Visiting Karl Thier in Austria - part 2

A potentilla with an amazing trunk, which was about as thick as a human arm. Karl told me that this comes originally from the garden of the castle of Belvedere where he has been working for some time and has swapped it for an other tree.




A beautiful wild pear literati with an interesting, twisted trunk.




A nice small black pine (Pinus nigra).




One of Karl's most amazing black pines. Look at that trunk taper! It has developed like this naturally, no large cut is seen on the trunk. And the bark is amazing, too!




An other nice black pine. My friend Sándor is contemplating the trees.




A row of top quality pines.




A nice japanese maple from the sales section.




A row from Karl's own collection.




A nice hornbeam with a great nebari.




The garden.




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Visiting Karl Thier in Austria - part 1

Last weekend Karl and Sylvia Thier have organized a "day of the open door" at their place near Wien, Austria. Karl has kindly invited me so my friend Sándor and I have set off to visit his "Bonsaiwerkstatt".
Karl has an amazing collection of pines from the Alps which he has collected himself and also a collection of deciduous trees which he has mostly collected in Hungary. Sylvia takes care of the ficus trees and other indoor bonsai.
We have discussed about the (sad) state of bonsai in Hungary and Austria and talked about possibilities of some kind of cooperation.

Here are some shots from the collection.

Karl's large hornbeam forest, much discussed at IBC here. The two large trees had amazing nebaris and trunks.




A korean hornbeam from the sales section.




A platanus with a nice nebari and characteristic colorful trunk. This tree still has some time to go developing a branch structure, but I have liked it a lot.


I will post some more pictures later...

Spring Flower Festival - Exhibition of the University Bonsai Club - individual trees - part 3

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Péter Deák's Myrtus communis in detail and with companion plant





Sándor Papp's composition with a Carpinus corena shohin and Pinus thunbergii and kusamono




György Rácz's huge Cornus mas and a little Ligustrum ovalifolium by Norbert Mészáros




Sándor Papp's Juniperus chinensis with a companion plant




Imre Fehér's Metasequioa glyptostroboides




András Nagy's Juniperus communis

Spring Flower Festival - Exhibition of the University Bonsai Club - individual trees - part 2

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Péter Deák's Schefflera arborescens




András Nagy's Corylus colurna literati




György Rácz's Acer campestre and György in front of his tree






Norbert Mészáros's Carpinus betulus




Zsófia Tóth's Cotoneaster




Sándor Szabadi's Chamaecyparis




Sándor Papp's Picea abies




Sándor Papp's Prunus mahaleb




Sándor Papp's composition with a Juniperus chinensis, kusamono and suiseki; and the tree in detail





András Marczika's Acer palmatum




Norbert Mészáros's Cotoneaster




Sándor Horváth's composition with a Cydonia oblonga and companion plant




Sándor Papp's big Fraxinus excelsior




Sándor Horváth's Murraya paniculata




Sándor Horváth's Ficus retusa

Spring Flower Festival - Exhibition of the University Bonsai Club - individual trees - part 1

Here are the trees that members of the University Bonsai Club (Egyetemi Bonsai Club) have exhibited during the Spring Flower Festival in April 2007. The exhibition room was the usual oval room that houses the Clubs show each spring.


Sándor Horváth's Portulacaria afra.




Imre Fehér's Juniperus chinensis




Sándor Varga's Pinus thunbergii shohin




Sándor Varga's Fraxinus excelsior




András Marczika's Juniperus chinensis




András Nagy's Pinus sylvestris and Potentilla fruticosa shohin with a suiseki




Ervin Katona's two Carpinus betulus




Árpád Nagy's Ulmus parvifolia with a suiseki




Árpád Nagy's Ulmus parvifolia with a Cotoneaster shohin




András Nagy's Prunus domestica literati




Norbert Mészáros's Ligustrum vulgare




György Rácz's Crataegus monogyna