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South African Bonsai Artists
In this article I introduce you to some of the talented bonsai artists who call South Africa home...
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Increase your bonsai vocabulary with these common terms
Bonsai is a Japanese art form. It stands to reason that there would be many Japanese words ...
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Layering a Hackberry, Part 3
The story of this Hackberry broom-in-the-making continues in this 3rd part where it is removed fr...
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Cape Bonsai Kai, meeting place of passionate bonsai artists
In 1970, four individuals began the Cape Bonsai Kai, which was an immediate success thanks ...
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Some comments on bonsai tree root work
With the repotting season just starting, with some early risers; an Elm and a Hackberry I thought...
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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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Japanese Red Pine bonsai gets a new look
In this post, I guide you through the process which I followed to prepare this Japanese Red Pine ...
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Seasonal Work on an Upright Hackberry
At the end of each growing season deciduous trees need to be worked on. The tasks which need to b...
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Kusamono Appreciation
Kusamono is essentially a planting which may consist of anything including ...
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8th World Bonsai Convention, Saitama, Japan. 2017
Japan hosted the World Bonsai Friendship Federation Convention, after a period of 20 odd years. W...
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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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