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Design Sketch

A powerful Taxus

Yew (Taxus) is a very common material for creating spectacular bonsai. Its red flaking bark, tiny foliage and rapid growth make it popular among …

3 June 2025
Technique

Rocky feet

Tetsuya Murakawa lets us follow his year-long work on a precious trident maple, repotting, defoliation and pruning

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19 July 2024
Styling

A perfect love

An ordinary little tree, but very old, probably over 200 years, which has suffered a difficult period.

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3 July 2024
Technique

Acing a base

Root work and nebari structure on deciduous bonsai are as important as branch structure...

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14 March 2024
Case History

Revisiting famous bonsai creations

Articles have long been a way of recording the dramatic transformation of trees, showcasing the skills of professionals and giving an insight into the process of bonsai creation ...

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26 September 2023
Fundamentals

The roots

Learn the rules of bonsai and they will always be retained to guide you in whatever task that you wish to perform. To help you understand we’re going to scrutinise a bonsai starting from the root base, moving up to the trunk, the branches and finally the top..

20 September 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
Masterclass

Can you restyle a Bonsai masterpiece?

Masayuki Fujikawa takes things further by transforming a masterpiece

It is said that a tree displayed at Kokufu has reached a point of completion in a long journey. As the tree grows, finds a new owner, or an artist to care for it, the viewpoint of the tree will gradually change over time.

6 July 2023
Design Sketch

Ghost rider

François Jeker analyses the Juniperus sabina of Antonio J. Lozano Heemskerk.

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8 June 2023
Step by Step

Just Clip and grow?

Hawthorn, or Crataegus, is a great subject for bonsai. Easy growing and very forgiving when mistakes are made. It will send out multiple new shoots, giving you plenty of opportunity to grow new branches.

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25 May 2023
Propagating

Ikadabuki

How to create bonsai from cuttings, grafting and other methods using interesting and unusual species. With the help of illustrations we will see how to take a piece of material through to its completion. This time we are working with crab apple, Malus zumi

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11 May 2023
Technique

Reverse taper

Miura Hiroki (from Miura Baijyu-En nursery) is a specialist in shohin bonsai. Here he shows how to improve trees with reverse tapering trunks by using air-layering techniques

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20 April 2023
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 . . .

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17 March 2023
Spring

All about roots

Hiroki Miura guides you through the struggles of repotting pines, pruning and cutting their roots

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9 March 2023
Propagating

Giant Itabi

How to create bonsai from cuttings: This time we are working with Giant itabi (Ficus thunbergii)

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1 March 2023
Masterclass

Time for change

Restyling a famous tree into something new is difficult work and an artist must stake their reputation on it

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16 February 2023
Case History

So Immature

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

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8 February 2023

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