This month is not too late to repot deciduous trees, so long as they aren’t yet in leaf. It’s probably too late for repotting deciduous flowering species such as peaches and cherries, as they have most likely flowered already, and are, by mid-late August, in leaf. Once flowering has taken place, though, they may need […]
Michael Kempson will share his tips and techniques for preparing trees to show. There’s more to it than just putting a bonsai on a stand and grabbing a companion plant. Join us as Michael walks us through his routine to get the best possible result from his material.
I, like many of you, I’m sure, have been very busy repotting trees every chance I get! July and August, at least in my collection, are the months when most root pruning and repotting take place. We are starting to get some warmer days, although there are most likely some cold nights still to come.
Marcela Ferreira is a Melbournian passionate in her interest in Australian native trees as bonsai. Marcela has dedicated her bonsai interest in working with hundreds of natives from tube stock to yamadori and has achieved a reputation as an authority on these plants. Her attitude is- grow lots, kill lots, learn lots. Marcela gets a
If you have never tried your hand at a group planting of deciduous bonsai before, this month is your chance to be guided in developing one of your own to add to your collection. This is one of our planned focus workshops for the year, creating a group planting of a deciduous species of your
Sean is a popular and extremely talented bonsai artist whose work has been represented in the National Bonsai and Penjing Collection in Canberra. He is well known for his passion for yamadori (collected trees) and their subsequent care. Sean’s impressive skills span bonsai of all sizes, from spectacularly massive olive and privets to perfect shohin
It’s been a cold start to winter this year but a break from the rain has been welcome, and I’ve been able to commence repotting my deciduous bonsai, as I’m sure many of you have as well. Some of the species you should be working on include crabapples, maples, elms, wisteria, liquidambars, flowering prunus of
It was good! Really good! Well organised, lots to learn, great demos and a good sale area. Friday was an optional bus tour of a major bonsai nursery and Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens. The nursery was chock-a-block with VERY interesting stock plants and it was hard to say no, but plants could not be taken
This month you can start bringing dormant deciduous species for repotting and styling. If you are planning to put your tree into a bonsai pot for the first time, be sure to bring at least a couple of pots you think might work well with the tree. Sometimes it’s hard to tell, when a tree
Evan has kindly stepped in for June’s demonstration as Sean Hood could not make it. Sean will demonstrate in July.
