Irish Bonsai

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Tonight is the first night of snow here in Dublin . It’s going to be a big shock to some of my trees . Larch in the snow ❄ You see , depending on where my bonsai are in the garden depends on what season they think it is . The trees near my house think its summer and are in full leaf , whereas the trees only 10 meters away think its autumn . It really it a sight to see . Trident maple grown…

Propagation Part 2 Air Layering vs Ground Layering

In my previous blog I covered Ground Layering , the mechanics of it and my results . Now it’s the turn of Air Layering. I was first intrigued with this method when I seen an advert for these ‘magic’ air layering balls . It looked so easy and idiot proof . Well I proved them wrong the first time . The Acer I tried last year got some fungus from my attempt. But being the idiot I am I tried again…

LAYERING , my experience with ground layering Ground layering ,whip layering or basic layering Hi and welcome , in this blog I’m just going to relay my experience trying out and old way of propagation. About 6 weeks ago I noticed the *sacrifice branch on my Acer was touching the top of the compost in the trunk thickening pot . So I wondered how easy is it really to propagate a new tree from…

Tip of the Day Watering your tree after a very hot day

Earlier this evening I was just pottering around the local nursery , they happened to have a few maple trees , not a huge choice though . I looked at them all to choose the best one . This is the one I picked , it has a few things going for it ( not many mind you ) I’ll point them out to you so when you are looking yourself you’ll know what to look for 1) Good Nebari , this means good root…