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Wiring

Good bonsai are typically created using wire to place the branches. Without wiring, it is very hard to create a good bonsai. So mastering wiring is a skill crucial to creating good bonsai.

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Guy wires for bonsai

March 18, 2022January 13, 2022 - by Jelle Ferwerda - Leave a Comment

When bending branches, sometimes just coiling a wire around a branch is not practical. Tension or guy wires can then be a good solution.

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Yew thinned for wiring
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Developing Taxus bonsai

August 22, 2020August 22, 2020 - by Jelle Ferwerda

Taxus is one of the best species for bonsai. It is however a species with a few special tricks. So how to start on a yew bonsai?

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Developing bonsai maple branches – spring work

May 7, 2017April 1, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

With spring in full swing in Texas, USA, Scott Barboza has worked on one of his maple bonsai in development again. On one of the well known bonsai forums (bonsainut) …

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Wiring

Baby Bending

March 8, 2013April 1, 2018 - by - 9 Comments.

Bend it tight
and you will get amazing bonsai. So.. how young van you wire and bend branches? The younger the better!

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Manuals

Creating a Juniper bonsai rock planting

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Grafting Juniper Bonsai

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Larch bonsai side branch growing inwards

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