Avoid winter damage in bonsai: Sun and wind
Everybody who has bonsai knows the worry at the end of winter. A tree is a little slow in responding to warmer weather. No bud is swelling. No green line …
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Avoid winter damage in bonsai: Low winter temperatures
Winter kills bonsai. The drops in temperatures can cause a lot of damage to our bonsai and the roots. How do you stop winter from killing your bonsai?
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Avoid winter damage in bonsai: Rain
Winter is a cause of a lot of damage to bour bonsai. One of the causes: Rain. Now what causes the damage, and how to avoid this? In other wordt, how do you reduce damage to bonsai in winter due to rain?
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Avoid winter damage in bonsai: Insects
Bonsai run the risk oof dying over winter. N an attempt to best prepare for winter, this article deals with the risk of insect damage to bonsai over winter.
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What kills bonsai in Winter?
It is springtime. Slowly the buds of our bonsai start to swell. But some of them don’t? Did something kill it over winter?
The most common causes of bonsai mortality over winter explained!
Fagus bonsai taking shape
Bonsai development is a slow process. Slowly this stick from the forest is taking shape. It will however be several years before this tree is ready for a nice pot.
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Creating bonsai from Nursery stock: Olive Bonsai
Getting an olive shrub from a garden centre and training it for bonsai requires putting it in a different substrate and reducing the plant. Here an explanation of the first steps towards training as bonsai for olive trees.
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Visiting Kimura Bonsai Garden
During a recent visit to Japan for the World Bonsai Convention, I had the opportunity to visit Mr. Kimura’s bonsai garden. This of course, was a chance I did not …
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Developing bonsai maple branches – spring work
With spring in full swing in Texas, USA, Scott Barboza has worked on one of his maple bonsai in development again. On one of the well known bonsai forums (bonsainut) …
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