{"id":39143,"date":"2023-04-12T20:51:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T19:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=39143"},"modified":"2023-04-11T09:04:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T08:04:16","slug":"bonsai-bank-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/04\/bonsai-bank-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonsai Bank Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of my jobs over the bank holiday weekend was to tend to the bonsai trees. I should qualify this by saying that none of them are real bonsai trees. Some might be classed as pre-bonsai, but most are just sticks in pots!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular has-rounded-corners-10\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bonsai-Trees.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bonsai-Trees.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bonsai-Trees.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bonsai-Trees.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=950&#038;ssl=1 950w\" alt=\"Bonsai Trees\" data-height=\"713\" data-id=\"39144\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=39144\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bonsai-Trees.jpg\" data-width=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bonsai-Trees.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bonsai-Bench.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bonsai-Bench.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bonsai-Bench.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bonsai-Bench.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=950&#038;ssl=1 950w\" alt=\"Bonsai Bench\" data-height=\"713\" data-id=\"39141\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/04\/bank-holiday-planting\/bonsai-bench\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bonsai-Bench.jpg\" data-width=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bonsai-Bench.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Larch (bottom middle) is sprouting nicely so I&#8217;ve repotted it and hope it will do OK. The maple (bottom right) is coming into leaf too, but is barely a tree. It&#8217;s not even a very nice shape as it has quite an ugly graft, but I never expected it to grow here really as it&#8217;s just too windy for maples. The larger one in the middle at the top is a hornbeam I think, and is doing OK &#8211; It&#8217;s needs lots of work to shape it into a decent tree though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The others on the bonsai bench are struggling, so it remains to be seen if they start sprouting new leaves for the summer. All have been repotted and cleaned up a bit so they at least look a little loved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve got a few pre-bonsai elsewhere too. I&#8217;ve put some of the hawthorn saplings into large pots to see if I can grow them into bonsai. I&#8217;ve even wired two of them into nice sinuous shapes to add some movement to their trunks as they develop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Alders that I grew from a seed packet in a bonsai kit that Morgan bought me for Christmas are doing surprisingly well. I sowed them this time last year, they grew well last summer and seem to have survived the winter. They are actually looking really healthy. They can&#8217;t be called bonsai trees yet, but seeing as they are only a year old I think they look pretty good.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Alder-Bonsai.jpg\" alt=\"One-year old Alder 'bonsai'\" class=\"wp-image-39145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Alder-Bonsai.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Alder-Bonsai-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One-year old Alder &#8216;bonsai&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m not really sure what to do with them next to develop them into &#8216;proper&#8217; bonsai, but it should be fun finding out and seeing how they develop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my jobs over the bank holiday weekend was to tend to the bonsai trees. 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