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Non-specific posts on bonsai work I do. So.. What have I been up to recently?

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Repotting a big trident maple bonsai

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 - by Jelle Ferwerda - Leave a Comment

Spring is repotting time. Watch some of the work on one of my trees!

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Larix bonsai forest in summer
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Larch forest winterpruning

February 4, 2022February 17, 2022 - by Jelle Ferwerda - 1 Comment

Two years after initially putting together this larch bonsai forest, it is time for a structural prune & cleanup.

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Larix bonsai group
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Young Larch bonsai group rewiring

January 21, 2022January 21, 2022 - by Jelle Ferwerda - 2 Comments.

In early 2020 I had a few seedling larch leftover from a larger project. Instead of putting them back in the growbed, I decided to play around and put a …

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Blog / Featured / progressions

Restyling an overgrown Larix bonsai

January 7, 2022January 7, 2022 - by Jelle Ferwerda - 1 Comment

Sometimes you get the option to buy overgrown bonsai. In this case, I bought this Larch. A year later, it is now healthy enough for a restyling.

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Bonsai nursery field
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Visiting a bonsai field nursery

December 31, 2021January 4, 2022 - by Jelle Ferwerda

THE annual outing of our club!

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Winter in the bonsai garden

December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 - by Jelle Ferwerda

Bonsai, winter, frozen? Brr!

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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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Blog / Featured / Layer

Airlayering maples for bonsai

April 16, 2021April 5, 2021 - by Jelle Ferwerda

Spring time is propagation time. In this case, layering Japanese maple to get rid of a grafting site.

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Cherry root over rock bonsai uncovering

April 9, 2021April 5, 2021 - by Jelle Ferwerda

After several years of sitting in the garden, sort off forgotten, this Cherry was lifted from the garden in early spring. Still a long way to go, but the first steps are taken.

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Planting root over rock bonsai
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Starting a root over rock bonsai

April 2, 2021March 28, 2021 - by Jelle Ferwerda

Seedling meets rock. And becomes a root over rock. A step by step manual of the work I did.

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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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