'50' Blackthorn in flower

This is one of the trees that will be at BOBB next weekend, this is the very first time it will have been shown ... it is showing well right now and I am working hard to keep the as many flowers as possible on the tree, it has been so unusually warm for this time of year and it has been a struggle to hold the tree back (I do not have a 'spare' fridge like Les). wish me luck... I think I will need it







I am still looking for members to join Enrico and me at our workshop on Sunday at BOBB... only £20... its a bargain!

Aren't we lucky having such a superb range of natives Tony. See you there.

will baddeley wrote:Aren't we lucky having such a superb range of natives Tony.

Never a truer word spoken on this forum.

I will dress the soil surface the tree a couple of days before the event when I return from France.



Click Here to see when I repotted the tree this time last year... remember it steel bar!

Excellent tree Tony.... If it isn't the same tree that was on this forum last year asking for styling suggestions?? If it indeed is then a very nice growth in one year....

Ravi

Great tree and really like the steel bar in the pot and it being collected on your 50th birthday. Happy belated birthday Tony, 55?

Neil

A very nice tree!!! i love the trunk movement..i am sure it will do well in the show....take care john

uau ...what a nice trunk ........ and flowers..........stunning tree

Tony, a captivating beauty. Elegant trunk movements leading to a climatic burst of white flowers. I read that spraying the tree with a stress guard solution could slow down its' growth. Personally have not tried it though. Good luck.

Cheers and best regards,

CJ
http://newzealandteatreebonsai.blogspot.com/

Neil Jaeger wrote:Great tree and really like the steel bar in the pot and it being collected on your 50th birthday. Happy belated birthday Tony, 55? Neil

yes Neil 55 last week

Tony

I wish you good luck and the best, Tony!
I do love the pot as much as the tree itself!

tony wrote:

will baddeley wrote:Aren't we lucky having such a superb range of natives Tony.

Never a truer word spoken on this forum... ... ...

The same goes for Greece, at least concerning the exact (prunus spinosa)!

The tree is beautiful. Thanks for show the photos.

Hi Tony my Blackthorn is still in the fridge, turned to the lowest setting yet it is still flowering, hopwfully it will still have flowers on on Saturday. I am told to transport it in a box to keep it from sunlight and to surround the pot with ice poacks to keep it cold. Fingers crossed it will be worth it

Les and Tony...good luck with keeping the flowers for the show.

Mark & Ritta

Les S wrote: I am told to transport it in a box to keep it from sunlight and to surround the pot with ice packs to keep it cold.

Les's Prunus spinosa -var. "Vlad the Impaler". Does it cast a shadow? Better remember not to step on any cracks on your way into the Botanic Gardens.

Now you come to mention it Fi, Les does bare a remarkable resemblance to a member of a very infamous family? Happy Birthday Feste....I mean Les

Dah dah dah dah click click

They're creepy and they're kooky,
Mysterious and spooky,
They're altogether ooky,
The Prunus family.

These trees are bonsai dree-ums.
At BoBB people can see 'em
They really are a screa-um.
Them Prunus lil trees

Neat

Sweet

Petite*

So get a witch's shawl on.
A broomstick you can crawl on.
We're gonna pay a call on
Wor Les and Our Tonee



* the trees - not Les and Tony, artistic licence notwithstanding.

Hi Tony

Your trees branching looks interesting...do you have a photo without leaves and flowers?.

kind regards Yvonne

Hi Tony
Charming and elegant tree.ThumbsUp: ThumbsUp: You let the tree also have some fruit?
Pavel

Tony,....thumbs up...!
As in first sight,....and bad....ohw ok...not wished for temperatures....
As in,...exhibition,...may i say wishes.....

Show us more!

grtz. machiel

I'm liking this Tony! See you on Sunday

Also thanks for introducing Ryan to me at Nolanders Trophy