Many times each year I have the pleasure of working on Faisal Waheedy's bonsai in his garden and this August was no exception. Above is a big newly pruned Trident Maple/ Acer buergerianum bonsai

Detail of the Trident Maple's trunk

August 2011: This Tamarix juniperina/Tamarix, height 21"/51.5cm
started life in Feb 2004 as a 4"/10cm diameter cutting that I rooted in water.

August 2011: Restyled Taxodium distichum/Swamp Cypress, height 25"/62cm, trunk diameter above the buttress 2.5", root-spread 7". This is a Swamp Cypress I sold around 5 years ago and then bought back this Spring so I could work on it!

August 2011: My small-Leaved Lime or Linden/Tilia cordata bonsai, height 22"/56cm
Developed from a pencil-thick sapling since 2001 Planted in an Erin Bonsai Pot

August 2011: Many trees responded well to the warm, sunny Spring in the UK and flowered and berried prolifically this year. My Crataegus monogyna/Common Hawthorn was no exception and was covered in red berries (or haws) by mid-August
Height 42"/102cm Collected by myself in 2005

Hawthorn berry detail

August 2011: At the end of August back in Faisal Waheedys garden I restyled a Satsuki Azalea (Top image) Though the tree had a nice silhouette, the actual branch structure was badly faulted where the previous owners had simply treated the tree as topiary. (Below) The restyled Satsuki Azelea bonsai after reducing the multiple-primary and secondary branches, removing straight and heavy sections of branches and hours of wiring.

September 2011: By early September the berries on my Cotoneaster franchetti bonsai had turned a bright red creating a wonderful sight that will last well into the Winter.
Height 30"/77cm

Detail of the crown of my Cotoneaster bonsai

Detail image of the berries

September 2011: In early September I began writing the follow up to my first book 'Bonsai Inspirations' and I decided that the Cotoneaster would make a suitable subject for the cover images for the next book!

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