My new sabina juniper from bonsai sense
Grand Tour of Ireland Day 2
Ian young one to one at my place.
That’s day 2 done and dusted. A great day with Mark in Cork. A real mixed bag of trees worked on today nudging them in the right direction. Fair play to Mark, his collection gets better every time I see it with new exciting projects lined up.
Onward now to Millstreet….
And if there’s ONE tree you must see at Fota…
Celebrating National Tree Week, March 5th – 12th. Part 5
Cryptomeria japonica ‘Spiralis’, Japan. 1852
If there’s one tree you must see at FOTA it’s rhe Cryptomeria japonica ‘Spiralis’. This striking evergreen rises in clumps of bright green cloud-like clusters, building on top of each other. Not surprisingly it’s the national tree of Japan, where it is regularly planted at temples and shrines. Here in Fota, there’s a well-worn path to a low gap at the base of the tree. If you crouch down and enter you can look up at a cathedral-like canopy and admire the rich, red, fragrant bark. Due to its tight, spiraling needles, it has the rather irreverent nickname of ‘granny’s ringlets’.
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A Tale of 2 Trees or a Tree of 2 Halves?
One of our local gardens here in cork Ireland.
Celebrating National Tree Week, March 5th – 12th. Part 4
단풍나무 Danpung na mu Acer palmatum
This Acer palmatum “Koreanum”, from Korea (planted 1937), seems to be at odds with itself, each half of the tree growing in the opposite direction. The smooth bare trunks look like limbs reaching away from each other. In one way it looks like a giant bonsai tree and one can see why Acer is a popular choice for these Japanese miniatures.
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New pots from ian baillie
