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Swamp Cypress Bonsai Styling

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Terry Erasmus styles a customers' Swamp Cypress in this blog post and video. Guiding the reader t...

Miyajima Goyomatsu: Grafted White Pine

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An imported grafted Japanese White Pine receives some attention in this post from Terry Erasmus a...

Twisty little Shimpaku

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In this cool restyling of a Juniper bonsai, Martín Díaz separates the live vein from the de...

Chinese Cork Bark Elm Progression, Part 1

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In this first episode of the development of a field grown Cork Bark Elm as a bonsai tree, Terry E...

Restyling of a locally grown Japanese White Pine

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A customer of mine who purchased this tree from Rudi Adam's collection after his passing br...

Introduction to Bonsai

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Bonsai is an ancient Japanese art form where natural tree forms are created in miniature, in a tr...

Bend it like Brett

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In this vlog, Terry Erasmus shadows local Cape Town bonsai artist, Brett Simon as he prepares ...

Maintenance and training of bonsai trees

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This blog post was inspired by an article in an old edition of the Bonsai Today magazine. In this...

Development of an English Elm Bonsai

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Follow the development of this English Elm bonsai from rooted cutting in a bag, field growing, de...

Japanese Red Pine Styling

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A Japanese red pine imported in 2013, finally get some tender loving care in the form of a proper...

Japanese Red Pine bonsai gets a new look

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In this post, I guide you through the process which I followed to prepare this Japanese Red Pine ...

Makeover of a Chinese Elm - Continued

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In this post we continue with the development of an old Chinese elm which began a remake in 2009....

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