Australian Plants As Bonsai 2025
As always, the Australian Plants as Bonsai Show, at the National Botanical Gardens in Canberra, was a wonderful display of native bonsai. It is always inspiring to see. Below are a selection of trees with their catalogue descriptions. 19 Ti […]
Working The Nebari by Andrew Edge
- Posted By: Andrew Edge
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I’ve had this Ficus macrophylla (the Moreton Bay fig) for twenty years, inheriting it when I bought the property and nursery, Bibo Bonsai, in Peats Ridge. For many years it has been kept alive and just moved with me when […]
Notes From ‘sharing Our Learnings” On Eucalyptus
- Posted By: Lee Wright
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The Victorian Native Bonsai Club hosted the 10th Symposium of Australian Native Plants as Bonsai in Melbourne at the end of August. The two day native infusion was well planned, superbly delivered and the delegates got a lot of facts […]
Workshop Notes
- Posted By: Michele T
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We have had a few new members join at our recent show, and I’m bearing in mind that some of you might be quite new to the bonsai adventure. Even if you don’t yet have many trees to work on, […]
What Is Zeolite and Why Add It to Your Bonsai Mix
- Posted By: Ian W
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I was introduced to Zeolite and Enfield Produce in Sydney by a bonsai mentor Rob Clausen and have been using 2-4mm Zeolite at about a 10% additive for about 30 years. As a relatively inexpensive mineral additive it attracts and […]
A Passionate Voice For Australian Natives
- Posted By: Lee W
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- Category: Beginners Guide, Bonsai, General, Timely Tips
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 […]
Workshop Notes
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 […]
Spraying Trees with Diluted Lime Sulphur
- Posted By: Andrew Edge
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Spraying with diluted lime sulphur in winter can help kill pests and fungal spores on benches and trees. In my garden, the first month of winter means it’s time for the first of three ‘bench sprays’ of lime sulphur over […]
AABC Brisbane Convention
- Posted By: Lee Wright
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- Category: Bonsai, Events, Exhibitions / Shows, General
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 […]
Workshop Notes
- Posted By: Michele Toomey
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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 […]
