This european hornbeams group planting occured as a side-product of a much bigger project of mixed hornbeam &beech forest. In 90´s my father collected tiny seedlings of both species and put them in ground where they were regularly hedge pruned once or twice a year. In spring 2009 (photo below) all the trees were lifted from the ground and a big forest was planted which took us a whole day, then the leftovers (not very
New bonsai evolution has been added to the photogallery. This interesting twin trunk hornbeam has had quite a quick progression till the date. Collected in 2013 and planted immediately into a shallow container thanks to its very good and flat rootball. Styled twice so far and the crown is developing well. Already hoping to see it with opening leaves as most of our deciduous trees after the long winter period… Nový vývoj habrového dvojkmene přidán
A detail wiring and re-shapíng of this chuhin size hornbeam has taken place recently. Last year we changed its pot for a one by Martin Ašenbrener, which was for better in my opinion. A couple of root grafts for improvng nebari should be a right thing to do in near future, overall, the tree is progressing nicely! Po letech opět přišla řada na vydrátování a vyladění koruny tohoto habrového prcka. Minulý rok jsme změnili misku
New bonsai evolution of a big deciduous forest has been added to the gallery. The start of this huge composition dates back to the 90 ´s when my father collected some young seedlings of hornbeams and beeches and put them in ground in order to prepare them for the future. Some 15 years later with just pruning crowns and roots, these tiny trees became interesting bonsai material. In 2009 we created this forest planting with
