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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 / 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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Spindle
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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Blog / fagus_sylvatica_01

Fagus bonsai taking shape

July 27, 2017April 1, 2018 - by - 2 Comments.

Bonsai development is a slow process. Slowly this stick from the forest is taking shape. It will however be several years before this tree is ready for a nice pot.

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Manuals / olea_europea_3

Creating bonsai from Nursery stock: Olive Bonsai

July 23, 2017April 1, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

Getting an olive shrub from a garden centre and training it for bonsai requires putting it in a different substrate and reducing the plant. Here an explanation of the first steps towards training as bonsai for olive trees.

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Blog / fagus_sylvatica_01

Fagus Sylvatica bonsai in the making

January 15, 2017April 1, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

After having been allowed to root and recover, in the winter of 2015/2016 this tree was trimmed, and fully wired for the first time. I aimed at making this in …

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Blog / olea_europea_02 / Repotting / Roots

Olive pre-bonsai repotting

December 4, 2016April 1, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

Winter was coming and this olive needed a repot into proper bonsai substrate.

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Blog / olea_europea_02

1. Olea Europea. November 2016.

November 26, 2016April 1, 2018 - by - 1 Comment

Sickly olive from sell-out corner.
Yes. it is notso healthy. But at 50% off at the local garden centre.. What can you do.

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Root over rock trident in growpot
mytrees / trident_01

Trident root over rock: the start

May 16, 2016April 1, 2018 - by - 1 Comment

In the spring of 2015 I took cuttings of my trident bonsai. To my surprise, one of the cuttings took, and in March 2016 I decided a root over rock …

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fagus_sylvatica_01

Fagus sylvatica – Summer 2014

February 17, 2015November 27, 2016 - by - Leave a Comment

Fagus sylvatica in summer 2014
The tree has started to recover.

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