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Some of the trees I am currently working on. Most of them are collected from backyards, nurseries or grown from seedlings.

Two zelkovas
Blog / Featured / Layer / mytrees / progressions / propagation / Zelkova serrata

Zelkova bonsai: From dead stick to clump

September 4, 2020November 21, 2020 - by Jelle Ferwerda

Sometimes we are quick to call a tree dead. And there are moments that a little bit of effort can result in a nice plant!

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Mugo pine trunkline
Blog / Featured / mytrees / Repotting

Bonsai from nursery stock – Repotting a mugo pine

August 28, 2020August 26, 2020 - by Jelle Ferwerda

STarting a new tree. A Mugo pine this time. Step one, assessing and getting it in syubstrate: Weak points, strong points and repotting

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Tamarix bonsai
Blog / Featured / mytrees / progressions

Tamarix bonsai full of surprises

June 5, 2020May 5, 2020 - by Jelle Ferwerda

Tamarix is a fast growing species featuring a spectacular bark with age. Untill something goed wrong, as with mine..

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

Removing side branches

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 - 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.

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Blog / Pithecellobium tortum

Winter flowers?

December 30, 2019December 28, 2019 - by - Leave a Comment

Getting raintree to flower? STratngely enough, this one started flowering as soon as winter hit!

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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 - 2 Comments.

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

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Blog / Health / mytrees

Japanese Maple Emergency

September 28, 2019September 14, 2019 - by - 2 Comments.

Using wood hardener is all nice. But it can stop you from noticing what is really going on. So I noticed..

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Featured / olea_europea_3

Olive bonsai chopped

August 25, 2019August 18, 2019 - by - Leave a Comment

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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Creatagus_monogyna_1 / Trimming

Trim for growth

April 28, 2019November 21, 2020 - by - 3 Comments.

Springtime is the period to redirect your growth. This creatagus is one of the first to receive spring treatment.

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Yew thinned for wiring

Developing Taxus bonsai

August 22, 2020August 22, 2020

Bonsai material: Digging from a garden

May 3, 2020May 3, 2020

Air layer site

Bonsai layering – Step by step explanation

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020

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