Styling
Growing on the moon
Bruno Wijman styles and plants a juniper in a crescent moon pot...
10 April 2025
Technique
Make a deep bow
A trunk with an almost 90-degree curve — what to do with it?
6 November 2024
Masterclass
A colossal force
From upright tree to cascade
25 September 2024
Shohin
Is this all?
Hiroki Miura works on a Chinese juniper
At first glance, the featured juniper has great looks; however, Hiroki Miura shows us that when we take a closer look, the tree is really a bit dull . . .
17 March 2023
Step by Step
Easy does it
Maple, winter hazel and hawthorn are all very easy to grow.
9 March 2023
Styling
By my front door
Tatsuo Fukugawa works on a white pine taken from his garden
24 November 2022
Workshop
Pop or rock?
Pop star Shintaro Akiyama jumps into the deep when creating a rock planting in cooperation with Kunio Kobayashi and Osamu Fukudate of Shunkaen
17 November 2022
Styling
The Azuma pines
Daiki, the third generation Abe, works on seed-grown pines
21 September 2022
Styling
Piotr works on a mugo pine
In Poland bonsai is thriving, Piotr Czerniachowski is among the most active.
17 June 2022
Articles
Purple rain
A visit to the garden of Amy Liang, the grande dame of Taiwan bonsai
8 April 2022
Shohin
Winning touches
Morten Albek takes time to go through some of the shohin displays at the Nöelanders Trophy.
17 December 2021
Styling
How to ‘crack’ a white pine
Masayuki Fujikawa transforms a white pine by changing the angle and compacting an elongated trunk. One of the best characteristics...
8 October 2021
Shohin
The new big
Koji Hiramatsu works on a black pine Shohin and the slightly larger Kifu-sized bonsai have become ever more popular. This...
24 September 2021
Shohin
Turbo grower
The virtues of the fast-growing Potentilla
20 August 2021
Styling
This one?
Jörg Derlien’s all too familiar struggle to find the right pot fit for his larch The larch depicted here, a...
20 August 2021
Workshop
Just too long
Jan Culek copes with a tree that is almost impossible to style The pine Jan has chosen to work on...
23 July 2021
Styling
Get rid of undesirable features
Masayuki Fujikawa transforms boring material into a semi cascade Masayuki Fujikawa: ‘The tree shown here is too big to be...
13 May 2021
Styling
Too obvious?
A semi-cascade for this oak was so logical René Alber: ‘This huge, but compact cork oak (Quercus suber) is ready...
30 April 2021
Masterclass
Amigos of the tejos
How to transform a ‘pig’ of a tree into a breathtaking cascade Kevin Willson had a few years stay in...
9 April 2021
Technique
The himalaya rose
How to create bonsai from cuttings, grafting and other methods using interesting and unusual species. With the help of illustrations...
26 March 2021
Garden visit
Keep it natural
The bonsai passion of Valter Giuliano Hidden in the Piëdmont mountains of Italy, you can find a small bonsai paradise....
12 February 2021
Shohin
Little princess
Orihime and Maihime are two maple varieties with very tiny leaves With the discovery of a very small-leafed variety comes...
22 January 2021
Profile
Fan of naked trees
The bonsai passion of Sergio Cuan A huge fan of deciduous trees, Sergio Cuan, at first thought that bonsai might...
25 December 2020
Tree guide
Adenium
Jerome Kellerhals’ bonsai garden is in sunny Florida, where he mainly works on semi-tropicals. The Ademium, or desert rose, is
1 November 2020
Workshop
Pimped juniper
A dull juniper is matched with a rock full of character A rather dull juniper can become very striking when...
25 September 2020
Styling
A perfect fit for kengai
Giacomo Pappalardo shows the many variations of the cascade style One of the most dramatic styles in bonsai is the...
13 September 2019
Masterclass
On the edge
Creative genius, Ryan Neil, turns bonsai upside down You can give Ryan Neil almost any kind of material to work...
10 August 2019
