Suggestions & Tips

Bonsai, Helpful Hint, Others, Suggestions & Tips

Repotting Time: Lee Wright

Repotting is not just the time to remove excess roots and refresh the soil. That’s a huge part of it but repotting also gives the bonsai artist an opportunity to dig around the nebari and see if the tree has developed more interesting roots that can be revealed by lowering the soil level. I have […]

Bonsai, Helpful Hint, Suggestions & Tips, Timely Tips

Native Forest Plantings

Marcela Ferreira does not like traditional forest plantings which are usually very formulaic. She finds them ‘anally retentive’ and boring. They don’t evoke anything in her mind. Marcela stressed that the bonsai artist needs to find their own voice in bonsai. With natives, suckering is desirable. More of an effort is needed to create an

Bonsai, Suggestions & Tips

Workshop Notes

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

Bonsai, Others, Suggestions & Tips, Timely Tips

Workshop Notes (May 2024)

This month we are having two workshop meetings, with our special one in the main hall on the first Tuesday and the normal workshop on the third Tuesday night in the activities room. May continues to be a good time for tidying up the foliage of evergreens such as conifers and other non-flowering bonsai, although

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