FUCHSIA MAGELLANICA / FUCHSIA

Height 9"/22½cm Trunk Dia 4"/10cm

Collected in 1998 from my garden. This Fuchsia magellanica is very vigorous, whilst growing in the ground it would grow shoots over 6ft tall every year before being cut right back to it's base during the Winter.

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Juniperus chinensis 'San Jose'/ Juniper bonsai

Height 17"/42cm, trunkbase diameter 5"/12.5cm

Styled over 3 weeks during late 2011

For the fully detailed styling of this tree please see Bonsai Inspirations 2

Ulmus pumila/Siberian Elm

Height 21"/52cm

Purchased as field-grown stock in 2005 and styled.

Pot from Erin Bonsai

Prunus incisa 'Kojo-no-mai'/Fuji Cherry

Developed from a nursery plant since 1997.

Height 3.5"/9cm tall with a 4cm/1.5" wide trunkbase (above the roots).

Pot by Walsall Ceramics

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Dug up from my garden where it had been growing up the side of a wall for 30 years, this Virginia Creeper is a very vigorous plant and requires repeated pruning throughout the year.

Pot handmade by Vic at Erin Pottery

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Ligustrum ovalifolium/Common Privet

Newly restyled

Height 19"/48 cm

Developed from an old hedgerow tree collected in 2004.

Planted in a pot by Erin Bonsai

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Hawthorn/Crataegus monogyna

Height 13.5"/33cm

Developed from a collected tree stump

Planted in an Erin Pot

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Berberis or Barberry/Berberis thunbergii Bonsai

Height 20"/49cm, 6" trunk diameter

Developed from a collected garden tree

Pot by Erin Pottery

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Scots Pine/Pinus sylvestris

Height 18"/44cm, trunk base 7"/17.5cm

Yamadori pine in development since 2006.

Privet/Ligustrum ovalifolium Raft Bonsai

Height 16"/40cm, base 7.5"/18cm

Developed from an old hedgerow tree collected in 2004.

Planted in an Erin Pot

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English or Field Elm/Ulmus minor

Height 17"/42cm

Developed from an airlayered branch

Pot by Erin Bonsai

For the full detailed progression series for this tree please see Bonsai Inspirations

Taxodium distichum/Swamp Cypress bonsai

Height 25"/62cm

Developed from field-grown stock

Pot by Erin Bonsai

Larix decidua/European Larch bonsai

Height 20"/49

Developed from field-grown raw material

Pot by Erin Bonsai

For the fully detailed Progression Series of this tree please see Bonsai Inspirations 2

English or Field Elm Bonsai/Ulmus minor

Height 27"/66cm, trunkbase 9"/22cm in diameter

Collected in August 2004

Planted in an Erin Bonsai pot.

Small-Leaved Lime/Tilia cordata bonsai

Height 22"/56cm

Developed from a pencil-thick sapling since 2001

Planted in an Erin Bonsai Pot

For the fully detailed Progression Series of this tree please see Bonsai Inspirations 2

Common Hawthorn/Crataegus monogyna bonsai

15"/37cm in height with a reach of 32"/79cm and a 4"/10cm trunk diameter.

Collected in 2006.

Image taken after partial defoliation

Pot by Victor Harris of Erin Bonsai

Cotoneaster (unidentified species)

2.5"/6.5cm in height with a 2"/5cm diameter trunkbase

Wild cotoneaster collected 2003 and then reduced in height over 5 years

Cotoneaster horizontalis/Cotoneaster

Height 5.5"/14cm with a 4.5"trunk base.

Developed from a garden plant.

Pot by Erin Pottery

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 CRASSULA OVATA/ JADE TREE

Height 7"/18cm 27 years old

This Jade had originally been grown from a cutting and served as part of a larger houseplant before I divided away this section