Bonsai Focus (English Edition) – July-August 2019

After dealing with roots on the surface, cover lightly with fresh soil Brush lightly with a coir brush. It's then ready to be fe ...

Lagerstroemia Marco Lutterotti Pinus mugo Sandro Segneri Rhus cotinus B.C. Castellaro Taxus baccata Bruno Proietti Tocca ARCO BO ...

Greenwood Bonsai Studio The upcoming event Greenwood Bonsai Studio. Ollerton Road, Arnold, Nottingham NG5 8PR. http://www.bonsai ...

A s the keepers of bonsai, we can to an extent govern how a tree grows, by using fertilisers. Fertilisers are to our bonsai what ...

Water-in the pellets well and then leave them for 10-15 minutes while they absorb moisture and swell The slow-release fertiliser ...

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Most straightforward, all-encompassing fertilising regime is to apply an organic, slow-release fertiliser to the surface of the ...

Too much fertiliser and fertiliser burn Always follow the manufacturers' recommended dilution rates and feeding intervals. By do ...

O n examining the tree the first thing that struck me was that the base of the reverse growing trunk is quite thin compared with ...

Outside the box thinking In this extreme tilted position the trunk shows interesting flow, it is moving upward and then comes do ...

Removing the bark First I have to deal with the deadwood. When you want to change the flow of the live veins, Taxus is limited c ...

Carving the deadwood After removing a big chunk of wood at the left top, I will start to carve the rest of the deadwood with a m ...

Some long jins need to be shortened The result after a few hours of carving, The top part has been lightened up by carving hollo ...

A B C D Bending the branches This is a spare branch, just in case B: I'll pull this branch to the front D: A long branch, will b ...

1 2 The branch can be bent even further using the deadwood to anchor it in its new position Detail view shows how far the branch ...

The final result so far To achieve dense foliage pads don’t cut off inner shoots. Rather have branches a bit longer for a few ye ...

Seen from above The view from the right side The view from the back A photo montage shows the tree planted in a cascade pot by J ...

COLUMN Bonsai addicts because therapy did not work By Tony Tickle, with the assistance of Banquo This was the slogan I saw on th ...

Juniperus chinensis Russ Farley Cupressus sempervirens Marco Giannini Photo's: Willy Evenepoel Pinus mugo Nik Rozman Photo: Bons ...