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Boxwood air layer
Air layering bonsai is a great, but also advanced method to shape a new bonsai. In this weekly tutorial, Morten Albek takes you through all the steps to shape a future Shohin bonsai from an already existing bonsai. Air layering The bonsai have some flaws…
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Shohin bonsai forest progress
I regularly get questions about the forests I created in the autumn of 2018 and about their progress. It has been great fun doing these small Shohin bonsai forest expressions. Also, present in my newest book “Shohin – through the Seasons”. Available at Esprit Bonsai.…
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Finding the bonsai behind the leaves
Raw material can be a challenge. Finding the bonsai behind the leaves is not always easy, and early selections are a good idea. Setting the bones of the tree for the future. Tree gift Last year I was given a tree from a friend, who…
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How to find the bonsai tree
Creating bonsai from raw material can be a challenge. Finding and selecting the branches hidden behind a mass of foliage is the focus of the next episode. But that’s next week. Today the weekly tutorial is focusing on restyling a Shimpaku juniper I have grown…
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Tosho Juniper pinching
Summertime and pinching continue. Scissors are busy trimming new growth. It is important though how it is done, and not the least when it is done. The weekly episode on Kisetsu-en Bonsai Online is ready to watch, and deal with a lot of strategies necessary…
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Facebook live today
Yeah… The website problems are solved and everything runs smoothly againĀ šĀ atĀ www.shohin-europe.com Remember the Facebook live atĀ Bonsai EmpireĀ later today. On air around 16:00 / 4PM (CEST) – 3 PM (BST) – 10 AM (EDT) – 11:30 (ACST).
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Small flowers, great joy
Sometimes the smallest things bring the greatest joy. Shohin Deutzia gracilis, or this small flowering grass below, is for the bonsai display or just to enjoy. A summer flowering Shitakusa, Needletip Blue-Eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium mucronatum. Sometimes bonsai is about spectacular huge trees, and at other…
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Timing your bonsai actions
Summer is creeping up on us. But spring busy days still demands full attention on all new growth. Timing your bonsai actions is essential, and there are no fixed recipes telling exactly when to do what. Not at a time scale anyway. It’s much about…
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Bonsai Online on air Monday
Monday is the start of a new week. It also is the re-start of Kisetsu-en Bonsai Online. Bonsai online The first new weekly tutorial is ready to watch Monday, May 25. And we are excited to bring you a new weekly bonsai video. The seasonal…
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Review: Masahiko Kimura at Bonsai Empire
Kimura Masterclass review Given the opportunity to watch a Masterclass with Masahiko Kimura is a treat. Kimura is world known and highly respected for his works.Ā I visited Kimura years ago and remembers him as a kind man if you show real interest in him…
