Developing Roots by Lee Wright
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- Category: Beginners Guide, Bonsai, Helpful Hint, Suggestions & Tips
This is a trident maple, about 30 cm tall, with a lot of potential and coming along very well but the widespread roots are not attractive and diminish the quality of the tree. I accepted this for several years (when […]
BSA Bonzai Zoom
For the last couple of months the BSA has been trialing weekly Zoom meetings. For the first month or so four members tried to get their their heads around how this would work and what the the format would be […]
What to do in July
- Posted By: Michele Toomey
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- Category: Bonsai, Things to Do...
Now winter has well and truly arrived and it’s time to get going with the repotting of deciduous trees, if you haven’t already started. Some of the species you should be working on include crabapples, maples, elms, wisteria, flowering prunus […]
Winter Spraying with Lime Sulphur by Andrew Edge
- Posted By: Andrew Edge
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- Category: Bonsai, Suggestions & Tips
Being the first month of winter also means it’s the first of three ‘bench sprays’ over the next three months. I like to do any spraying on the first weekend of the month- that way I remember to do the […]
Australian Plants as Bonsai Exhibition 2020
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With not much to look forward to in the way of exhibitions in the near future, here is some looking back to the Australian Plants as Bonsai Exhibition held at the Australian National Botanic Gardens earlier this year. The trees […]
Nature’s Way: Lee Wright
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This was supposed to be a photo styling article but after a few cuts I decided that nature had the better idea. The plant is a Leptospermum myrsinoides – Twisted Sister – and I got it at the AABC All […]
HANDY HINT- Bread Bag Closures: Lee Wright
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- Category: Bonsai, Helpful Hint
Are we missing a cheap bonsai aid by throwing out the plastic tabs that seal the bread bags? They are easy to clip around a small branch and can help keep track of certain tasks without having a plastic marker […]
Cancellation of BSA Meeting & Workshop
Hello BSA Members It is with regret that our BSA meetings and workshops will be cancelled until further notice due to the corona virus. Good news is that the newsletter will continue to keep you up to date.
Clinton’s Banksia
Clinton brought this lovely little tree to the February meeting to illustrate how good Australian natives are for bonsai. This is a dwarf variety and like all Banksia serrata, it has wrinkled, grey, knobbly bark and shiny green serrated leaves. […]
February Demonstration Recap: Clinton Nesci
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- Category: Bonsai, Monthly Demonstration
Clinton choose a neglected literati Juniper procumbens that had been languishing in the back of the nursery without much attention for some time and needed ‘a new style for the New Year!’ Literati trees are very different from fuller style […]
