Home / To the beginner at bonsai there would seem to be a bewildering number of tools available. However a large number of these tools are designed to aid the bonsai enthusiast who is carrying out more advanced techniques. For your first attempts at bonsai practise, where basic maintenance is essentially all that is being …
Home / For many years I have been using ‘Progression Series’ containing images of the same tree over a number of years to illustrate the effect of bonsai techniques over time. This short progression series is intended to show the importance of pruning back nursery stock/garden centre material hard if it is to be used …
Euonymous alatus/Burning Bush Bonsai Progression Series Read More »
Bonsai, as with nearly all other types of cultivated plant, require moisture at their roots to survive. Without a continual source of moisture, the tree is unable to continue its life process, initially losing leaves, then branches and finally the entire tree can die. Never doubt that the quickest way of killing a bonsai is to …
Home / Bonsai are subject to the elements when grown outside and the wind has the most potential to cause damage. A sudden gust of wind can be enough to blow over and damage a prized bonsai in a matter of seconds. Branches can be snapped, pots broken and trees blown out of their pots. …
Protecting Your Bonsai and Garden Against the Wind Read More »
Over the years I have seen, heard and read so many myths about Lime Sulphur (sometimes spelt as Lime Sulfur). Why there is so much invention, misinformation and almost mystique surrounding this chemical I am not sure, but it seems to stem from less-informed bonsai literature of yesteryear. What is Lime Sulphur? Lime Sulphur is …
Bonsai Myths Part Four: Lime Sulphur Demystifying Lime Sulphur Read More »
Home / Bonsai must be pruned throughout the growing season to keep them in shape. Some species such as Acers have a number of growth spurts through the year, after each which they require pruning back; other species such as Junipers require almost continual maintenance pruning. When growing bonsai, it is nearly always found that …
Maintenance Pruning part three; Scissor Trimming and Finger Pruning Read More »
Home / Deciduous and Broadleaf Bonsai cannot be repotted at any time of the year; for the majority of species, there is a small period of time during the Spring where the roots can be disturbed and pruned with reduced risk of danger to the tree’s health. Though there are tree species that can be …
When to Repot Your Deciduous (and Broadleaf) Bonsai Read More »
Home / Bonsai Myths exist are commonplace on the internet, in print and amongst many groups of enthusiasts. Akin to the computer virus, they raise their heads on occasions, are suppressed, disappearing from sight for a few months or years before reappearing again and again and again. Though all evidence can be put forward to …
Home / It is well known amongst the bonsai fraternity that young trees require growing on to develop trunks with the characteristics necessary for use a bonsai. Accelerating the growth of young trees helps build thick trunks and good root spread (nebari) prior to planting the tree into a bonsai pot for refinement. The simplest …
Home / Bonsai are pruned on a regular basis so they keep their diminutive size. Without pruning, their natural apically dominant growth habit will take over; the upper and outer branches and shoots will extend strongly at the expense of the inner and lower growth, that could eventually dieback. Without the restriction at the roots …
Bonsai Myths Part Three: Continually Trimming Your Bonsai Read More »
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