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Ikadabuki

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 its completion. This time we are working with crab apple, Malus zumi

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Giant Itabi

How to create bonsai from cuttings: This time we are working with Giant itabi (Ficus thunbergii)

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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…...

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A good omen

It is a deciduous tree of the Fagaceae family and grows naturally in the mountains of various parts of Japan,…...

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The firethorn

How to create bonsai from cuttings, grafting and other methods with interesting and unusual species. With the help of illustrations we will see how to take a piece of material through to completion. Here we are making a twin trunk from cuttings of a Pyracantha angustifolia, narrow leaf firethorn.

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Actinidia chinensis (Kiwi)

How to create bonsai from cuttings, grafting and other methods with interesting and unusual species. This time it’s the Actinidia…...

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The Edo cherry

The challenge is to create a finished tree starting from scratch. In this series we look at creating bonsai from…...

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Where are the roots?

Air-layer experiment. What works best: Sphagnum or a tourniquet? Yukio Hirose (Yamato-en) is up for an experiment. Which of the…...

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Purple rain

The challenge is to create a finished tree starting from scratch In this series we look at creating bonsai from…...

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Thuja

The challenge is to create a finished tree starting from scratch In this series we look at creating bonsai from…...

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Fabulous feet

Thread and approach grafting new roots to improve the nebari Many enthusiasts would like to improve the nebari of their…...

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The first cut is…

If the branches only have twigs at the tips it is time for drastic measures. Andrea Meriggioli, author of ‘Bonsai…...

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Podocarpus

The challenge is to create a finished tree starting from scratch In this series we look at creating bonsai from…...

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The king’s new clothes

Juniper scion grafting for foliage replacement Changing the foliage of junipers is becoming more and more common in the bonsai…...

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