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Fundamentals

The branches

In a bonsai the two most significant areas are the roots and the trunk. But what about the branches, or eda as they called in Japanese?

21 September 2023
Propagating

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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1 October 2021
Styling

All-American pine

Bjorn Bjorholm works on a pine grown from seed Bjorn gives an initial styling to a more than 50-year-old pine,...

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12 August 2021
Seed

Stewartia

The challenge is to create a finished tree starting from scratch How to create bonsai from cuttings, grafting and other...

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24 December 2020
Propagating

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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6 November 2020
Propagating

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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23 September 2020
Masterclass

Can it be opened ?

Untangling the dense foliage canopy of a sabina juniper Valentin Brose, former apprentice of Kunio Kobayashi, is a refined artist....

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10 June 2020
Technique

Chionanthus retusus

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

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18 January 2020
Autumn

The cornerstone

As the leaves fall in autumn, it is time to study the branch structure of the tree in detail and...

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30 November 2019
Propagating

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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16 August 2019

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