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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 […]

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

Home / Every Spring and Fall people will purchase bare root trees to plant and use either in their gardens or as bonsai. Bare root trees are cheaper to purchase usually because the shipping costs are cheaper since no soil is shipped with them. So the question has come up time and again on how

Home / Informal Upright Acer palmatum/Japanese Maple bonsai by Harry Harrington in early Spring The basic Japanese tree forms have evolved over the years as a way of categorising bonsai and also helping to establish basic guidelines for styling trees. These form definitions are helpful to the beginner to help develop an eye for different

Home / Most species of shrubs or trees commonly used for bonsai cultivation rarely succumb to disease if looked after carefully and given the correct environment to grow in. It is my experience that 95% or more trees that are affected by disease or bugs are also in poor general health. Under or over watering, under

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