A visit to Christian Przybilski in Essen, Germany - part 2

Christian is very famos for his common junipers. I know of noone who is able to keep these as healthy as he does. I personally have given up working with them. I have killed about 30 or more. I am in very good company. Just about nobody can keep them alive here. But Christian can. And I have this feeling he does not really know why. Wahtever he tells me sound just like what I do. But he succeeeds, that's the difference.

Anyway these are oustanding common junipers, Juniperus communis, collected in the Alps.
And then a couple of very nice pines.

A visit to Christian Przybilski in Essen, Germany -part 1

The man is German and does not speak a word of Polish. His name is Polish as so many in that area of Germany. If you read it it seems inpronouncable to most. It is quite easy: pshibilksi.
He is a big man and prefers big trees as one can see. Here some pictures of his garden in Essen, Germany.

1) huge Scots pine
2) the biggese olive
3) the biggest spruce
4) the biggest Scots pine
5) the part where he sells and trades stuff

Gingko 2007 - part 5

The unforgettable Kevin Willson from England

Gingko 2007 - part 4

1) Steve Tolley, England
2) John Hanby and Calros Vandevaart, Netherlands
3) and 4) Bill Valavanis, New York
5) Mario Komsta, Poland/Japan
6) and 7) Serge Clemence, Switzerland

Gingko 2007 - part 3

1) Tony Tickle, England
2) Tony and Marco
3) The New York gang
4) David Prescott, England
5) Ole Clæfer, Danmark
6) Sandro Segneri, Italy

Gingko 2007 - part 2

1) Marco Invernizzi, Italy
2) Salvatore Liporace, Italy
3) the Italian connection
4) John Hanby, England
5) Marco again
6) Jerek from Poland
7) Vaclav Novak, Czechia

Gingko 2007 - part 1

It was forbidden to photograph trees, but people were OK

Danny Use and Ingrid van Lommel, the two persons who had the greatest influence in the art of bonsai in Europe. Without them bonsai in Europe would not be what is today. Thank you very much.