We’ve had sub zero temperatures in southern Scotland for a few weeks now, but today we had our first significant snowfall of the winter.
Work doesn’t stop completely at this time of year; there’s still plenty to do, but the cold certainly slows down progress. Gerry and I are still meeting regularly and we bring a few trees inside to work on but we spend most of the time chatting, drinking coffee and trying to keep warm.
Todays’ snow was accompanied by a slight rise in temperature, which enabled me to open the greenhouse door, which has been frozen shut for about a week; so I brought a few deciduous trees inside to photograph them in their winter image. I do this every winter so that I can compare the change in ramification with previous years.
Deshojo maple shohin
This is how it looked in 2013
This is how my Shishigasira maple is looking at the moment
And this is how it looked in 2013
Japananese Larch winter 2017
Same tree in 2012
Trident maple 2017
Trident maple 2014
Here’s another shohin trident in winter image. I acquired this one at the beginning of the year so I have no earlier images to compare it to…..yet!
Robert Nocher Shohin Bonsai 
Lovin your blog. Pretty new to bonsai. I have also started to photograph my trees but too early to see any changes. Good to see it’s wirth keeping it up.
Thank you, a photographic timeline is an important element of any bonsai
Another great blog Robert, luv to see the trees compared over the years. Down here on the Isle of Wight I still have leaves on some trees just shows the difference a few hundred miles can make. Keep the info coming it’s great to read. Hope you had a nice Xmas and all the best for the new year.
Thanks again Wayne, I think the climate on the Isle of Wight will be positively tropical by comparison to here. All the best to you too in the new year
Very good progression and a great selecion of pots (as usual) 🙂
Grettings from Portugal!
Thank you my friend, greetings and happy new year from Scotland
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