Bonsai San #5

Bonsai San #5
Here is an impression of the annual spring Shunga-ten, held in Osaka, Japan in the Hanahaku-kinen Park and organised by the Shohin Bonsai Association..
Andrea Meriggioli shows you how to thin and prune the leaves of Acer palmatum
Under the guidance of Hiroki Miura, the Japanese popstar, Ayaka Yamamoto, creates the impression of a willow bonsai by using a different species.
Create a kusamono on a piece of deadwood.
Defoliation is applied to promote back budding on trident maples
Harry Harrington shows how to improve ramification in deciduous trees by partial defoliation...
A (very) young artist creates unconventional pots that are seriously cool.
Juniperus, Taxus, Acer,...
The creation of branches on deciduous trees does not happen overnight, it is a long-term process ...
Japanese maples with great ramified branches...
A video of The ArcoBonsai show.
The 36th edition of the 'ArcoBonsai' event
Maintaining and improving a rock-grown Japanese maple.
Pruning deciduous trees in the spring. A beginners' guide
The arakawa maple is one of the most popular trees in the bonsai world. Andrea Meriggioli shows why.
Peter Warren continues with the second major stage of the maple he planted on a plastic tray.
Working with deciduous trees is always a long-term project which needs some clever thinking, too
A different approach to air layering with a 'rough edge'
Self-taught, Pavel Slovák, started doing bonsai while still in military service. Through hard work and many misfortunes he managed to create his very own style.
The world of beech (Fagus) by master craftsman, Iemitsu Ooishi.
World Bonsai Convention #3
World Bonsai Convention #2
World Bonsai Convention Saitama-Japan.
Morten Albek takes time to go through some of the shohin displays at the Nöelanders Trophy.
When Andrea Meriggioli dived into the fascinating world of the Japanese maple, he learned all the techniques of how to prune, grow and maintain.
Saitama Super Arena - Japan
Shohin Ten, Japan
Leaf reduction helps to protect and to gain more ramification. One important technique to help deciduous trees during the heat of the summer is leaf reduction, or defoliation. This protects the internal branches. Here we…...
Under the guidance of Hiroki Miura Japanese popstar, Ayaka Yamamoto, tries her luck this time with propagation from seed, cuttings and root division.