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Growing Bonsai

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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.

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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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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Blog / Creatagus_monogyna_1 / Health / Trunks

Removing moss from bonsai bark

May 4, 2018May 1, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

Moss on your bonsai is nice for display purposes. But when moss grows at other times it can damage the bark. So what to do?

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Blog / Euonymus_europaeus_1 / Repotting / Roots

Spindle repotting time

May 1, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

Repotting trees is core to developing a good nebari. This time, this eonymous shows what is below the surface.

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Euonymus_europaeus_1

Spindle from a nursery

April 1, 2018April 1, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

Walking around nurseries is alwas fun. Especially if you find a spindle there, for free!

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Manuals

Planting root over rock bonsai

Starting a root over rock bonsai

April 2, 2021March 28, 2021

Ebihara nebari technique on trident maple bonsai

Nebari developmek: Ebihara technique

March 5, 2021January 31, 2021

Yew thinned for wiring

Developing Taxus bonsai

August 22, 2020August 22, 2020

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