Orchids
Evolving tree; Evolving thought
Carl, using his very recognizable Chinese maple as reference, for his debut article on Bonsai Tre...
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Two novel approaches to developing Trident Maple bonsai, Technique 2
In this 2nd of two novel techniques for developing Trident maple bonsai, or any other easy-to-fus...
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Two novel approaches to developing Trident Maple bonsai, Technique 1
Chinese or Trident Maples are very obliging bonsai subjects. In this first of two blog post I wil...
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Root over Rock Chinese Maple: A critical analysis
In this blog post we study a wonderful example of the root over rock style in bonsai. The species...
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Naked Tridents - in all their glory
Trident Maples make superb bonsai subjects and in this post we take a look at a number of wond...
Creating the canopy of a bonsai tree
Creating bonsai structure in bonsai is probably one of the most misunderstood yet most written...
2nd Defoliation of a Chinese Maple
A few weeks ago I defoliated this maple and it was featured in a blog post on this site along ...
How to repot your bonsai
This is the last in the blog series on repotting bonsai trees. In this post we will go through...
Some final tips for winter
In this blog post we cover some of the last minute tasks I would recommend for the tail end of...
Approach grafting revisited
Earlier this season I did quite a number of approach grafts on trident maples and hackbe...