Propagation

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Arakawa cutting
Cutting / Featured / Growing / propagation

Bonsai propagation by cuttings in spring

- by Jelle Ferwerda

Taking cuttings is a perfect way to get more plants of your favorite type. Thi spring, I decided to try some Arakawa japanese maple cuttings.

Air layer site

Bonsai layering – Step by step explanation

Maple seedlings

Transplanting maple seedlings for bonsai

Winter cuttings

Malus expose root prepre bonsai

Growing bonsai from Seed

My trees

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Pre-bonsai maple ready for trunk removal
Blog / Featured / mytrees

Removing side branches

- by Jelle Ferwerda

From growing fields one can get pretty decent bonsai material and older stock is often affordable. But, like for this maple, sometimes you need to make drastic cuts.

Winter flowers?

Yew first potted up from the field

Yew bonsai from hedging material

Japanese Maple Emergency

Species

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Broadleaf / Compound / Opposite / Species

Ash for bonsai

- by Jelle Ferwerda

Ash are fast growing trees with opposing compound leaves. Identification is made easy thanks to the black buds.

Bonsai Field maple branch tip

Field maple for bonsai

Privet - L. ovalifolium

Privet (Ligustrum) for bonsai

Taxus baccata and cuspidata

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Nature’s little helpers

Azalea partially deflowered

Removing azalea bonsai flowers

Hawthorn spring wiring example

Bonsai spring cleaning and wiring