Yesterday I got a message from a bonsai enthusiast on the island I live. He was giving up bonsai because of too little time to take care of his trees. He therefore asked me if I wanted to take over his little collection of trees,…

Here a few close ups of spring signs at the bonsai area. Temperatures are rising fast these days and trees are showing significantly strong growth this year. I do not know exactly why, but the past year was not a good year for bonsai. 2010…

New spring buds showing on the Danish Cherry, and both flower buds and leafs develop fast these days as temperatures rices. Two new pots have arrived earlier, and both events proves spring is here. This also means it is time to prepare for the national…

From Marco Invernizzi who made a Facebook group to support a victim of the Japanese catastrophy. http://www.facebook.com/n/?home.php&sk=group_161322040589059&mid=3e87820G3fb7592aG25a835dG7a&bcode=kJ6bWSNQ&n_m=robertbonsai%40hotmail.com “Isao Omachi is the rising star of Bonsai in Japan. He used to live and work in Yamada-cho in the Iwate prefecture with his wife, 2 daughters and…

Just got a reply from Tomohiro Masumi in Kyoto, and there are no influence from the giant earthquake at this part of Japan. We hope other parts of Japan will recover and best wishes to all affected by this catastrophe.

Article published at www.bonsaiempire.com Oscar Jonker asked for an article for publishing at Bonsai Empire. So I wrote an article about Shohin-bonsai pots. I hope you will enjoy it. http://www.bonsaiempire.com/advanced/shohin-pots

Spring is not here yet, but the buds on the Shohin shows signs already on coming growth. Buds are swelling here in the last winter month (officially), and mild weather is here at the moment. Still to early to move bonsai from their shelter in the…

I just launched a re-edited version of my “bonsai display” section at www.shohin-europe.com I hope to share the art of displaying bonsai the original way with you. Bonsai displaying has an out-spring from the Japanese landscape painting, and is clearly connected to the viewing of…