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Bonsai is the Japanese art of growing and shaping dwarf trees. These trees, though fully mature, may be only a foot or two high. There are certain species of trees that are specially favored, especially evergreens, though other species are sometimes used. The tree is shaped by trimming, wiring or clamping to shape the branches differently, and so forth. Different styles of culturing and shaping trees include chokkan, shakan, kengai, netsuranari, bunjin-gi, yose ue, sekijoju, hokidachi, ikadabuki, and ishizuke.
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Privet Bonsai Spring Maintenance - Haven't had much time to work on bonsai, however this Privet deserved a visit from the scissors. Going to clean up alot of the free growth, and partially defoliate to reduce leaf size to spur further back-branching and ramificati... - 2011/05/14 San Jose juniper bonsai - big steps forward - This is a San Jose Juniper; it's nursery stock tree that I've trained since last summer. This is her first major working since initial reduction and making a few branch decisions; it looks to be going the way of windswept, the branches all hav... - 2011/04/24 Juniper Blaauw prebonsai material strikes a pose - This little nursery tree has been with me approx 2 1/2 years, slowly getting worked here and there until I felt it was time to move into a 'training' pot that I specifically created for it some time back. It's a good 8-10 years from being pres... - 2011/04/12 Privet enters into a new future as Bonsai - This Privet soon-to-be-bonsai has been collected for about 14 months. Right after collection I moved it into my garden in the ground, with a large flat brick underneath the root ball. It's a single trunk, will be 'informal' style tree.... - 2011/04/10 Japanese Boxwood Bonsai gets needed springtime cleaning - I've worked on this tree since purchasing as nursery stock almost 2 years ago. Pot created by my best friend Aaron, the legs are tree trunks that wind up into the top of the pot's rim.
A view before work begins. This little... - 2011/04/10 Privet Double-Trunk Bonsai gets a little work - Here is a Privet that I've been training into bonsai for about 2 years now since collection. A Privet with 2 trunks. I've hollowed out both trunks to give the impression of natural damage/age. Now it's time for some branch moving a... - 2011/04/10
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Basic information about about the care, grooming and purchasing of bonsai trees and shrubs. Plus news and resources.
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