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Easy to grow?

Artisans gather to show off their hard work at the Gafūten exhibition each year in Kyoto.

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18 November 2025
Shohin

Racing roots

Unlike the deciduous species, the interval between transplanting conifers is longer and care is needed not to over prune the roots. Using two examples, Hiroki Miura shows...

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19 August 2025
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
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
Technique

Trachelospermum asiaticum

How to create bonsai from cuttings, grafting and other methods using interesting and unusual species…

31 March 2023

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