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Chinese Elm Yamadori – Root Prune and trunk selection

Initial photographs & then speeded up 8 time video of me taking the Yamadori Chinese Elm from the 60 Litre Container.   Prune the roots as I clear out the soil and weeds. Sizing up the trunks and roots below…. Continue Reading →

Twin Ornamental Trees removal

Shadow of the Gardener. @shadowofthegardener www.sotg.uk Twin Ornamentals Removal from Containers. Difficult access. Well established Ornamental Stock. December 2022. Removal day…   By hand, then by machine… If necessary, and it was! Hori Hori by Nisaku ‘Yamakatana’ – Deadly &… Continue Reading →

Love Heart & Arrow Bonsai Tree – Chinese Elm

Love Heart & Arrow. Chinese Elm Bonsai by: www.sotg.uk   Was a cold December evening, into the Bonsai Studio Shadow and I entered.   Selected a few trees, sorted out the lights, grabbed the wire, got busy & got cold…

Yamadori Larch repot

Nov 2022. Yamadori – Wild grown Larch – 7 years Old.  

Overwintering – Cheating Nature

Bonsai Studio. Setting up the workspace. Shadow Camera View. Video Gallery. Time lapsed: Drift Camera   Equipment;   Camera’s. Drift Ghost XL Action Camera & Drift Ghost XL Action Camera Ghost Edition. Tripod: By Joby Secateurs: Felco Model 2 Large.

Quick Pine repot after wind blows over recently collected Yamadori Pine

Quick Pine repot. Quick repot after strong wind blows a recently collected Yamadori Pine tree over. Using Hori Hori by Dr Otek & Fiskars. Brief appearances by Shadow. 🐺 Also seen in the video are Felco Number 2 Secateurs & Spear… Continue Reading →

Ulmus parvifolia – Chinese Elm

Over the last Month or so we have been harvesting some of our potential bonsai stock. Grown locally here in Rutland, locally hardy and in an exposed place.  So the stock is weather worn and also generally tougher and more… Continue Reading →

Yamadori Redwoods – 3 more harvested today!

The SOTG Ground team and Tree Division, out and about with the hand tools today. (Josh my assistant with a few shovels & bags & me with the dog and the tree knowledge!)   Good conditions for Shadow the dog,… Continue Reading →

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