Technique
Complex, but fascinating (2)
A guide to black pine candle cutting, bud thinning...
20 October 2025
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
Autumn
Delicate and painstaking
. . . but it needs to be done. How to remove the old needles on pines...
23 May 2024
Masterclass
Eye of the Taiga
A sense of detail and perfection defines the work of Taiga Urushibata
25 April 2024
Styling
Puzzling it out
Dennis Fuchs works on a scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) from Spain...
18 March 2024
Styling
The Chicago Pine
Walter Pall works on Chicago's most precious bonsai...
14 December 2023
Seed
A smoking gun?
How-to guide for growing pines from seed...
13 August 2023
Tree guide
Pinus sylvestris
In the wild, a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) matures naturally into the same style as a bonsai literati with branches spreading horizontally below its flattened apex.
22 June 2023
Spring
Into the core…
A pine slowly starts to die off, so what is happening here?
19 May 2023
Shohin
Together we’re strong
Making shohin bonsai with difficult trees...
8 February 2023
Masterclass
A Pine Puzzle
Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris, is one of the most popular pine varieties and one of the most commonly styled tree.
6 January 2023
Styling
Just drop it
Creating a literati red pine by focusing on the dropping branch
21 July 2022
Masterclass
Is this a bonsai?
Ken Fujiwara works on a massive black pine
14 July 2022
Masterclass
Out of the box
The pine called 'Okou no kyosho' is brought back into shape by Master Kunio Kobayashi
25 March 2022
Masterclass
Wired up?
Improving your wiring skills with Chiharu Imai
11 March 2022
Profile
My ‘selfish’ dream
The bonsai passion of Jeremiah Lee
25 February 2022
Masterclass
Man of the Mountains
Mauro Stemberger works on a yamadori pine
18 February 2022
Yamadori
Hidden in cones
According to Todd, Douglas firs are one of the most unpredictable trees he has worked with.
28 January 2022
Masterclass
The ‘Mugo’ team
The mugo pine is an extraordinary example of a yamadori, an impressive trunk with some natural shari and lots of compacted branches on top. A real challenge for Matt and Tyler
14 January 2022
Propagating
A corky type
The challenge is to create bonsai from scratch How to create bonsai from cuttings, grafting and other methods using interesting…...
26 November 2021
Profile
Wearing my signature
The bonsai passion of Jörg Derlien Styling and care for the tree should fit together like a hand in a
10 November 2021
Shohin
The new big
Koji Hiramatsu works on a black pine Shohin and the slightly larger Kifu-sized bonsai have become ever more popular. This…...
24 September 2021
Technique
Kengai
How to make a cascade-style bonsai A kengai or cascade is inspired by trees found in harsh mountainous conditions, growing…...
27 August 2021
Profile
The showstopper
The bonsai passion of Nik Rozman Nik Rozman has won big prizes at shows with his bonsai, but one of…...
21 April 2021
Report
Gnarly Legacy
Elandan, a world of rock, wood, and bonsai by Dan Robinson ‘A beautifully groomed tree in the prime of its…...
16 April 2021
Technique
Mind the gap!
The problem of poor roots on a pine can be solved Can you improve the root base of a pine,…...
30 November 2020
Winter
The busiest time
Harry Harrington’s tasks for native bonsai during late autumn With the growing season left long behind, November sees the last…...
20 November 2020
Styling
Lost and Found
Making the most of a bad pine Masayuki Fujikawa brings out the hidden character of a white pine (Pinus parviflora)…...
3 June 2020
Tree guide
Pinus parviflora
This is one of the most popular of the Asian pines for bonsai work and garden use…
15 April 2020
