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Although this whole site consists of short instructions on how to get the best out of your trees, the articles in this section are particularly focussed on the ‘how to’.

Featured / Manuals / Styling

Creating a Juniper bonsai rock planting

March 11, 2022January 13, 2022 - by Jelle Ferwerda - 2 Comments.

Putting together a bonsai on a rock planting can seem difficult. In practice, it could be straightforward. Learn how to create a bonsai on a rock planting!

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Grafting Juniper Bonsai

February 25, 2022February 24, 2022 - by Jelle Ferwerda - 1 Comment

Growing bonsai from Juniper is rewarding. However, sometimes the foliage is less than ideal. Grafting could make the difference.

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Larch bonsai side branch growing inwards
branches / Featured / Growing / Manuals

How to trim and wire larix bonsai

February 25, 2022January 13, 2022 - by Jelle Ferwerda - 3 Comments.

Each year I style several Larch bonsai. A little behind the scenes manual on how I develop larch bonsai

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Flowering Hawthorn bonsai 2021
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Making Hawthorn bonsai flower

December 17, 2021December 3, 2021 - by Jelle Ferwerda

Hawthorn bonsai are great. Old, cracked bark, small fissured leaves and an abundance of flowers. But getting one too flower might be difficult. Some tips!

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Planting root over rock bonsai
Blog / Featured / Growing / Manuals / Roots

Starting a root over rock bonsai

April 2, 2021March 28, 2021 - by Jelle Ferwerda

Seedling meets rock. And becomes a root over rock. A step by step manual of the work I did.

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Ebihara nebari technique on trident maple bonsai
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Nebari development: Ebihara technique

March 5, 2021December 3, 2021 - by Jelle Ferwerda

The nebari is core to developing good bonsai. This is one method to enhance the nebari of your trees.

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Yew thinned for wiring
Featured / Manuals / Wiring

Developing Taxus bonsai

August 22, 2020August 22, 2020 - by Jelle Ferwerda

Taxus is one of the best species for bonsai. It is however a species with a few special tricks. So how to start on a yew bonsai?

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Featured / Growing / Manuals

Bonsai material: Digging from a garden

May 3, 2020May 3, 2020 - by Jelle Ferwerda

For many people finding suitable bonsai material is dificult. One source is often overlooking: Digging from backyards. A guide to doing this successfully.

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Bonsai layering – Step by step explanation

April 13, 2020April 5, 2021 - by Jelle Ferwerda

Air layering is a god technique to improve the nebari or to propagate plants. A step by step manual.

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Malus expose root prepre bonsai
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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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Manuals

Creating a Juniper bonsai rock planting

March 11, 2022January 13, 2022

Grafting Juniper Bonsai

February 25, 2022February 24, 2022

Larch bonsai side branch growing inwards

How to trim and wire larix bonsai

February 25, 2022January 13, 2022

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