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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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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…
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Bonsai Online starts May 25
Weekly episodes Kisetsu-en Bonsai Online brings you a weekly video for your inspiration. Improve your skills, improve your bonsai. You can sign up now atĀ www.shohin-europe.comĀ and begin watching. The first new video will be online on May 25, but you have full access to the archive…
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Kisetsu-en Bonsai Online
We are relaunching the Bonsai Online streaming service soon. There clearly is a need for bonsai online instructions these days. We expand the tutorials with a wider range of bonsai covered, so both medium-large to small shohin are subjects for seasonal care, styling, and techniques.…
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Celebrate the World Bonsai Day
Each year, on the second Saturday in May, the World Bonsai Friendship Federation celebrates “World Bonsai Day”. Encouraging to share the joy and brotherhood we all feel because of our involvement with bonsai. In memory of Saburo Kato, former chairman of the WBFF. Saburo Kato…
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Grab a cap and maple leaves
Grab a cap, cup or t-shirt, and support our activities. New designs are updated in the shop. For two more days the standard delivery is free. Just activate the redeem button at the top of the shop page. I am glad to see the logo…
