Spring is my favorite time of the year, and also the busiest especially if you have many deciduous bonsai. In addition to transplanting and shaping emerging buds of developed bonsai must be pinched. This requires pinching many times over several days because the buds do not open at the same time on each bonsai.
Joe Lentner spent many hours pinching and trimming Japanese maple bonsai
All of this work can not be done alone. I’m fortunate to have many good friends who volunteer to help me create and maintain bonsai as well as preparing for classes and in the garden as well. My “Monday Senior Crew” came many more days during the week this spring. Each Monday there are eight of us transplanting, pinching, wiring, pruning as well as cleaning up. Because of their dedication and hard work my bonsai and garden look pretty good now.
Rick Marriott preparing container
Paul Eschman pressure washing Hornbeam trunk before transplanting
Moving bonsai after transplanting
Watering after transplanting
Enjoy the beauty of my spring garden as well as alcove displays arranged for classes and for welcoming visitors to my garden.
Rough Bark Trident Maple, Acer buergerianum ‘Arakawa’
Koto Hime Japanese Maple, Acer palmatum ‘Koto Hime’
Koto Hime Japanese Maple, Acer palmatum ‘Koto Hime’
Robinson Bradford Pear, Pyrus calleryana ‘Robinson’
Deshojo Japanese Maple, Acer palmatum ‘Deshojo’
Seigen Japanese Maple, Acer palmatum ‘Seigen’
Japanese Maple, Acer palmatum
Kashima Japanese Maple, Acer palmatum ‘Kashima’
Butterfly Japanese Maple, Acer palmatum ‘Versicolor’
Seiun Satsuki Azalea, Rhododendron indicum ‘Seiun’
Shishigashira Japanese Maple, Acer palmatum ‘Shishigashira’
Koto Hime Japanese Maple, Acer palmatum ‘Koto Hime’
Oto Hime Japanese Maple, Acer palmatum ‘Oto Hime’
Katsura Japanese Maple, Acer palmatum ‘Katsura’
Spring in Rochester, New York
Reblogged this on Wolf's Birding and Bonsai Blog.