole did bother me. It was one of the reasons why this tree was affordable for me. Can I make it close? See what happended after April 2013. Six months later the hole is half closed. This is due to my agressive feeding and watering regime together with the hedge pruning method. This way the hole will be closed by September 2014 I hope. It will still look kind of ugly for a few years. Eventually it will blend into the clump and give it more character. Or so I hope.
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International Bonsai Academy in Harrisburg from Dec. 6 to 8 2013 Last Call
Last call!
The International Bonsai Academy will go to Harrisburg, Pa soon. You saw what we could do in three days in Croatia. Are you jealous? Well, you can be part of the group that does similar things on conifers in three days. The Winter Study 2013 with Jim Doyle and Walter Pall will take place from December 6 to 8. It's part of the International Bonsai Academy. This is the last call, there are a few openings still.
For the workshops you can bring your own trees and/or can also work with collected trees from the nursery. Yes, that's right. We will let you loose on excellent material that you don't have to purchase even. You can though.
I will certainty be personally there and fully active. I have totally recovered form my illness and I am fitter than before. So this is your chance to meet me again this year.
Call Nature's Way Nursery (Jim Doyle) for more information and signing up:
(717) 545-4555
natureswaybonasi@comcast.net
or natureswaybonsai@gmail.com
Please refer to the website for class information. www.natureswaybonsai.com
or call Jim 717-545-4555 mostly between 9-5 Monday through Saturday. If
you want us to mail a schedule let them know your mailing address.
It will be possible to participate as
-full member two days
-full member one day
-silent observer for a fee one or two days
- lurker for free for 20 to 30 minutes to see what's going on and to decide whether you want to participate immediately or later
Fun evening on Saturday as traditional by now.
You have the chance to see and purchase exquisite collected American material This is true for everyone. You don't need to take part in the Bonsai Academy for that. There will be a special discount just on these days.
There are about 400 collected trees there. A few dozen are outright world class, many very good, all hand selected by myself. There are over 150 trees in the range from US$ 45 to 600, about 50 from 600 to 1,500. Everybody can find himself a genuine American collected tree. Ponderosa pines, Rocky Mountain junipers, Engelman spruce, Alpine firs and many other native species are available We guarantee for recently collected stuff as long as you leave it in the nursery - money back or credit in case the tree did not make it. There are over 150 collected trees which are very well established and can be worked on right away.
I am not aware whether there is a nursery in all of America which has such a lot of quality collected stuff to offer. East of the Rockies. Nature's Way Nursery is THE source for quality collected trees.
I look forward to see you all there.
Jim Doyle sent these images of part of the nursery in recent bright sun. All collected and establsihed trees waiting for you.![]()
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International Bonsai Academy in Harrisburg from Dec. 6 to 8 2013
The International Bonsai Academy will go to Harrisburg, Pa soon. You saw what we could do in three days in Croatia. Are you jealous? Well, you can be part of the group that does similar things on conifers in three days. The Winter Study 2013 with Jim Doyle and Walter Pall will take place from December 6 to 8. It's part of the International Bonsai Academy. This is the last call, there are a few openings still.
For the workshops you can bring your own trees and/or can also work with collected trees from the nursery. Yes, that's right. We will let you loose on excellent material that you don't have to purchase even. You can though.
I will certainty be personally there and fully active. I have totally recovered form my illness and I am fitter than before. So this is your chance to meet me again this year.
Call Nature's Way Nursery (Jim Doyle) for more information and signing up:
(717) 545-4555
natureswaybonasi@comcast.net
or natureswaybonsai@gmail.com
Please refer to the website for class information. www.natureswaybonsai.com
or call Jim 717-545-4555 mostly between 9-5 Monday through Saturday. If
you want us to mail a schedule let them know your mailing address.
It will be possible to participate as
-full member two days
-full member one day
-silent observer for a fee one or two days
- lurker for free for 20 to 30 minutes to see what's going on and to decide whether you want to participate immediately or later
Fun evening on Saturday as traditional by now.
You have the chance to see and purchase exquisite collected American material This is true for everyone. You don't need to take part in the Bonsai Academy for that. There will be a special discount just on these days.
There are about 400 collected trees there. A few dozen are outright world class, many very good, all hand selected by myself. There are over 150 trees in the range from US$ 45 to 600, about 50 from 600 to 1,500. Everybody can find himself a genuine American collected tree. Ponderosa pines, Rocky Mountain junipers, Engelman spruce, Alpine firs and many other native species are available We guarantee for recently collected stuff as long as you leave it in the nursery - money back or credit in case the tree did not make it. There are over 150 collected trees which are very well established and can be worked on right away.
I am not aware whether there is a nursery in all of America which has such a lot of quality collected stuff to offer. East of the Rockies. Nature's Way Nursery is THE source for quality collected trees.
I look forward to see you all there.
Jim Doyle sent these images of part of the nursery in recent bright sun. All collected and establsihed trees waiting for you.
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Events at Nature's Way Nursery in 2014
You saw the report of the International Bonsai Academy in Harrisburg, Pa. Here are some images of the nursery after the seminar. Three days later the trees were stored away. But the trees are still there and they are all for sale. So visit Nature's Way Nursery any time in winter.
We will continue the International Bonsai Academy in Harrisburg in 2014.
Woodstock VII will take place from April 4 to April 6, 2014. This is part of the International Bonsai Academy.
The program is similar to the winter academy. We always do whatever can and should be done at the time of the year. In spring, of course, we will do a lot of repotting. We will also do more wiring than in winter.
For the workshops you can bring your own trees and/or can also work with collected trees from the nursery. Yes, that's right. We will let you loose on collected trees that you don't have to purchase. You can though.
There are already around 400 trees available now. At the end of March 2014 there will be almost 400 more. Of these new trees around 250 will be collected trees again, mainly Engelmann spruce of all sizes, ponderosa pines Rocky Mountain Junipers, limber pines, Douglas firs and others. This will then be more than 600 very good collected trees available. I am not aware whether there is a nursery in all of America which has such a lot of quality collected stuff. East of the Rocky Mountains Nature's Way Nursery is THE source for quality collected trees.The price range is from 45 upwards. The majority is priced in the range of 50 to 400. There will also be more than 100 deciduous nursery trees: European larch, Japanese larch, trident maples, Japanese maples, field maples, French maples, stewartia, bald cypress and others. All these nursery trees have very good nebari, good taper and ramification. They are all medium size and ready for styling. The price range is typically from 200 to 300.
In addition we already have fixed the next 'Winter with Walter and Jim' for December 5 to 7, 2014. The program is the same as in 2013.
The big Rocky Mountain juniper will be styled by Mauro Stemberger as a special event in spring of 2014. Don't miss this one!
Enrollments have already begun for all events. Secure your seat and call Jim Doyle now:
Call Nature's Way Nursery (Jim Doyle) for more information or signing in
(717)545-4555
natureswaybonsai@comcast.net
or natureswaybonsai@gmail.com
Please read the website for class information: www.natureswaybonsai.com
If you want them to mail a schedule let them know your mailing address.
In both events it will be possible to participate as
-full member three days
-full member one or two days
-silent observer for a fee for one to three days ( this is specially recommend for beginners and those who don't feel that they want to actually work on trees)
-lurkers for free for 20 to 30 minutes to see what's going on and to decide whether you want to participate immediately or alter
You have the chance to see and purchase exquisite collected American material. This is true for everyone. You don't need to be part of the programs. There will be a special discount just on these days.
I look forward to see you there.
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back from America
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oriental hornbeam #37
Oriental hornbeam, Carpinus orientalis, acquired in August 2013 (first image). Now the tree is on a good way, I think.
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oriental hornbeam #36
Oriental hornbeam, Carpinus orientalis, acquired in October 2013 (first image). Now the tree is on a good way, I think.
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European hornbeam #6
European hornbeam, Carpinus betulus, 40 cm high, first image of 1999.
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wild honeysuckle #2
Wild honeysuckle, Lonicera xylostemum, collected in the Alps in 2000, pot by Hilken.
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oriental hornbeam #38
Oriental hornbeam, Carpinus orientalis, collected in Croatia in 2012. This will be part of my collection, it is quite promising in my eyes.
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oriental hornbeam #39
Oriental hornbeam, Carpinus orientalis, 40 cm, this new acquisition looks quite promising to me.
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Goethe about bonsai rules
Goethe, Werther:
To the benefit of rules one can say just about what can be said to praise civil society. A man who strictly follows rules will never produce something tasteless, bad, as one who lets himself being modeled by laws and affluence never will be an unbearable neighbor, never a strange villain will he be; in contrast will all rules destroy the real feeling of nature and the true expression of nature, regardless of whatever you want to say about this.
Man kann zum Vorteile der Regeln viel sagen, ungefähr was man zum Lobe der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft sagen kann. Ein Mensch, der sich nach ihnen bildet, wird nie etwas Abgeschmacktes und Schlechtes hervorbringen, wie einer, der sich durch Gesetze und Wohlstand modeln läßt, nie ein unerträglicher Nachbar, nie ein merkwürdiger Bösewicht werden kann; dagegen wird aber auch alle Regel, man rede was manwolle, das wahre Gefühl von Natur und den wahren Ausdruck derselben zerstören!
Nature and art, they seem to escape each other and have found each other before you think about it. The antipathy has vaned also to me and both seem to attract me equally.
Natur und Kunst, sie scheinen sich zu fliehen
Und haben sich, eh man es denkt, gefunden;
Der Widerwille ist auch mir verschwunden,
Und beide scheinen gleich mich anzuziehen.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(1749 - 1832)
Quelle: Goethe: »Gedichte. Nachlese«
To the benefit of rules one can say just about what can be said to praise civil society. A man who strictly follows rules will never produce something tasteless, bad, as one who lets himself being modeled by laws and affluence never will be an unbearable neighbor, never a strange villain will he be; in contrast will all rules destroy the real feeling of nature and the true expression of nature, regardless of whatever you want to say about this.
Man kann zum Vorteile der Regeln viel sagen, ungefähr was man zum Lobe der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft sagen kann. Ein Mensch, der sich nach ihnen bildet, wird nie etwas Abgeschmacktes und Schlechtes hervorbringen, wie einer, der sich durch Gesetze und Wohlstand modeln läßt, nie ein unerträglicher Nachbar, nie ein merkwürdiger Bösewicht werden kann; dagegen wird aber auch alle Regel, man rede was manwolle, das wahre Gefühl von Natur und den wahren Ausdruck derselben zerstören!
Nature and art, they seem to escape each other and have found each other before you think about it. The antipathy has vaned also to me and both seem to attract me equally.
Natur und Kunst, sie scheinen sich zu fliehen
Und haben sich, eh man es denkt, gefunden;
Der Widerwille ist auch mir verschwunden,
Und beide scheinen gleich mich anzuziehen.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(1749 - 1832)
Quelle: Goethe: »Gedichte. Nachlese«
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oriental hornbeam #9
Oriental hornbeam, Carpinus orientalis, collected in Croatia in 2010, first image of 2010. In spring of 2015 it will go into the final pot right away.
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oriental hornbeam available
Oriental hornbeam, Carpinus orientalis, collected 2011, quite old and very thick, available for sale or trade.
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