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Summer

Second flush

Defoliation and leaf reduction involves the complete or partial removal of the new spring foliage once it has hardened off. It is a widely used...

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30 September 2025
Technique

Rocky feet 2

We continue the two-part series of Master Tetsuya Murakawa on a precious trident maple. Here he looks at repotting, defoliation and pruning.

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19 September 2024
Basic skills

Back budding

How to stimulate back budding Deciduous trees In general, the problem that you notice is the absence of buds on

16 August 2024
Step by Step

Weeping bonsai

Jerome Kellerhals guides you step by step through the styles of bonsai. This time he creates a bonsai in the style of a weeping willow..

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1 December 2023
Air layering

Repairing a damaged maple

When leaf pruning a trident maple, mistakes and faults can become more noticeable. A comeback is planned as we go back to square one.

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7 September 2023
Case History

So Immature

Harry Harrington explains the progression of a Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)

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8 February 2023
Shohin

Fine and fiddly

Yukio Hirose guides you through the defoliation and wiring of maples and elms Yukio Hirose: ‘First I will introduce this…...

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2 July 2021
Shohin

Seas of Green

An exploration of Premna, one of bonsai’s biggest tropical stars Premna is a genus of tropical and sub-tropical species native…...

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5 February 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…...

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15 January 2021

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