Tag: palmatum

Profile
Read More

Trial and error

Self-taught, Pavel Slovák, started doing bonsai while still in military service. Through hard work and many misfortunes he managed to create his very own style.

This content is for Free, Basic, Plus, and Premium members only.
Log In Join Now
Grafting
Read More

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.

This content is for Basic, Plus, and Premium members only.
Log In Join Now
Summer
Read More

In the Palmatum of your hand

Leaf reduction helps to protect and to gain more ramification. One important technique to help deciduous trees during the heat of the summer is leaf reduction, or defoliation. This protects the internal branches. Here we…...

This content is for Basic, Plus, and Premium members only.
Log In Join Now
Summer
Read More

Repot, or not?

When we acquire plants or young tree material, we plant them in pots to let them develop further to allow them to adjust to growing conditions at home. But what do we do when we…...

This content is for Basic, Plus, and Premium members only.
Log In Join Now
Free
Read More

Small imperfections

The bonsai passion of Francesco Santini Francesco learned bonsai from an early age. He has a veryoutspoken approach to bonsai and that’s not only about the material side of things What was your training? I’ve…...

This content is for Free, Basic, Plus, and Premium members only.
Log In Join Now
Workshop
Read More

One became two

Martin Nielsen divides a Japanese maple into two new trees Martin describes his work with a Japanese maple where one tree becomes two. It’s a tree with a fine nebari grown from a seed in…...

This content is for Basic, Plus, and Premium members only.
Log In Join Now
Shohin
Read More

Fine and fiddly

Yukio Hirose guides you through the defoliation and wiring of maples and elms Yukio Hirose: ‘First I will introduce this tree, a trident maple (Acer buergerianum) that is halfway through its development. The reason for…...

This content is for Basic, Plus, and Premium members only.
Log In Join Now
Shohin
Read More

No right or wrong way

Yukio Hirose looks at the many options for displaying medium-sized trees We asked Yukio Hirose (Yamato-en) to create a few different displays using kifu-sized trees (35 cm maximum height), using both deciduous and coniferous species…....

This content is for Basic, Plus, and Premium members only.
Log In Join Now
Shohin
Read More

Little princess

Orihime and Maihime are two maple varieties with very tiny leaves With the discovery of a very small-leafed variety comes a new chapter for the maple bonsai. Mr Katsumi Komiya (Shofu-en) guides you through the…...

This content is for Basic, Plus, and Premium members only.
Log In Join Now