Report
Touched by the sun
The second edition of the Pacific Bonsai Expo in California The Pacific Bonsai Expo is a regional bonsai event held
19 February 2025
Technique
Fill it up…
Restoring the damaged trunk of a Japanese Maple...
16 January 2025
Summer
Air and light
Andrea Meriggioli shows you how to thin and prune the leaves of Acer palmatum
15 December 2022
Shohin
MINI BONSAI
The charm of the very, very small . . .
23 June 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
Planted on a plastic tray?
Peter Warren continues with the second major stage of the maple he planted on a plastic tray.
21 April 2022
Grafting
Walking branches
When Andrea Meriggioli dived into the fascinating world of the Japanese maple, he learned all the techniques of how to prune, grow and maintain.
10 December 2021
Shohin
Only the little ones
The famous Gafu Ten, which only shows the best shohin from Japan Bookmark...
20 April 2021
Spring
Pot-bound
How to repot small trees in spring Yukio Hirose (Yamato-en) guides you through the principle techniques of repotting deciduous bonsai....
25 February 2021
Step by Step
Can you see the forest for the trees?
A group planting is one of the most creative styles and quite easy to make With the guidance of shohin...
15 February 2021
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
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
Spring
The birth of new buds
In autumn you can improve the branch setting of your maple The bare branch structure is revealed and good and...
30 August 2019
Shohin
5 becomes 2
A boring forest is divided up and receives a fresh remake Harumi Ishii (Ueharu-En) shows us how to transform an...
19 July 2019
Propagating
Fabulous feet
Thread and approach grafting new roots to improve the nebari Many enthusiasts would like to improve the nebari of their...
1 March 2019
Propagating
The first cut is…
If the branches only have twigs at the tips it is time for drastic measures. Andrea Meriggioli, author of ‘Bonsai...
15 February 2019
Display
The home of display
The essence of bonsai display Through the gate one enters into another world of bonsai Display in a traditional setting,...
1 February 2019
Report
Northwest Rendezvous
The Bonsai Society of Portland and Pacific Northwest Bonsai Clubs Association presented the 2018 Northwest Bonsai Rendezvous this month in Milwaukie, Oregon. The...
28 September 2018
Workshop
Bonsai ‘built’ on a frame
How to create a bulky maple As I have said previously, this technique implies wrapping a number of young plants,...
15 January 2018
