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Bonsai4me was initially launched as a website by its author, bonsai artist Harry Harrington, in October 2001. The website has grown year-on-year over the course of over 22 years, as its reputation for clear, interesting and informative articles has spread throughout the world. With three books now published in hardback, regular appearances in bonsai magazines, as well as bonsai shows and demonstrations across the Europe, Bonsai4me.com has grown into a leading name in Bonsai.
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By bonsai artist Harry Harrington.
Harry Harrington is a father of two from Oxford now based in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. He started bonsai in 1995 and is entirely self-taught. An acclaimed artist specializing in deciduous trees, he also has a reputation for his deadwood carving and as a bonsai teacher.
Books by Harry Harrington have now been read in over 40 different countries around the world and translated into 6 different languages.
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Ulmus minor/English or Field Elm bonsai before and after
Before and After. Just 6 years…2018 to 2024! Ulmus minor/English or Field Elm bonsai collected by Sean Stolp in 2018, and in development by myself since 2019. Height 16”/39cm. The pot by German potter Roman Husmann The Spring leaves are finally opening on this tree after repotting last week!! . . #bonsai #tree #elm #beforeandafter #art
Close Ulmus minor/English or Field Elm bonsai before and after
Ulmus minor/English or Field Elm bonsai
Ulmus minor/English or Field Elm bonsai collected by Sean Stolp in 2018, and in development by myself since 2019. Height 16”/39cm. The pot by German potter Roman Husmann The Spring leaves are finally opening on this tree after repotting last week!! . . #bonsai #tree #elm #yamadori #artist
Close Ulmus minor/English or Field Elm bonsai
Detail of the flowers on my Prunus spinosa/Blackthorn bonsai
Detail of the flowers on my Prunus spinosa/Blackthorn bonsai, in full flower right now. Mature blackthorn flower readily on new growth, only a year or two after complete removal of the branch structure. If you have a ‘blackthorn’ that is taking longer to start flowering, it maybe that it is the more common Prunus avium/Wild Cherry (these can take a good while to start flowering but otherwise are very similar). . . #bonsai #blackthorn #tree #flowers #spring
Close Detail of the flowers on my Prunus spinosa/Blackthorn bonsai
Prunus spinosa/Blackthorn bonsai
Update on my Prunus spinosa/Blackthorn bonsai that is in full flower right now. Originally collected by Sean Stolp from The Hill 5-6 years ago, the full story of the tree from wild yamadori to finished bonsai featured in an edition of Esprit Bonsai last year. The gorgeous pot is one of my favourites from Victor Harris of Erin Pottery and picks up the tones of the tree perfectly at this time of year. . . #bonsai #tree #blackthorn #flowers
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