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NANAKAN - Denotes a "7 trunks on the saME tree" style.
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NANOHAN YOSE - GROUP PLANTING with seven trees
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BONSAI>BONSAI>BONSAICOLLECTIONOFSCOTLAND>NATIONAL BONSAI COLLECTION OF SCOTLAND - The National Collection of Bonsai in Scotland is based around the "Graham trees" as they are known. Bill Graham, of MayBOLE in Ayrshire was a master butcher, and when he retired he concentrated on creating and collecting bonsai.Over nearly thirty years, he developed his knowledge and his collection of 300 trees,
When Bill died in 1983, his widow donated the trees to the Local Authority Parks DepartMEnt of Kyle and Carrick so that some them at least, could continue to be displayed at their Annual AYR FLOWER SHOW. Eventually, Patrick Gibb, then principal organiser of the Show, passed the "Graham Trees" to the Scottish Bonsai Association in November 1984. A group of members set up the first ever National Collection of Bonsai in Britain. Mrs Graham then legally gifted the trees to the SCOTTISH BONSAI ASSOCIATION (SBA).
The collection is located at BINNY PLANTS, Binny Estate, Ecclesmachan, West Lothian, Scotland, EH52 6NL.
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NATIONAL TREES - A list of soME national trees -
England - Royal Oak (QUERCUS Robur)
Ireland - SESSILE Oak (Quercus Petraea)
Scotland - SCOTS PINE (PINUS SYLVESTRIS)
United States - Oak (Quercus)
Wales - Sessile Oak (Quercus Petraea)
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NE TSUNAGARI - Japanese term for corrected root style of BONSAI>BONSAI>BONSAI.
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NEAGARI - This style is more commonly found in PenJINg. The calligraphic and emotive quality of line offered by the exposed root contrasts sharply with the more solid mass-oriented styles popular in Japan. See also "Exposed root" style.
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NEBUSE - Japanese term for PRUNING>ROOT PRUNING.
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NEEDLE - A leaf type which is narrow and usually stiff e.g. pine needles.
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NEEDLEJUNIPER(JUNIPERUSRIGIDA)>NEEDLE JUNIPER (JUNIPERUS RIGIDA) - Small EVERGREEN tree with arching branches and small, needle-like LEAVES which are flaccid when young but becoME sharp when mature.
STYLE : All styles except broom.
WARNING : It can take up to 12 months for tree death to manifest itself in foliage browning/DIE-BACK. Rare and difficult to diagnose fungi can affect needle JUNIPERS. Any areas of discoloured foliage that cannot be attributed to SPIDER MITEs need to be cut back to healthy wood and burned.
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NEJIKAN - This "TWISTED Style" is defined by a trunk which grows in a twisted style (but not exagerated into full coils , which is the BANKAN style).
The existance of SHARI will exagerate the effect, which in extreME examples can be described as the "barber pole" effect. This is most often seen on juniper where the red BARK contrasts vividly with the pale shari.
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NEMATICIDES - These are chemicals designed to eradicate parasitic NEMATODES>NEMATODES.
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NEMATODES>NEMATODES - Naturally occurring microscopic worms, already present in the soil which attack and kill targeted garden pests.
The nematode that kills specific garden pests including slugs, VINE WEEVILs, chafer grubs, leatherjackets, CATERPILLARS, codling moth and various others has been identified and is specially bred to be easily applied with a WATERING can. They die back to original numbers when all pests have been consuMEd.
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