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Bonsai by

Harry Harrington

(Bonsai over 12" in height)

beech bonsai

Fagus sylvatica/European Beech Bonsai

Current height of bonsai; 22"/55cm

Originally collected by Craig Coussins/Peter Adams during the late 1970's, and grown as part of a forest planting for many years, finally being purchased as a single tree by myself in 2001.

Bonsai Progression Series>>

Ligustrum ovalifolium/Common Privet Bonsai

Height 15"/37cm

Developed from an old hedgerow tree collected in 2004.

Planted in an Erin Pot

Bonsai progression images>

Video >

 

privet bonsai

privet bonsai

chamaecyparis cypress bonsai

Chamaecyparis pisifera/Sawara Cypress

Height 26"/66cm

Collected from a friend's garden, this Cypress was reduced from a height of 10ft. Accurately aged from it's trunks' growth rings at 33 years of age in 2001.

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Trident Maple/Acer buergerianum Bonsai

Imported tree purchased during the Summer 2007.

Restyled Autumn 2007 and newly potted Spring 2008 and Spring 2009.

Height 30"/74cm

Trunkbase diameter 8"/20cm

Video >

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trident maple bonsai

Trident Maple/Acer buergerianum Bonsai

trident bonsai

Picea glauca 'Albertiana' Group Planting

Picea glauca var. albertiana 'Conica'/Alberta Spruce Group Planting

Height of tallest tree 19"/47cm

Group put together from 5 nursery trees in September 2006

Group Styling Photo Series>>

Acer palmatum/ Mountain Maple

Developed from an imported tree purchased in 2005.

Height 14"/34cm, root spread is 6"/15cm

 

Pot by Erin Pottery

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acer palmatum bonsai

Acer palmatum/ Mountain Maple

 

hawthorn bonsai

Crataegus monogyna/Common Hawthorn

Height 23"/57cm

Collected in 2001 from local grasslands.

Planted in pot by Erin Pottery

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ACER PALMATUM GROUP PLANTING

Height 16" / 39cm

Shown after Summer defoliation and Autumn 2007

7 Japanese Maple air-layers planted together since 1999

Pot by Erin pottery

 

ACER PALMATUM GROUP PLANTING

Acer palmatum Bonsai Group Planting

 

KOREAN HORNBEAM/ Carpinus turczaninowii bonsai

 

 

KOREAN HORNBEAM/ Carpinus turczaninowii

Height 15"/37cm

Restyled imported tree.

Pot by Erin Pottery

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BETULA PUBESCENS / DOWNY BIRCH

Height 21"/53cm

I collected this tree in 1999 , originally the tree was over 20ft tall but was chopped before being grown on in the ground for 3 years.

Age at the time of chopping the trunk was 16 years.

Pot by Erin Pottery

Bonsai Progression Series>

New Video added May 2009>

 

birch bonsai

Crataegus monogyna/Common Hawthorn bonsai

hawthorn bonsai

Crataegus monogyna/Common Hawthorn

Height 28"/70cm

Collected in 2004 from local grasslands.

Planted in pot by Erin Pottery

Bonsai Progression Series>>

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Cotoneaster franchetti

Height 30"/77cm

Collected Spring 2005 from local grasslands

Pot by Erin Pottery

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cotoneaster bonsai

Cotoneaster franchetti bonsai

 

hawthorn bonsai

Crataegus monogyna/Common Hawthorn

Height 42"/102cm

Collected in 2005

Pot by Erin Pottery

Bonsai Progression Series>>

Bonsai Video>>

Crataegus monogyna/Common Hawthorn

Height 30"/77cm

Tree collected 2001

Pot by Erin Pottery

Bonsai Progression Series>>

Bonsai Video>>

hawthorn bonsai

hawthorn bonsai

hawthorn bonsai

Hawthorn/Crataegus monogyna

Height 21"/52cm, trunk diameter (above base) 3.5"/8.5cm

Developed from an old collected tree stump

Pot by Erin Pottery

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Hawthorn/Crataegus monogyna

Height 27"/67cm, trunk diameter (above base) 3.5"/8.5cm

Developed from an old collected tree stump

Pot by Erin Pottery

Bonsai progression images>

Bonsai Video>>

hawthorn bonsai

Field Elm/Ulmus minor bonsai

 

Field Elm/Ulmus minor

Height 20"/49cm

Developed from bonsai nursery material.

Pot by Erin Pottery

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Ulmus pumila/Siberian Elm

Height 21"/52cm

Purchased as field-grown stock in 2005 and styled.

Pot from Erin Bonsai

Ulmus pumila/Siberian Elm bonsai

Elm Bonsai

Elm Bonsai

lonicera bonsai

Lonicera nitida 'Baggesens Gold'/Shrubby Honeysuckle

Height 17"/43cm

Dug up from my neighbours garden in 2004, this shrubby honeysuckle was reduced from an original height of over 6ft.

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Ligustrum ovalifolium/Common Privet

Height 19"/48 cm

Developed from an old hedgerow tree collected in 2004.

Planted in an Erin Pot

Bonsai progression images>

Video>

 

Privet Bonsai

Hawthorn/Crataegus monogyna raft bonsai

hawthorn bonsai

Hawthorn/Crataegus monogyna

Height 13.5"/33cm

Developed from a collected tree stump

Planted in an Erin Pot

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Berberis or Barberry/Berberis thunbergii Bonsai

Height 20"/49cm, 6" trunk diameter

Developed from a collected garden tree

Pot by Erin Pottery

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Bonsai Video >

Berberis or Barberry/Berberis thunbergii Bonsai

berberis bonsai

Quercus robur/English or European Oak Bonsai

 

Quercus robur/English or European Oak Bonsai

Height 20"/49cm

Developed from a wild tree collected in 2002

Pot by Erin Pottery

Scots Pine/Pinus sylvestris

Height 18"/44cm, trunk base 7"/17.5cm

Yamadori pine in development since 2006.

Scots Pine Bonsai

Privet bonsai

privet bonsai

Privet/Ligustrum ovalifolium Raft Bonsai

Height 16"/40cm, base 7.5"/18cm

Developed from an old hedgerow tree collected in 2004.

Planted in an Erin Pot

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Hawthorn/Crataegus monogyna

22"/56cm in height.

Collected Spring 2003

Planted in an Erin Pot

Bonsai Video >

hawthorn bonsai

beech bonsai

Fagus sylvatica/European Beech

Height 17"/42cm

Developed from a wild sapling collected in 2001

Pot by Erin Pottery

Bonsai progression Series>>

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