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Bonsai Basics

Bonsai Introduction is a basic introduction to the fundamentals of the art of Bonsai.

First Aid A basic guide to Pests and Diseases that affect Bonsai

Starting out with your first bonsai takes you through the basic care of your first bonsai.

Learning to Walk in Bonsai A thorough examination of the fundamentals of learning bonsai by R. Moquin.

Indoor Bonsai Many bonsai need to be kept outside, is your tree suitable for indoor growth and if so, how do you look after it?

A guide to Watering Bonsai Think that watering your bonsai is straightforward? Think again. Incorrect watering is THE main cause of Bonsai death and disease. Learn to water your tree correctly with this essential reading for beginners.

Watering Bonsai and Rain

Watering Bonsai While On Holiday

 

Improving Mallsai: Photo Series A guide to improving the looks and health of shop-bought bonsai.

Feeding How to fertilise and feed your bonsai.

Winter Care Positioning your outdoor tree for the Winter months and protecting against frost.

Wiring A beginners guide to wiring.

Repairing Snapped or Broken Branches

Propagation How to propagate new trees to add to your collection.

Bare Root Tree Care Purchasing bare-rooted trees to develop as bonsai material? An introduction by A.Bielski

Repotting & Rootpruning - Part I Why repotting is essential, How often and when should a bonsai be repotted?

Repotting & Rootpruning - Part II A photo guide to repotting.

Repotting & Rootpruning - Part III Bare-rooting a bonsai

When to Repot Your Bonsai Discovering the best time in the Spring to repot your bonsai

Maintenance Pruning - Part I An introduction to pruning your bonsai and understanding Apical Dominance.
Maintenance Pruning - Part II Spring Bud Pinching.

Maintenance Pruning - Part III Scissor Trimming and Finger Pinching.

Timing The importance of timing in Bonsai


An Introduction to Bonsai Soils Mixing your own soils.

Cat Litter as Bonsai Soil Need a cheap, easily obtainable, quality bonsai soil and live in the UK? Make sure you read this article! (Article now contains information about many alternative products available around the world)

Bonsai Myths Part One: Misting Your Bonsai Does watering in Sunlight burn the leaves of your trees? Why is regular misting bad for your trees?

Bonsai Myths Part Two: Overpotting Why overpotting your trees in training will slow their growth.

Bonsai Myths Part Three Continually Trimming Your Bonsai Why you should leave your bonsai to grow.

Bonsai Myths Part Four: Lime Sulphur Demystifying Lime Sulphur: A complete guide to its uses.

Styling The basic bonsai forms illustrated and explained.

Tools Guide to Bonsai tools.

Horticultural terms A glossary of horticultural terms.

Japanese Bonsai Terms A glossary of Japanese Bonsai Terms.

Shade Cloth Protecting Your Bonsai from the Summer Sun.

Protecting Your Bonsai and Garden Against the Wind

 

 

Advanced Techniques

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A Care Calendar for Satsuki Azalea Bonsai guest article by Ray Beddow

Approach Grafting Roots for Better Nebari Creating new roots by approach grafting

Approach Grafting for Bonsai Creating new branches by approach grafting

Developing a Juniper Shohin/ Juniper Progression Series An article illustrating how to develop your own juniper bonsai from ordinary nursery materia

Creating New Nebari on Bonsai Part Two Developing a Multi-Trunk Bonsai on a Tile or Board

Bending Thick or Brittle Branches Part Three

Bending Thick or Brittle Branches Part Two

Bending Thick or Brittle Branches Part One

Creating and Using 'Uro' with Bonsai

Picea Pruning, Wiring and Styling

Buxus/Boxwood Indepth

Acer Palmatum-Advanced Techniques

Advanced Pruning Techniques for Fagus sylvatica/European Beech

Near and Far Views in Bonsai How perspective effects trunk taper and styling

Choosing the Right Pot for your Bonsai

Threadgrafting New Branches

Defoliating or Leaf-cutting Bonsai

Collecting Trees from the Wild Part One A three part series by Walter Pall.

Collecting Trees from the Wild Part Two A three part series by Walter Pall.

Collecting Trees from the Wild Part Three A three part series by Walter Pall.

Threadgrafting New Roots For better nebari

Apex Building How to style the top of your bonsai

Developing Informal Upright Trunks for Deciduous Bonsai

Field Growing Trees For Bonsai A guide to developing trees with thicker trunks for use as bonsai.

Root Over Rock Bonsai Photo Series

Root Over Rock Bonsai Part Two Photo Series

Winter Heat Beds Providing a little warmth to the roots in Winter

Group Planting A guide to creating group plantings.

Autumn Colour A guide to Autumn/Fall leaf colours.

Pruning Pines A guide to the complexities of pruning Pine species for bonsai.

Pinus mugo/Mugo or Mountain Pine Indepth A guide to Pruning and Repotting Mugo Pines for bonsai

Airlayering A guide to air-layering and ground layering techniques.

Creating Better Nebari Correcting poor nebari with the use of layering techniques.

Creating Deadwood on Bonsai Photo series.

Bending Branches with RaffiaPhoto series.

Promoting Rot in Bonsai

Trunk Splitting Splitting the trunk of a Thuja to cure inverse taper; photo series.

Preserving Deadwood and Curing Rotting Wood Problems A guide to removing areas of rotted wood on your bonsai and stopping any further damage occurring. 

Willow Water An aid to successful rooting?

The Application of Art Principles in Bonsai: Part Three: Foreshortening

    The Application of Art Principles to Bonsai: The Golden Section   

The Application of Art Principles to Bonsai: Visual Movement 

    Tree pH Ranges A list of pH ranges tolerated by tree species.

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Bonsai Articles

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Pemphis acidula Bonsai Branch Removal: Correcting a Problematic Tree Guest Article by Leo N. de Leon new April 2008

Berberis/Barberry Bonsai Progression Series New April 2008

Pemphis acidula bonsai (Philippine Bantigue) Guest Article by Leo de Leon

Juniperus x media Progression Series

Fallen Trunk/Raft-Form Hawthorn Bonsai Progression Series updated March 2008

Developing a large Privet Bonsai/Ligustrum ovalifolium

Perovskia atriplicifolia/Russian Sage Bonsai Progression Series A 'Temporary' Bonsai

Styling a Bantulinao Bonsai (Maba buxifolia) Guest article by T.Lim and L. de Leon

Developing A Shohin Bonsai from a seedling/European Hornbeam Progression Series An article illustrating how to develop your own bonsai from a bare-root seedling

Dead Roots and Root-Rot in Bonsai An examination of bonsai root-rot problems.

Beech Hedge at Meikleour

Collecting Pines In Norway Collecting yamadori bonsai from the Norwegian mountains

Elm Raft Bonsai Progression Series

Hawthorn 'Informal Broom' Progression Series updated May 2007

Hawthorn 'Twin-Trunk' Progression Series

Pinus parviflora/Japanese White Pine Progression Series by T. Riley

Picea glauca var.albertiana/Alberta Spruce Group Planting Styling Series

Old Hawthorn Stump Progression Series

Japanese Maple/Acer palmatum/Mountain Maple Progression Series

Parthenocissus/Virginia Creeper Progression SeriesPrivet Progression Series

Fuchsia Progression Series Tracing the progression of a Fuchsia bonsai

A Juniper Story Progression Series by Tim Riley

Hawthorn Bonsai Progression Series

Lonicera nitida Bonsai Progression Series

European Beech Bonsai Progression Series

Spiraea japonica Bonsai Progression Series

Cotoneaster Mame Bonsai Progression Series

Japanese Larch Bonsai Progression Series

Hawthorn Bonsai Progression Series

Birch Bonsai Progression Series

Wisteria Bonsai Progression Series

Hatsuji Kato Demo at the Bonsai Society of Greater Hartford Spring 2005

Kevin Wilson Demo at Ksiaz Castle, Poland 2005

Slanting Hawthorn Progression series

Juniper/Juniperus x pfitzeriana Tanuki Progression Series

Hawthorn Progression Series

Korean Hornbeam Progression Series

Building a Phoenix Graft or Tanuki Bonsai Progression Series

Blue Moss Chamaecyparis Progression Series By John Hill

Craig Coussins Photo Series Styling a Hinoki Cypress at MABS April 2004

Craig Coussins Photo Series Styling a Scots Pine in Belgium June2004

Hostas As Accent Plants Using Dwarf Hostas as Accent Plantings

Chamaecyparis Progression Series Tracing the progression of a Chamaecyparis bonsai

Pinus Radiata Progression Series Tracing the styling of a Monterey Pine bonsai

Hawthorn Progression Series Tracing the progression of a Hawthorn bonsai updated

Development of a Collected Hawthorn Guest photo series article by Martin Treasure.

Salvatore Liporace Styling a Juniperus Prostrata Guest photo series article by Craig Coussins.

Bonsai Kanji Symbols Guest article by T.Riley

Sending Bonsai Through The Post How to successfully send and receive your bonsai through the Postal System without damage.

Collecting and Repotting Quercus robur/English Oak Bonsai

How I Made My Stand; Making a Dai for a Suiseki by JL Doggett

Collecting for bonsai on a Club Dig by Dave Glazewski

Collecting Trees for Bonsai

Buying Yamadori and Collected Trees off E-bay Avoiding the E-bay bonsai scammers

Anatoly Guest article by William Wilson

Brent Walston discusses How Many Trees?

Sphagnum Moss For Bonsai The Benefits and Dangers of using Sphagnum Moss for Bonsai

Bonsai; Plant in a Pot or Smouldering Cauldron? Guest article by William Wilson

Bonsai and Loco-Motives An Essay by William Wilson

Weeds, Weedkiller and Bonsai Why Weedkiller and Bonsai Don't Mix

Digging and Bare Rooting Japanese Black Pine From a Field in MidSummer Guest Article By Steve Pilacik

Something to Think About A Short Essay by William Wilson

The Effects of Heat on Bonsai How high Summer temperatures can damage bonsai.

Critique An introduction to bonsai appreciation.

Plant Physiology A guide to understanding plant biology and its impact on your bonsai.

Hand Made Bonsai Pots Profile of UK Potters, Erin Pottery

Mudmen: Myths, Facts and Fiction Guest Article by Myron Redding

Sudden Oak Death has now been found to affect Beech and Yew as well as Oak trees. Are we at risk of losing our bonsai from this pathogen?

 

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Galleries

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Bonsai4me Gallery/ Harry Harrington

Bonsai4me Mame Gallery/ Harry Harrington

Bonsai4me Shohin Gallery/ Harry Harrington

Bonsai4me Accent Plants/ Harry Harrington

Juniper Bonsai Animation

Trees by Bob Goodman from England

Trees by Tobie Kleynhans South Africa

Trees by Philippe Massard from France

Bonsai and Suiseki Exhibition, Malaysia, July 2006

Chelsea Flower Show May 2006: Peter Chan and Herons Bonsai

Chelsea Flower Show May 2006:Bushukan Bonsai and FoBBS

Bonsai by Jerry Meislik US

Noelanders Trophy VII January 2006

US National Arboretum Pictures courtesy of John Quinn

US National Arboretum Pictures courtesy of Rob Kempinski

2005 Southport Flower Show, UK;

Clive Marcham Ken Shalliker/Pinewood Bonsai The National Bonsai Society North of England Bonsai

Ksiaz Castle, Poland 2005

IX International Bonsai Exhibition, Poland Images from the 2003 Polish Bonsai Exhibition.

Brisbane Botanic Gardens Australia

Bonsai by Walter Pall from Germany

Bonsai by Victor Dan from Philippines

Trees by Victor Dan from Philippines (Gallery #2)

Bonsai by Mody Manglicmot from Philippines

Bonsai by John Hill from America

Bonsai by Ian Cuppleditch from England

Bonsai by Randy Cowie from America

Bonsai by Karol Dutczak from Poland

Bonsai by Craig Coussins (Scotland) and Robert Atkinson (England)

Bonsai by Craig Coussins from Scotland

Bonsai by Rudy John from Holland

Manila Bonsai Show. Philippines March 3-7 2004.

Bonsai by Martin Treasure from England

Bonsai by John from Melbourne, Australia

Bonsai by Leo de Leon from Philippines

Bonsai by Mike Konig from England

Bonsai by Wlodek Pietraszko from Poland

BONSAI INSPIRATION GALLERIES

Bonsai Animations and Videos

Common Privet Bonsai (15") Video at YouTube

Acer Group Planting Animated 3D Images

Downy Birch Bonsai Video at YouTube

Common Privet (19") Video at YouTube

Juniperus x media 'Hetzii'/Juniper Streamed Video

Juniper Shohin Bonsai Streamed Video

English Elm Bonsai Animated 3D Images

Spiraea Bonsai Streamed Video

Cotoneaster Mame Bonsai Animated 3D images

Hawthorn Mame Bonsai Streamed Video

 

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Species Guides

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Abies species -Firs

 

Acer buerganium -Maples

                                           

Acer campestre -Field Maples


Acer palmatum varieties -Japanese Maples

Acer Palmatum-Advanced Techniques

Aesculus hippocastanum -Horse Chestnut  

Azalea varieties

 

Berberis species -Barberrys

Betula species -Birch Additional Species Information Distinguishing between European Silver and Downy Birch

Bougainvillea species -Bougainvillea

 

Buxus species - Box

Buxus/Boxwood Indepth

 

Camellia species -Camellia

 

Carmona microphylla -Fukien Tea

 

Carpinus species -Hornbeam

Cedrus species -Cedar

 

Celtis sinensis -Hackberry

 

Cercis siliquastrum -Judas Tree

 

Chaenomeles species -Quince

 

Chamaecyparis species -Cypress

Cornus species -Dogwood

Corylopsis species -Winterhazels

 

Corylus species -Hazels

 

Cotinus coggygria -Smoke Tree


Cotoneaster species -Cotoneaster

 

Crassula species -Jade

Crataegus species -Hawthorns

 

Cryptomeria species -Cedars

 

Cydonia oblonga -Common Quince

 

Daphne species -Daphnes

 

Deutzia species -Deutzia

 

Eleagnus species -Eleagnus

 

Enkianthus species -Enkianthus

Euphorbia pulcherrima -Poinsettia

 

Euonymous species -Spindle Trees

Fagus species -Beech

Advanced Pruning Techniques for Fagus sylvatica/European Beech

 

Ficus species -Figs

Forsythia species -Forsythia

 

Fraxinus species -Ash

 

Fuchsia species -Fuchsia

 

Gingko -Maidenhair Tree

Gledista tricanthos -Honey Locust

 

Hedera species -Ivys

Ilex species -Hollys

Jasminium species -Jasmine

 

Juniperus species -Junipers

 

Lagerstroemia indica -Myrtle

Larix species -Larch

Ligustrum species -Privet

 

Liquidamber styrachiflua -Sweetgum

 

Lonicera species -Shrub Honeysuckle

 

Magnolia stellata -Star Magnolia

Malus species -Crab Apples

Nandina domestica -Sacred or Heavenly Bamboo

Olea species -Olive

 

Parthenocissus species -Boston Ivy/Virginia Creeper

Picea species -Spruce

Picea Pruning, Wiring and Styling

Pieris species -Pieris

Pinus species -Pines

 

Podocarpus macrophyllus -Podocarpus

Potentilla fruiticosa varieties -Potentilla/Cinquefoil

 

Prunus species - Blackthorn, cherrys, plum  varieties

Punica granatum varieties -Pomegranate

Pyracantha species -Firethorn

 

Quercus species -Oaks

Collecting and Repotting Quercus robur/English Oak Bonsai

Rhododendron species -Azalea

 

Robinia pseudoacacia -False Acacia/Black Locust

 

Sageretia theezans -Chinese Bird Plum

Salix species -Willow

                                                                                               

Serrisa foetida -Tree of a Thousand Stars

Schefflera actinphylla -Umbrella Tree

 

Sorbus species - Rowans/Mountain Ash

Spiraea species -Spiraea

 

Syringa species -Lilacs

Tamarix -Tamarisk

 

Taxodium distichum -Swamp Cypress

 

Taxus species -Yews

 

Thymus species -Thyme

Tilia species -Lime

 

Tsuga species -Hemlock

 

Ulmus species -Elms

 

Vitis species -Grapevines

 

Weigela species -Weigela

Wisteria species -Wisteria

Zelkova serrata -Japanese Elm

 

 

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