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From trash to Shohin Bonsai
At travel to Japan back in 2005, I stumbled upon a small Japanese pre-bonsai maple. It was placed awkwardly on an almost hidden table like it was dumped. And it was. The owner of the bonsai nursery in Takamatsu has dismissed it as potential future…
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Shohin in Focus
The cold days arrived a little late this year. Colours have been reluctant arriving here at the season end. But the deciduous Cotoneaster finally shows some colour now. The bonsai area is a bit better protected from colds, being placed away from open ground, where…
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Maple colors
My very good friend Johnny Eslykke send me these photos from his garden, showing the beauty of the autumn/fall season. Johnny is a long time bonsai enthusiast and was the one who got me into bonsai many years ago. He may be the one in…
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Bonsai Video Q&A about bonsai and fungus
Bonsai Q&A video about potential problems caused by fungus. Fungus can be a problem if bonsai are not cleaned up by the end of autumn. Also fungus can add diseases to trees through wounds. [arve url=”https://youtu.be/Mako9atSgoQ” title=”Bonsai video Q&A – 1 – Fungus” upload_date=”10-11-2017″ maxwidth=”1600″…
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Bonsai vlog no 1.
First bonsai vlog (video blogging) on air tonight on the YouTube channel. Still in the production and preparing period before starting up the Shohin Bonsai Europe Studio online in January, but work in the bonsai garden is not set on pause because of that. Autumn is…
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New bonsai videos in 2018
SHOHIN-BONSAI EUROPE STUDIO | SUBSCRIPTIONS to educational and inspirational HQ Video will be AVAILABLE from January 2018 – SIGN UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER and be the first to know. Every month new videos are put online, having a featured theme of the month and seasonal reports from the bonsai garden. A new streaming video service, dedicated to serve…
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Chuhin crabapple case story
In one of the recent posts I showed a medium sized Chuhin bonsai displayed in the garden Tokonoma. This is the 12 year story of the bonsai up til now. Early spring 2005 I got the tree, that was dug up from a garden. It…
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Small – medium – large
The Danish Bonsai Society – and the local group mainly – did an exhibition over the past weekend. I visited and found some very nice displays. Autumn time is a great time to display especially Shohin that can express the seasons through different species. Also…
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Tokonoma garden display
A wonderful day before winds will be ripping off some leaves the next days. The Tokonoma was used to do some recordings for next years new videos. I will later this year announce some news about these videos, so stay tuned. Cliffhanger intended. The tree…
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Removing autumn leaves?
I know many do remove the autumn leaves before they drop. I do not. For the obvious reason that the tree needs all the back flow of nutrients it can get before going into dormancy. It is a natural process, where the decaying leafs turns…
