Some beautiful pieces there Tony,they would cost a fortune in a garden centre! The long one you put in the pot has got some great potential and I can already see your idea of planting 3 separate trees into it! If it was me I would personally just plant 2. The first piece was a little gem as well. All the best and I'm looking forward to see what the outcome will look like like! And I would definitely go with the junipers,especially for the long piece! I love bonsai where rock is incorporated!
Fantastic! My dad just discarded any rocks he came across, and he liked manicured landscapes. My mom is the one who “planted sticks” must to my dad’s chagrin. I have some of those which I will feature in my future videos. That big rock in the mica forest tray is spectacular. Can’t wait to follow the progress. You should title this one “Tony Gets Stoned”
@@TonysBonsai now I will watch that part again. I’m a mica pot fan for more than just the economy. Too worried that a ceramic pot would crack. I have enough sleepless nights just thinking about the trees! 🤣
What a haul, some really great rocks and all in your dads garden. Really enjoyed this vid and look forward to seeing what other gems are hidden beneath the tarp.
In todays episode, Tony gets stoned ! What a fancy collection of stone! I am looking forward to see how you integrate the hardscape and bonsai trees in the forthcoming months. Don't you dare tell me you paid next to nothing for that aqua-stone !!! The cheapest I can get it in and around York is about £4.50 a kilo and those rocks together look about 3Kg, maybe more. To be frank, I have some rocks that sit on my shelves without any plants near them and they look so so wonderful on their own. I saw a person on YT some time ago, who I am sure was based in mid-Wales, who took one of those flat stones and created a bund around a flat stone using what I seem to remember was a hypertufa (hypatufa ? - not sure how to spell it) and then integrated some lovely mini paths, crags and gullies from the bund. Once dry, he covered it with all sorts of mosses and worts and a lovely Bonsai tree positioned using the Rule of 3s or is it The Golden Rule or maybe Fibonacci design to determine position.
Hi Nikki. I paid a fiver each for those rocks which I though seemed like pretty good value. I know what you mean about putting them on display as ornaments. They are so beautiful in their own right, but I think I'll definitely be planting mine up with trees.
These rocks are fantastic Tony! Bless your Dad for secretly collecting these under the tarp! I love that giant one in the pot. you could plant some great windswept trees on that.. as they take shelter behind the cliff face. And 8:20 reminded me of Lud's church (peak dist.) with that valley you created removing the inner piece.. Looking forward to seeing what you do with some of these. Cheers.
I had to google Lud's church. It looks fantastic, and I get the idea. It would look really cool to recreate it in miniature using that rock. Nice idea!
that first limestone you showed off would be perfect at the base of a large ficus or schefflera, if you're amenable to tropical bonsai. You could bury it for a couple of seasons and let the plant drop big aerial roots into all of the crevices and holes
I love the sound of that. I've just this last few weeks started off my ficus collection with a couple of very small plants, but I think something a bit bigger is on the cards at some point, and those aerial roots over that rock would look great
Great collection of rocks, I'm sure you'll have lots of fun incorporating them. I'll intentionally go out looking for rocks that have fracture planes and natural splits in them that can break cleanly in two. I position the two pieces in a pot in the same orientation they were originally in with only a small gap between them so it looks like the rock split naturally but hasn't fallen apart yet, then fill the gap with soil and plant small trees or succulents there. Once they grow in, it does a great job of mimicking how low-growing plants, moss or seedlings would naturally grow in soil-filled splits and crevices in stone, while also letting the roots extend into the pot's soil beneath the rock so drying out is less of a worry. The right tree could also give the impression that the tree's root systems played a part in splitting the rock apart as it expanded. That last rock would be a perfect candidate for that planting style. You can even wedge the two ends of the thin piece back between the rock to indicate that the rock split but is still in its original orientation. Even of the shards fall out slightly and aren't perfectly aligned with the edges of the two larger pieces, that still gives a good realistic effect of what might happen through the natural weathering process.
Wow, it sounds like you certainly give your rocks a lot of thought, and I really like your ideas about allowing the roots to grow through the split. Very nice idea.
I know the feeling. I have collected so many interesting rocks and slate slabs over the years. The only frustration is finding pots big enough to house them! The first rock you talked about Kojo...I would probably do Larch in an alpine type setting. I agree totally that theother one is set up for Junipers but I would have at least 5 on it - even if a few of them are at the gorund level in the front. I have two larch on a large rock and it looks good but definitely needs more. Just keep on rockin Tony :)
Yes, I like the idea of using larch on that first rock mate. That would look good and is a very natural way fro them to live which i like. I don;t think i've seen your larch on rock planting. You'll have to do some work on it in a video soon mate.
😮wow! Jaw dropping rock pile! I could have watched you go through the entire pile!!!! I can’t wait to see what you do with these! I know you mentioned hawthorn and juniper , but I was seeing also maybe an Azalea or cherry , almost an Asian theme posible . I’m sure it will be spectacular! Cheers to your Dad! Hope he didn’t charge you too much
I'll definitely be going back through the pile looking at more of them as there are some more beauties further down. I'm not really much of an azalea man, but I love the idea of the cherries. I have a few kojo no mai's that would look great planted in amongst the these rocks.
I'm so excited for you Tony, you know i make stone bonsai pots and you have some really fantastic rocks there. Spot on with the junipers and i can see the first rock with that horizontal gap being used for a thick juniper also..wrap the trunk across and into the gap and up. My friend Josh at Bonsai-En has a similar planting with a juniper wrapped around a rock and that first rock would be brilliant for it. I'm super excited for you mate...great to see dad again..and well done dad for your limestone collection.👍👍👍👍👍
Nice idea about the juniper for that first rock. That would look really good, and I have quite a few proper Chinese junipers ready to do something with, so that could be a goer I reckon. I still plan on having a go at some rock carving top make my own pots like yours, but I just need to find the right stone.
Wow!! How exciting that find is!!! You are going to have so much fun using your imagination to utilize them! Can't wait to see much more from that "pile of rocks"!!!
I'm digging them rocks Tony they look amazing. Another idea for that one you split. You already taken out the middle and in place you put in a tree and soil. I also recommend get a rock your not so pleased with spray some vinegar on it from time to time and more character will come out.
This lovly stones reminds me on the landscape over here in Germany where I grew up... Please set the layers horizontal as nature would Thank you Sir for showing us 🙋🏻♂️🙋🏻♂️🙋🏻♂️
Yes, you are absolutely correct. They have to be level to look authentic. I've only ever been to Germany in winter, and the rocks were all covered in snow. I'll have to return one summer!
those spruce that you were working on the other day with the long flowing roots would be awesome for a root over rock planting i think thats a must Tony ...if you like you could post me up a piece of rock and a spruce for me to do it if you dont want to hahaha .
The woman in the post office would have a heart attack if I turned up with one of those 🤣🤣. Good idea about the spruce thouggh. As you say, those long roots would look great wrapped around a rock.
Great rocks! I would not put an acid loving species like juniper on a lime rock. I think the substrate will be too alkaline for optimal health. Go with hawthorn.🙂👍
You make a good point, although up in the lake district I see junipers growing in big piles of limestone shale, so I'm thinking they will be pretty tollerant.
@@TonysBonsai Yes, I have seen a lot of junipres in alkaline soil. They live, but never thrives. I am not sure that is enough to create an amazing bonsai to match the amazing rock. Anyway, looking forward to see if it is possible.
Tony, if you look at 8:12 Preserving this position of all elements you could fill the slots with the soil and have ready composition. About limestone, my only question is about alcalinity tolerance of the species.
That concerns me also. I avoid using limestone rocks because of this. I'm sure the heavy alkalinity would kill a Japanese maple or a similar acid loving tree. But I may be being over cautious?
Yes, I think perhaps an azalea or a Japanese maple may struggle but I think hawthorn, larch, juniper, sycamore, ash, oak etc would be fine as they naturally grow on limestone pavements in the uk
Hilarious! I love you dad and his collection of rocks. Having said that, I’ve a collection of much smaller rocks picked off the beach at Barmston that I intend to use in planting soon. Yours are amazing and I’m really looking forward to seeing what you do with them. Inspiring as always Tony.
The reveal of your dad’s collection of rocks is comedy gold. Tony: I’m thinking of putting a landscape together with rocks. Dad: you want to check out my collection of rocks. Tony: Wait… what? Dad: Oh yeah, I been collecting them for ten years. Tony: Where? Dad: They’re under a tarpaulin just behind the unicorn enclosure. 😂😂😂
You should try getting your hands on tufa rocks! I heard you have them everywhere in the UK... Not so much here in Denmark... We grow normally alpine plants in the rocks.... So could you... Just be aware that they have a lot of calcium in them. But the textures are amazing + the stone is light... Try get your hands on it :)
See what you mean about them looking like the Gritstone edges of Derbyshire. I could imagine myself thrutching up those horizontal breaks. And those pavements just like the top of Malham cove. A thought for the first stone you bought, maybe plant it verticle like a kimura rather than flat 🤔 can't wait to see them planted anyway. Definitely trying to beat nigel at his game 😉
Yeah, they are just like the rocks in the peaks but in miniature. I'm not sure people who've never been would see it, but it really does look like that landscape. Nigel is a big inspiration when it comes to replication a real landscape in miniature, and if I can achieve some groups like his I would be very happy.
Yes his Larch forest is something special. Not sure about his latest, maybe needs time to mature. His little Chinese village penjing is lovely though. I Don't have time for that sort of thing unfortunately. Maybe when I'm his age.
At 5:10 in this video (during the second rock), if you planted a single small tree on the far right side, it would look as if Mother Earth was grasping a tree to hold on to.
Tony, in my exceptionally humble opinion I think that deciduous British trees wouldn't be suitable for these plantings. I think you wouldn't be able to keep them small enough for long enough. Junipers would work kept very small, as would all miniature conifers. Nigel saunders as you know is an absolute expert with this type of thing. He uses tropical type plants ie portulacaria and ficus amongst others. Looking forward to seeing you work on this the rocks as formations are superb. I await you proving me totally wrong🤣🤣🤣
yes, you make a very good point Kevin, although I'm currently leaning towards hawthorn. I think the right trees will be able to be kept pretty compact and low. As you say they need to stay small to maintain the perspective, so it will be a challenge, but I'm up for it!
You're lucky having a Dad like him, Tony
Yeah he's a good en for sure.
Some beautiful pieces there Tony,they would cost a fortune in a garden centre! The long one you put in the pot has got some great potential and I can already see your idea of planting 3 separate trees into it! If it was me I would personally just plant 2. The first piece was a little gem as well. All the best and I'm looking forward to see what the outcome will look like like! And I would definitely go with the junipers,especially for the long piece! I love bonsai where rock is incorporated!
Hi Wayne. Yes, me too. There is something about the combination of stone and trees that adds that extra bit of magic.
Fantastic! My dad just discarded any rocks he came across, and he liked manicured landscapes. My mom is the one who “planted sticks” must to my dad’s chagrin. I have some of those which I will feature in my future videos. That big rock in the mica forest tray is spectacular. Can’t wait to follow the progress. You should title this one “Tony Gets Stoned”
Those sticks in pots will be interesting to see mate. Also, I'm no bonsai snob, but that mica pot is an unglazed ceramic 🤣🤣
@@TonysBonsai now I will watch that part again. I’m a mica pot fan for more than just the economy. Too worried that a ceramic pot would crack. I have enough sleepless nights just thinking about the trees! 🤣
🤣🤣yeah I picked it up for £95 which isn't too bad for a pot that size, but one slip with that rock and it's in pieces.
I love rocks. You have some beautiful ones with great possibilities.
Thanks Raymond, me too. Plenty for me to choose from.
Wow Tony, those are so beautiful!! Your dad has a good eye for collecting!! I was right, they are diamonds!
Cheers Nigel. I couldn't believe he's never mentioned them 🤣
Rock on Tony!
As Bob Dylan reminds us, “Everybody must get stoned” Those are some beautiful gifts from Mother Nature. Thanks, keep growing
Yes, 25 years ago I was a semi-pro stoner 🤣
@@TonysBonsai ,, I’m a retired professional 😵💫🤣
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What a haul, some really great rocks and all in your dads garden. Really enjoyed this vid and look forward to seeing what other gems are hidden beneath the tarp.
Cheers mate, yeah I'l be doing another video on a day when I'm feeling strong. It looks like there are some more quality rocks under there.
Cheers Tony! Your dad has some great looking quartz. I don't know how you decided between them all.
Cheers Matt. I dropped in lucky with these bad boys!
In todays episode, Tony gets stoned ! What a fancy collection of stone! I am looking forward to see how you integrate the hardscape and bonsai trees in the forthcoming months. Don't you dare tell me you paid next to nothing for that aqua-stone !!! The cheapest I can get it in and around York is about £4.50 a kilo and those rocks together look about 3Kg, maybe more. To be frank, I have some rocks that sit on my shelves without any plants near them and they look so so wonderful on their own.
I saw a person on YT some time ago, who I am sure was based in mid-Wales, who took one of those flat stones and created a bund around a flat stone using what I seem to remember was a hypertufa (hypatufa ? - not sure how to spell it) and then integrated some lovely mini paths, crags and gullies from the bund. Once dry, he covered it with all sorts of mosses and worts and a lovely Bonsai tree positioned using the Rule of 3s or is it The Golden Rule or maybe Fibonacci design to determine position.
Hi Nikki. I paid a fiver each for those rocks which I though seemed like pretty good value. I know what you mean about putting them on display as ornaments. They are so beautiful in their own right, but I think I'll definitely be planting mine up with trees.
These rocks are fantastic Tony! Bless your Dad for secretly collecting these under the tarp! I love that giant one in the pot. you could plant some great windswept trees on that.. as they take shelter behind the cliff face. And 8:20 reminded me of Lud's church (peak dist.) with that valley you created removing the inner piece.. Looking forward to seeing what you do with some of these. Cheers.
I had to google Lud's church. It looks fantastic, and I get the idea. It would look really cool to recreate it in miniature using that rock. Nice idea!
What fantastic finds Tony! I can’t wait to see what you produce next 😊
Thanks Gail. Nothing from Tatooine though!
@@TonysBonsai Haha 😂
that first limestone you showed off would be perfect at the base of a large ficus or schefflera, if you're amenable to tropical bonsai. You could bury it for a couple of seasons and let the plant drop big aerial roots into all of the crevices and holes
I love the sound of that. I've just this last few weeks started off my ficus collection with a couple of very small plants, but I think something a bit bigger is on the cards at some point, and those aerial roots over that rock would look great
Great collection of rocks, I'm sure you'll have lots of fun incorporating them. I'll intentionally go out looking for rocks that have fracture planes and natural splits in them that can break cleanly in two. I position the two pieces in a pot in the same orientation they were originally in with only a small gap between them so it looks like the rock split naturally but hasn't fallen apart yet, then fill the gap with soil and plant small trees or succulents there. Once they grow in, it does a great job of mimicking how low-growing plants, moss or seedlings would naturally grow in soil-filled splits and crevices in stone, while also letting the roots extend into the pot's soil beneath the rock so drying out is less of a worry. The right tree could also give the impression that the tree's root systems played a part in splitting the rock apart as it expanded. That last rock would be a perfect candidate for that planting style. You can even wedge the two ends of the thin piece back between the rock to indicate that the rock split but is still in its original orientation. Even of the shards fall out slightly and aren't perfectly aligned with the edges of the two larger pieces, that still gives a good realistic effect of what might happen through the natural weathering process.
Wow, it sounds like you certainly give your rocks a lot of thought, and I really like your ideas about allowing the roots to grow through the split. Very nice idea.
I know the feeling. I have collected so many interesting rocks and slate slabs over the years. The only frustration is finding pots big enough to house them! The first rock you talked about Kojo...I would probably do Larch in an alpine type setting. I agree totally that theother one is set up for Junipers but I would have at least 5 on it - even if a few of them are at the gorund level in the front. I have two larch on a large rock and it looks good but definitely needs more. Just keep on rockin Tony :)
Yes, I like the idea of using larch on that first rock mate. That would look good and is a very natural way fro them to live which i like. I don;t think i've seen your larch on rock planting. You'll have to do some work on it in a video soon mate.
😮wow! Jaw dropping rock pile!
I could have watched you go through the entire pile!!!!
I can’t wait to see what you do with these! I know you mentioned hawthorn and juniper , but I was seeing also maybe an Azalea or cherry , almost an Asian theme posible . I’m sure it will be spectacular!
Cheers to your Dad! Hope he didn’t charge you too much
I'll definitely be going back through the pile looking at more of them as there are some more beauties further down. I'm not really much of an azalea man, but I love the idea of the cherries. I have a few kojo no mai's that would look great planted in amongst the these rocks.
I'm so excited for you Tony, you know i make stone bonsai pots and you have some really fantastic rocks there. Spot on with the junipers and i can see the first rock with that horizontal gap being used for a thick juniper also..wrap the trunk across and into the gap and up. My friend Josh at Bonsai-En has a similar planting with a juniper wrapped around a rock and that first rock would be brilliant for it. I'm super excited for you mate...great to see dad again..and well done dad for your limestone collection.👍👍👍👍👍
Nice idea about the juniper for that first rock. That would look really good, and I have quite a few proper Chinese junipers ready to do something with, so that could be a goer I reckon. I still plan on having a go at some rock carving top make my own pots like yours, but I just need to find the right stone.
Can’t believe you didn’t know he had that collection. How funny. Beautiful rocks, can’t wait to see what you do with them.
Yeah, I found it pretty funny too, and as you say they are very beautiful.
Tony its great seeing you ROCKin' it with your pops again! 6:55 this is going to look super dope my man, cant wait to see it.
Cheers mate, yeah I'm really looking forward to putting this one together. I think it's going to look fab
I want to come around your place! Those rocks are stunning, Tony your a very blessed man, what a pleasure to watch.👍❤️
Thanks Bob. I'm a very lucky man indeed I agree.
Wow!! How exciting that find is!!! You are going to have so much fun using your imagination to utilize them! Can't wait to see much more from that "pile of rocks"!!!
Cheers Roderick. I was very excited to find them, especially the big one and I can;t wait to get started on these projects
I'm digging them rocks Tony they look amazing.
Another idea for that one you split. You already taken out the middle and in place you put in a tree and soil.
I also recommend get a rock your not so pleased with spray some vinegar on it from time to time and more character will come out.
Cheers mate. That's a very interesting idea about the vinegar. I'll have to give that a try!
Hi tony,what ever you do ,don’t fall out with your dad.
🤣Good point. next time we play, I'll let him win at snooker!
Rock on Tony. Special limestone will make some special settings for your trees. Lucky lad.
Cheers Joe, yeah I think a couple of these rocks could make really special compositions. Hopefully I'll do them justice.
Wow Tony what a fine collection, can't wait to see what you do with them 👍
Cheers Rob. I dropped in lucky with that lot.
Who's a lucky boy then? There was a flat slab piece that would be ideal for a group planting when it's knitted together, happy days. Keep growing.xx
Yeah these rocks offer loads of possibilities Mandy. I can't wait to start planting them up
I'm excited for you, that long piece is exciting. Can't wait to see what you do with it..
It's currently in my dining room, and I'm hoping to put it together pretty soon.
I love the pot and rock combo on the longer one. Can't wait to see what you do with it
Yeah I have high hopes for that one. I'm leaning towards small hawthorns on it.
That's going to look amazing.
Holy s.. you'r dad looks young. He could easy be you'r Brothers Material.🤣
Yeah he looks good for 72
Gorgeous rock! I was collecting limestones a couple of weeks ago, here there's plenty of them.
Nice. I hope you managed to collect a few beauties mate
@@TonysBonsai sure! Even some mame size ones. Will be great
Wow 😮 gobsmacked Tony what a result
Cheers Conrad. I was amazed at how good some of these looked.
This lovly stones reminds me on the landscape over here in Germany where I grew up...
Please set the layers horizontal as nature would
Thank you Sir for showing us
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Yes, you are absolutely correct. They have to be level to look authentic. I've only ever been to Germany in winter, and the rocks were all covered in snow. I'll have to return one summer!
@@TonysBonsai Germany has beautiful Rocks in the lower Mountain range and the high range alpes
those spruce that you were working on the other day with the long flowing roots would be awesome for a root over rock planting i think thats a must Tony ...if you like you could post me up a piece of rock and a spruce for me to do it if you dont want to hahaha .
The woman in the post office would have a heart attack if I turned up with one of those 🤣🤣. Good idea about the spruce thouggh. As you say, those long roots would look great wrapped around a rock.
Great rocks! I would not put an acid loving species like juniper on a lime rock. I think the substrate will be too alkaline for optimal health. Go with hawthorn.🙂👍
You make a good point, although up in the lake district I see junipers growing in big piles of limestone shale, so I'm thinking they will be pretty tollerant.
@@TonysBonsai Yes, I have seen a lot of junipres in alkaline soil. They live, but never thrives. I am not sure that is enough to create an amazing bonsai to match the amazing rock. Anyway, looking forward to see if it is possible.
I think in the end I will go for hawthorn as I have lots ready to go and they will look very natural
Very nice rocks and really nice of your dad to gift you what he collected. Love it when they do stuff like this.
Hi Bob, yeah it was nice of him, although to be fair didn't really give him the option of saying no 🤣
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gorgeous rocks, absolutely jealous
Cheers mate. I was really happy when I saw what was hiding under the the tarp
that rock that you said reminds you of an out croc of rock actually looked like a crocodile's head/alligators head.
🤣Ah yes. I've just been back to look and it definitely does!
Great project!we need update on this for sure!
Thanks, yes I can't wait to put this together. I'll be doing it in the next month or so. Definitely a project for this spring.
Tony, if you look at 8:12
Preserving this position of all elements you could fill the slots with the soil and have ready composition.
About limestone, my only question is about alcalinity tolerance of the species.
Ah yes, good idea. That would require a very large pot, but the trees living in those spaces between the rock would look fantastic I agree.
That concerns me also. I avoid using limestone rocks because of this. I'm sure the heavy alkalinity would kill a Japanese maple or a similar acid loving tree. But I may be being over cautious?
Yes, I think perhaps an azalea or a Japanese maple may struggle but I think hawthorn, larch, juniper, sycamore, ash, oak etc would be fine as they naturally grow on limestone pavements in the uk
@@TonysBonsai Ah that's good to know. Cheers!
Cheers Tony! Looking good dude!
Cheers Steve
wow thats some beautiful rocks. i wish I had some of those :)
Cheers , yeah I dropped in lucky with these
Agree with Pawel be just like Malham lone tree with a nice chunky Hawthorn in gap and then back filled with soil and moss - your Dad is awesome pal
Yes, that would work really well, and it would give the same perspective that the limestone pavements give as the lines converge.
Awesome rocks!
Cheers mate. Some beauties in there for sure
Hilarious! I love you dad and his collection of rocks. Having said that, I’ve a collection of much smaller rocks picked off the beach at Barmston that I intend to use in planting soon. Yours are amazing and I’m really looking forward to seeing what you do with them. Inspiring as always Tony.
He's a great bloke and a bit mad 🤣. I love the use of rocks in bonsai, and I'm sure you'll come up with a good use for your sea beech rocks mate.
The reveal of your dad’s collection of rocks is comedy gold.
Tony: I’m thinking of putting a landscape together with rocks.
Dad: you want to check out my collection of rocks.
Tony: Wait… what?
Dad: Oh yeah, I been collecting them for ten years.
Tony: Where?
Dad: They’re under a tarpaulin just behind the unicorn enclosure.
😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣That's funny. It was a bit surreal.🤣
You should try getting your hands on tufa rocks! I heard you have them everywhere in the UK... Not so much here in Denmark... We grow normally alpine plants in the rocks.... So could you... Just be aware that they have a lot of calcium in them. But the textures are amazing + the stone is light... Try get your hands on it :)
Yes, I believe it's mainly down south that they get that kind of rock, but I could possibly get hold of some. I'll see if I can!
I’m now officially jealous as hell 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Good luck with them Tony
Yeah these are going to be a fab project to work on mate. Can't wait to get started!
@@TonysBonsai good old dad haha
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Lol fab wish I had that pile of rocks, down south we have a bed rock of clay with more clay
Yeah I'm, really lucky having these to work with. Beats clay that's for sure.
See what you mean about them looking like the Gritstone edges of Derbyshire. I could imagine myself thrutching up those horizontal breaks. And those pavements just like the top of Malham cove. A thought for the first stone you bought, maybe plant it verticle like a kimura rather than flat 🤔 can't wait to see them planted anyway. Definitely trying to beat nigel at his game 😉
Yeah, they are just like the rocks in the peaks but in miniature. I'm not sure people who've never been would see it, but it really does look like that landscape. Nigel is a big inspiration when it comes to replication a real landscape in miniature, and if I can achieve some groups like his I would be very happy.
Yes his Larch forest is something special. Not sure about his latest, maybe needs time to mature. His little Chinese village penjing is lovely though. I Don't have time for that sort of thing unfortunately. Maybe when I'm his age.
Yeah I don;t thin you can judge his latest too quickly. I like it, but I think given a couple of years it's going to look super
At 5:10 in this video (during the second rock), if you planted a single small tree on the far right side, it would look as if Mother Earth was grasping a tree to hold on to.
I just went back and checked it out, and I see what you mean. that could be an interesting composition.
Warning everyone! Tony’s dad is a paid actor 😆🤣😉
Nailed it in one mate. This chap was once in The Bill as a shoplifter!
Can't beat a random dad collection
yeah, he did a great job saving these!
Tony, in my exceptionally humble opinion I think that deciduous British trees wouldn't be suitable for these plantings. I think you wouldn't be able to keep them small enough for long enough. Junipers would work kept very small, as would all miniature conifers. Nigel saunders as you know is an absolute expert with this type of thing. He uses tropical type plants ie portulacaria and ficus amongst others. Looking forward to seeing you work on this the rocks as formations are superb. I await you proving me totally wrong🤣🤣🤣
yes, you make a very good point Kevin, although I'm currently leaning towards hawthorn. I think the right trees will be able to be kept pretty compact and low. As you say they need to stay small to maintain the perspective, so it will be a challenge, but I'm up for it!
@@TonysBonsai fantastic rocks. I'm sure you'll make a superb job of it.
Wau 😳