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Bonsai dreams versus reality
Learning from books is fine. Learning from magazines is fine. Learning from online tutorials is fine. But when it all comes to an end, the importance of practice and learning through your own experience is maybe the most important and valuable part of your bonsai…
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Watering bonsai in the morning or in the evening?
Singing birds and bees in the bonsai garden witness summertime in the bonsai garden have started nicely. Temperatures rising and intense light from above add more growth to our trees. Also demanding more control and daily care. One of my daily routines is starting the…
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Hawthorn Shohin bonsai
Shohin bonsai can be created from a broad spectre of trees and shrubs. One of the main themes in the Shohin world is the seasonal changes. To display this we need different species. From coniferous to flowering bonsai. The red flowering Hawthorn Every month I…
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Bonsai green season
It is the bonsai green season. The colour change on the Mountain maples (acer palmatum) is clear from day to day. It’s the growing season taking over. Gallery at the bottom of this post. Delayed very much this season, yes. But finally, some of the…
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It is Almost Friday in the bonsai garden
Almost Friday is online, as it is most weeks of the year. Small extra videos that come with subtitles in 7 languages. From 2021 all new videos are with available subtitles in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese (BR) and Polish language. Hornbeam collected Some…
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Repotting a Trident maple
Repotting bonsai is sometimes a bit of a running experience. Try to keep up the speed and manage everything. Besides repotting deciduous trees at the moment, I also am producing new episodes for the online subscribers, trying to keep up the garden, repairing the Tsukubai,…
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Bonsai forest caught on video
April is a month of unpredictable weather. We never know how it goes. The only thing that is certain is that the temperatures go up and down, and I have to take care of the sudden night freezing that might occur as late as May…
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Bonsai Q&A +
Improved Q&A on request from one of our dedicated members. Thanks for sending in suggestions for content and improvements. We have taken action on this one, and think this is a great improvement. As usual, members can send in bonsai questions and receive both written…
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The creative shohin display VIDEO
This is a free version to watch from our series of bonsai and shohin-bonsai. The creative display Searching for a different display, with an offset from the original concept and idea of displaying. With a twist. Please enjoy. [arve url=”https://youtu.be/TNMmPMu9oDM” /]
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Bonsai questions from Japan, Canada and the UK
Q&A from Japan, Canada, and the UK are featured in the new episode launched today at Kisetsu-en Bonsai Online. Dealing with various questions about brown needles at coniferous bonsai, roots, and soil problems at Japanese maples, + timing wiring for deciduous bonsai. The watering and…
