Tag: foliage

Technique

Air and light

Andrea Meriggioli shows you how to thin and prune the leaves of Acer palmatum

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Case History

Out of the box

Harry Harrington works on a very bulky elm that has no tapering. By carving the trunk the problem is solved.

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Sundries

Paper bonsai

Udo Wollenhaupt is passionate about drawing and sketching bonsai.

Spring

Red alert

A twin trunk becomes an elegant moyogi style.

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Step by Step

Less can be more

A lesson in how to cut more branches for better results

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Styling

Growing in-between

The making of Jeremiah’s Sierra juniper bonsai.

Technique

A ‘needle wrap’

Grafting is a very useful technique for conifers such as junipers and pines.

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Grafting

It has to be perfect

Katsushi Miura (Miura Baijyu-en Osaka) shows us a number of grafting techniques for improving material.

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Styling

‘Bad’ is good…

Michael Tran takes it step by step with an old spruce.

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Shohin

Regular fit

Alexsandre Escudero works on a tiny Itoigawa juniper An average juniper can be changed into something interesting, you just need to have a vision and opt for doing something different to make it less regular…....

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Masterclass

Can it grow upside down?

To get the best results Masahiko Kimura flips a juniper upside down Just turn it upside down, a brilliant idea, which for many would be an impossible option; not so for Masahiko Kimura Another upside…...

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Workshop

Just too long

Jan Culek copes with a tree that is almost impossible to style The pine Jan has chosen to work on (Pinus sylvestris) hasn’t the most ideal branch setting and trunk shape. It is a clump…...

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Autumn

Talking trees

What can autumn in deciduous trees tell you about the health of your bonsai? ‘The hidden life of trees’, a book by Peter Wohlleben, has transformed our views of the way trees work. For Harry…...

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