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Bonsai winter pruning
It is winter, and the bonsai season may seem a bit far ahead here in Northern Europe. But soon winter is over. We begin repotting and things starts to grow again. Winter time is also bonsai time. Styling trees are perfectly done during the dormant…
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Bonsai winter storage
When is the right time to stow away bonsai for winter storage? There are very different opinions about that. Some put them into a safe storage place before the first low freezing nights are present, where others wait for the first frosts to appear. I…
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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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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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VIDEO: Shohin bonsai introduction
In this first episode in a new video series, I explain some basics about Shohin Bonsai.
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Winning Shohin at Noelanders / EBA 2017
There are awards given at Noelanders Trophy and EBA as it is a tradition. Within the next days (starting sometime next week after a work travel to Berlin), I will comment on some of the entries. That will not be a judging, but a description of…
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Bonsai works in India
At my recent travel to India I did a lot of work during my stay. One of the tasks was to refine or totally restyle some already established bonsai. Also a few Shohin was made from raw material. Here I will show some of the…
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Top 5 bonsai – Japanese maple
In this small series about my favourite bonsai specimens, it is about the classic Japanese maple. It is so obvious a tree for Shohin bonsai that I can’t neglect it at the list. The shifting kind of leaves, is the Acer palmatum and A. buergerianum have…
