Spring
When and how to repot
Finding out for yourself the best time to repot deciduous trees isn't easy. Our smart guide to varieties and their cultivars gives you the answers you need.
11 December 2025
Technique
The road to recovering an Acer
This maple was suffering from weakness and dying branches due to being pot bound and unable to absorb water.
3 November 2023
Workshop
Is this Euonymus suitable for bonsai?
At first sight you wouldn't think that the spindle tree is suitable for bonsai at all....
27 October 2023
Autumn
How to improve euonymus
The winged spindle tree charms with its cork bark and deep crimson foliage There are a number of species in...
15 June 2023
Spring
Into the core…
A pine slowly starts to die off, so what is happening here?
19 May 2023
Technique
Rock school
How to create rock plantings: A basic guide
20 October 2022
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.
12 September 2022
Grafting
Creating shohin from faulty material
Use dull material to make impressive bonsai helped by grafting techniques. Here we show you how easy it can be....
1 September 2022
Masterclass
Rock Classics
Masahiko Kimura's famous rock plantings.
8 August 2022
Styling
See it from a different angle
Creating the moyogi style from a field-grown satsuki with Masaki Yoshii
6 August 2022
Shohin
Would you dare?
Chojubai, the dwarf variety of the Japanese quince, is cut in half.
29 July 2022
Propagating
Forbidden fruit
The challenge to grow bonsai from scratch: Ficus
28 July 2022
Shohin
MINI BONSAI
The charm of the very, very small . . .
23 June 2022
Masterclass
Wake up, Sleeping dragon
Mario Komsta works on a yamadori pine, Pinus sylvestris.
3 June 2022
Autumn
Red alert
A twin trunk becomes an elegant moyogi style.
26 May 2022
Case History
Dead or alive?
A mind boggling creation,
18 May 2022
Spring
Beginners’ guide to repotting
Early spring is the start of the repotting season. See our guide for what to do and when to do it.
22 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
Technique
Just a plastic tray
Working with deciduous trees is always a long-term project which needs some clever thinking, too
14 April 2022
Technique
What’s happening here?
A different approach to air layering with a 'rough edge'
7 April 2022
Technique
The scent of a bonsai
Developing a giant gardenia into an orthodox informal upright over three years.
23 December 2021
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
Technique
Trick of the master
Grafting techniques taught by bonsai Masters to improve your bonsai These techniques can all boosts the quality of your bonsai....
10 June 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
Bonsai celebrity
How to create foliage pads on the so popular five needle pine, work on its roots and watering It’s needless...
4 March 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
Shohin
Little princess
Orihime and Maihime are two maple varieties with very tiny leaves With the discovery of a very small-leafed variety comes...
22 January 2021
Step by Step
Short cut
Why are black pine needles so short? With the guidance of shohin expert, Hiroki Miura (Miura Baijyu-en, Osaka) the Japanese...
17 December 2020
