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Summer

Second flush

Defoliation and leaf reduction involves the complete or partial removal of the new spring foliage once it has hardened off. It is a widely used...

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30 September 2025
Technique

Rocky feet 2

We continue the two-part series of Master Tetsuya Murakawa on a precious trident maple. Here he looks at repotting, defoliation and pruning.

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19 September 2024
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
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

A wooden base?

A practical case study of trident maple by Andrea Meriggioli Andrea: I want to show you how correct timing and…...

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15 October 2021
Shohin

Fine and fiddly

Yukio Hirose guides you through the defoliation and wiring of maples and elms Yukio Hirose: ‘First I will introduce this…...

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2 July 2021
Shohin

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…...

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5 February 2021
Pots

Rush hour

Spring time is rush hour for repotting your bonsai, but choosing the right pot cannot be hurried. Spring arrives and…...

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15 March 2020

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