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Here are photos of the demonstrators and some more.

more Noelanders trophy

More trees:





Pinus sylvestris from Richard Chambers



Korean Hornbeam from Ian Stewardson


Korean hornbeam from Mario Komsta

Noelanders trophy

Here are some of the trees from the exhibit


Juniperus sabina from Carlos Van Der Vaart


Juniperus chinensis from Mauro Stemberger


Pinus mugo from Marc Noelanders



And the winner of the trophy: Juniperus chinensis from Enrico Savini

We are off to the Noelanders Trophy!

Rune and I are going to the Noelanders Trophy in Belgium this weekend. Hope to see you there.
Watch this space for pictures and report.

Blue honeysuckle part 3

This is the tree that didn't look like it had much potential as bonsai.


I had to cut back the thick roots a lot to make them fit in to a properly sized container, but there were more than enough roots so it was not a problem, and with this species one can cut back really hard with no problems.

Here it is in the new pot.

And here it is after a rough shaping. It didn't turn out all that bad after all. It looks much better than I would have guessed when it was crammed in with the other trunk. I expect a lot of new branches to develop from the trunk next spring so I can fill in the holes in the design.

I also need to do more carving work on the dead part to incorporate it better in the design.

Blue honeysuckle part 2

Here I have done some carving work (it is now finished yet)

It was impossible to finish the shaping of the trees when they were growing so close together so I decided to repot them into separate pots. I broke the rootball apart and started to cut back the roots.Since the trees have been inside all winter with temps up to + 5 celsius the buds have already started to swell a bit (way to early in my area) so I'm hoping that the repotting will slow the process down a bit and I will also reduse the temp in my studio a little to slow things down.

Blue honeysuckle

This one was collected spring 2009. It was not easy to see what this could become when I collected it...



It had lots and lots of flaky bark that I pealed off and it became clear that it was 2 trunks and not one. For some stupid reason I didn't break the two trunks apart, but planted them in the same pot instead.


It grew well all summer.


Before the snow and cold came, I put the tree in my bonsai studio, not because it needed winter protection but because I wanted to work on it during winter.
Here I have just started work by pulling the two trees more apart so it's easier to see what they look like and I have cut off some unnesessary branches.
Next step is to carve the stumps....As you can see the tree to the right has a very interesting trunk and will be a good tree in time.