Yamadori
Flat on its back
Todd Schlafer's masterly creation of a bonsai from a yamadori Lodge pole pine...
9 December 2025
Masterclass
Like a rolling stone…
Where no other tree grows and often shrouded in cloud, one finds Pinus cembra — the Swiss stone pine.
6 November 2025
Styling
Taming the wild
It is really easy to create a magnificent bonsai if you start from raw material with great potential. There are those trees that at first glance already have the right look. You only have to use the appropriate techniques to make that tree into a high-level bonsai.
28 April 2023
Styling
Cat and Mouse
Todd Schlafer works on a Ponderosa pine
22 February 2023
Yamadori
Hidden in cones
According to Todd, Douglas firs are one of the most unpredictable trees he has worked with.
28 January 2022
Yamadori
Betula – Tough to work on
The birch has many virtues, it can prosper in the harshest environments, but as bonsai you need to be a…...
21 September 2019
