a small acer

a small acer

Auto watering setup before vacation. A hose with needle holes

Overview of the setup

Littlebit closer

Flow! This hose is punched with a needle to make hundreds of holes. And it works perfect.

last years seedlings project

Last years seedlings project. Got 12 of them.
Last years seedlings project allso included some Pinus, but they didn't handle the norwegian winther. RIP.

cascade to become, in dragon pot

my favorite acer

My favorite, longest living acer. Some weeks ago I cut off all leaves, and the result will (hopefully) be thousands of small-small leaves. So far its looking good.

(Before I took this shot I forgot to remove my homemade pinching tool.)

my entire collection

I took a pic of my (allmost) entire  collection. Some threes stands other places, and I allso got another small wallshelf

Another precious; a pinus

 

A nice pinus bought from JanO's shop last autumn. Very fond of this three. 

My precious juniper

 

My precious juniper with buds.

Some Acers in my collection

Large Birch update

In april I posted a repotting session with this birch. Now with leaves.

Small Birch update

small birch

Just repotted this small birch just before the spuds bursts out. During this summer I hope the moss will spread.

 

repotting birch

This birch has grown in the same pot for two summers.

I thought it might be a bit tight down there in the pot so I had planned this repotting and bought a large pot from Jan O.

Before I tied it up with wire to the pot I placed it on a stone to make som space. Since this three was found in a crack-rock it has no roots growing straight down. Like you may expect from a three growing in the middle of a forest.

 This was the result. This birch got my best sun-spot on a shelf in the garden. Now it can grow for another 2 year before next repotting. 

The spring has arrived

The spring has arrived to Stavanger
At least theese Acer Ginalla think it's time to greet this years spring.

This weekend I also moved all my threes out from wintherstorage. When(if) they start to grow, I will post some more pictures.

Late autumn Acer

Just want to post a picture of an acer i got. Bought it from Jan Olav some time ago. It's beautiful and it really boosted my collection.

my winter project

While I'm waiting for the spring, I planned to keep myself occupied with some winther projects. One of them was from an idea that I got from Jan Olav. He suggested that I should buy a  liguster. It turned out to be a great idea. I miss my threes, of course. But it don't bother me so much now that I got an indoor three that seems to be growing well. Some of the branches died (to the right), but I think it will catch up during the summertime.

 

Another project I started to keep myself occupied during winter was another seed-project. I bought several packeages of seed, but it didn't turn out that well. But I got two Larix Kaempferi.

As an  experiment I took inside an Pinus, just to see if it was possible to extend the growth period few month. And it seems to enjoy staying inside in the winther. More and more buds appear, so I'm pretty exited.

This pinus is from last springs seedlings-project. And (as you can see) a Pinus Thunbergiana.