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Cutting / Featured

Winter cuttings

January 31, 2020January 1, 2020 - by - 4 Comments.

Having some nice species of bonsai on your benches ean that you may have loads of cuttings in Winter. How I go about growing roots on these you ask? Have a read!

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Shari on Yew trunk. Bottom old, top new
Blog / Featured / Trimming / Trunks

Creating deadwood on Yew

January 24, 2020December 28, 2019 - by - Leave a Comment

Nice looking deadwood looks nice. But how do you g about making deadwood that looks really old? I have decided on another strategy for stock in a growing field.

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Gentle misting
Featured / Health

Horticultural Dormant Spray Oil for bonsai

January 17, 2020December 31, 2019 - by - 2 Comments.

In spring we often have to deal with outbreaks of all sorts of insects. HOwever, there are measure you can take in winter to reduce this. What is horticultural oil and how to use it for bonsai?

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Malus expose root prepre bonsai
Featured / Growing / Manuals / Seed

Growing bonsai from Seed

January 10, 2020December 31, 2019 - by - 1 Comment

There are several ways to grow a bonsai. The slow version but in the end also one of the most rewarding is growing bonsai from seed.

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Juniper lightly wired yesterday. Frozen today
Blog / Featured / Health

Bonsai winter protection

January 3, 2020January 1, 2020 - by - Leave a Comment

People new to bonsai are often concerned in winter. Will my trees survive this harsh weather?

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Yew first potted up from the field
Blog / Featured / mytrees / Taxus_baccata_9

Yew bonsai from hedging material

December 28, 2019December 28, 2019 - by - 6 Comments.

All beginnings are difficult. Here the beginning of a bonsai, a yew originally dug from a hedgerow.

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Nick Lenz Exhibition

December 25, 2019December 25, 2019 - by - Leave a Comment

Nick Lenz is an US American bonsai artist, well known for his out of the box cxreations. I had the chance to see a show with his trees.

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Blog / Featured

New Talent Contest Germany

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 - by - Leave a Comment

Each year the New Talent Contest takes place. So too this year.

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Featured / olea_europea_3

Olive bonsai chopped

August 25, 2019August 18, 2019 - by - 2 Comments.

Sometimes a tree just is not going to be a good bonsai. And then you need to take drastic measures, such as in this case with the olive.

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Featured / mytrees / Olea_Europea_6

A small Olive bonsai

August 18, 2019August 18, 2019 - by - Leave a Comment

Olives are great species for bonsai. Under the right circumstances they grow fast. I am happy I came across a larger sized one!

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