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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.

Pre-bonsai maple ready for trunk removal
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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 - 6 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 - 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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Creatagus_monogyna_1 / Trimming

Trim for growth

April 28, 2019November 21, 2020 - by - 4 Comments.

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

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Blog / Featured / mytrees / Seed

Growing Ginkgo bonsai from seed.

November 24, 2018November 11, 2018 - by - 2 Comments.

Growing from seed is lots of fun. I have grown loads of plants from seed. But the one I liked most was growing Ginkgo.

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Featured / mytrees / progressions

Trimming and wiring the little ones

November 7, 2018November 4, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

Bonsai is abot small trees. How much smaller than a seedling can you go?

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Blog / Featured / mytrees / Pithecellobium tortum

A raintree in the Rain

October 9, 2018December 28, 2019 - by - Leave a Comment

Sometimes travel brings nice surprises. So also for this raintree.

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