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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.

Bonsai yew wired (Nov 2021)
Featured / mytrees / Taxus_baccata_9 / Uncategorized

Another 2 years taxus bonsai from hedge

January 14, 2022January 13, 2022 - by Jelle Ferwerda - 1 Comment

It has been two years since the first rough styling of this taxus bonsai. Time for an update!

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Flowering Hawthorn bonsai 2021
Creatagus_monogyna_1 / Featured / Manuals / refining / Trimming

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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Zelkova bonsai forest first summer
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Zelkova bonsai forest development

December 2, 2021December 2, 2021 - by Jelle Ferwerda

After rebuilding this forest over winter 2020/21 this forest showed a return to health in 2021 summer. Slowly it is coming together!

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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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Zelkova bonsai forest
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Renovating a Zelkova forest part 3

February 19, 2021January 31, 2021 - by Jelle Ferwerda

Putting smaller groups together to form one larger one, might be the best way to go.

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Zelkova bonsai forest split up
Blog / Featured / mytrees / progressions / Zelkova serrata

Zelkova bonsai forest restoration part 2

February 5, 2021January 31, 2021 - by Jelle Ferwerda

Sometimes, you have to return to the basics, to then create something new.

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Large zelkova bonsai forest
Blog / Featured / mytrees / Zelkova serrata

Zelkova bonsai forest renovation project

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 - by Jelle Ferwerda

At the end of 2020 I obtained a new project. A large Zelkova bonsai forest in dire need of some work.

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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
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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
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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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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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