Shohin
Neat and tidy
How detail work will improve your shohin bonsai...
7 February 2024
Autumn
After leaf drop
A beginners' guide to pruning deciduous trees after leaf drop.
1 February 2024
Technique
Can a pine have too many buds?
Two black pines with some issues: too many buds and uneven Distribution of strength. Can candle cutting solve the problems?
12 July 2023
Autumn
Pruning Prunus
Cultivating Prunus from winter into spring..
3 May 2023
Grafting
Between the buds
Using graft techniques to improve the quality of trees
3 February 2023
Technique
What happens inside?
Defoliation is applied to promote back budding on trident maples
27 October 2022
Case History
The survivor
Harry Harrington rapidly develops a field elm into a bonsai...
7 October 2022
Summer
Left twigs, or right?
Japanese maples with great ramified branches...
26 August 2022
Styling
Just drop it
Creating a literati red pine by focusing on the dropping branch
21 July 2022
Workshop
The rough type
The arakawa maple is one of the most popular trees in the bonsai world. Andrea Meriggioli shows why.
29 April 2022
Technique
Just a plastic tray
Working with deciduous trees is always a long-term project which needs some clever thinking, too
14 April 2022
Masterclass
Wired up?
Improving your wiring skills with Chiharu Imai
11 March 2022
Technique
In the blink of an eye…
The world of beech (Fagus) by master craftsman, Iemitsu Ooishi.
11 February 2022
Air layering
The bold cut approach
Growing new bonsai material by layering and a bold cut.
3 February 2022
Technique
Pruned by bacteria?
Using beneficial bacteria for stronger, better ramified and disease-free bonsai.
28 January 2022
Yamadori
Hidden in cones
According to Todd, Douglas firs are one of the most unpredictable trees he has worked with.
28 January 2022
Grafting
A ‘needle wrap’
Grafting is a very useful technique for conifers such as junipers and pines.
21 January 2022
Grafting
It has to be perfect
Katsushi Miura (Miura Baijyu-en Osaka) shows us a number of grafting techniques for improving material.
14 January 2022
Technique
POMEGRANATE
Pomegranate: The challenge is to create a finished tree starting from scratch
30 December 2021
Shohin
Think ahead
Get the most from your trees by making corrections for the future. Harumi Ishii (Ueharu-en) specialises in shohin of which…...
15 January 2021
Spring
Little to do
During the growing season there is always something to do, even if the bonsai are of a small size. With…...
30 October 2020
Tree guide
Pyrus pyrifolia
How to create bonsai from cuttings, grafting and other methods with interesting and unusual species. With the help of illustrations…...
24 July 2020
Shohin
Acer deshojo
Simple adjustments can make a big difference Kenichi Suzuki (Onari-en) is very much into shohin-size bonsai. With simple material he…...
3 July 2020
Technique
Cherry on the rocks
The challenge is to create a finished tree starting from scratch How to create bonsai from cuttings, grafting and other…...
21 June 2020
Spring
A date with spring
Repotting is the primary focus for bonsai enthusiasts during spring. However, there are a number of other tasks, often forgotten, that are worth carrying out at this time of year...
8 March 2020
Spring
What’s under the soil?
Repotting your bonsai is rather like a health check The trees of Hiroshi Takeyama, the head of Fuyo-en bonsai nursery,…...
3 February 2020
Tree guide
Picea glehnii
How to create a twin trunk style tree with a ‘Yatsubusa’ ezo spruce, Picea glehnii ‘Yatsubusa’. In this series we
3 January 2020
Tree guide
Acer palmatum
Acer palmatum, the Japanese maple, has a wide distribution and grows at many elevations throughout its native habitat. In cultivation,
2 January 2020
Step by Step
Popstar bonsai
Branch development on an elm Inspired by a colourful autumn, we look at how to develop branches on deciduous trees…...
13 December 2019
