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Split in three

Considering the front, planting angle and every different orientation of material is part of the deep fascination of transforming a bonsai.


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Just a plastic tray

Working with deciduous trees is always a long-term project which needs some clever thinking, too


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Purple rain

A visit to the garden of Amy Liang, the grande dame of Taiwan bonsai


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cut in two?

Chiharu Imai deals with a dull bonsai and creates something special


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Out of the box

The pine called 'Okou no kyosho' is brought back into shape by Master Kunio Kobayashi


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The sleeping tree

How to create bonsai from cuttings, grafting and other methods using interesting and unusual species.


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Wired up?

Improving your wiring skills with Chiharu Imai


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Wisteria from scratch

How to create bonsai from cuttings, grafting and other methods . This time we work with Wisteria


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The ‘Mugo’ team

The mugo pine is an extraordinary example of a yamadori, an impressive trunk with some natural shari and lots of compacted branches on top. A real challenge for Matt and Tyler


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POMEGRANATE

Pomegranate: The challenge is to create a finished tree starting from scratch


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Home grown

Forest plantings always have great appeal, especially when they are planted on a slab.


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Walking branches

When Andrea Meriggioli dived into the fascinating world of the Japanese maple, he learned all the techniques of how to prune, grow and maintain.


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Top junipers

A gallery with some of the finest Japanese juniper bonsai

The big picture

Follow Martin Nielsen as he takes a simple tree to a bonsai with character It’s a quite an ordinary tree, a locally collected larch of around 70 cm in height, with a trunk thickness of about 5 cm. It is a tree with many possibilities, but with, perhaps, even bigger…...


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A corky type

The challenge is to create bonsai from scratch How to create bonsai from cuttings, grafting and other methods using interesting and unusual species. With the help of illustrations we will see how to take a piece of material through to completion. This time we work with cuttings of the Nishikimatsu,…...


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