Super-heating a jin (dead branch) on a Pine in order to bend it in October.

English or Field Elm/Ulmus minor in full Autumn colour. This tree is featured in my first book "Bonsai Inspirations" and was developed from an air-layered wild branch in 2004.
Height 17"/42cm, bonsai pot by Erin Bonsai.

A San Jose Juniper belonging to Faisal Waheedy, styled and photographed over 3 weeks in October/November for the next book, Bonsai Inspirations 2. Final height 17"/42cm, trunkbase diameter 5"/12.5cm

Detail of the deadwood on the San Jose Juniper; I dressed this by hand using jin-pliers, a draw-knife and a wire brush.

By the beginning of November my Small-Leaved Lime/Tilia cordata bonsai started showing Autumn colour
Height 22"/56cm

By mid-November it had shed its leaves and was pruned and wired.

My Fagus sylvatica/European Beech Bonsai after its leaves had turned brown in mid-November. This deciduous bonsai will hold onto its leaves until bud-burst next Spring.
Current height of bonsai; 22"/55cm

My English or Field Elm/Ulmus minor out of leaf after pruning and re-wiring
Height 17"/42cm

By the end of November my Acer palmatum/ Mountain Maple was showing full Autumn colour........

..........and within 5 days had turned a gorgeous red colour..........

......before shedding its leaves and being pruned and wired.

Acer palmatum/ Mountain Maple
Developed from a pencil-thick air-layer taken in 2002
Height 22.5"/55cm, trunk diameter above the base 2.5"/6cm. Current surface root spread 10"/25cm
Pot by Erin Bonsai

Copper or Purple Beech/Fagus sylvatica Purpurea bonsai-in-training belonging to Faisal Waheedy after hard pruning and styling in November. I ground-layered this tree a couple of years ago. I will be able to remove the extended lower trunk (below soil level) next Spring and finally get the tree into its first bonsai pot. Height 22"/56cm.

European Hornbeam, another bonsai belonging to Faisal Waheedy, 29"/75cm in height, pruned and rewired in early December.

Chinese Juniper I've been working on for Faisal Waheedy over the past 15-16 months, rewired in December. Height 19"/49cm

Ulmus pumila/Siberian Elm after Autumn/Winter pruning and wiring
Height 23"/57cm
Purchased as field-grown stock in 2005 
Pot from Erin Bonsai

Common Privet/Ligustrum ovalifolium collected by Francis Consunji-Chan for me from an old hedge growing in Faisal Waheedy's garden in April 2010, the bottom image shows the tree after I had hollowed it out and styled it in mid-December.

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