My Bonsai Obsession

I thought I had my clip and grow Ficus Natalensis all sorted out. It's been hard work getting it to where it is without ever using wire...

After my last post about my Clip and Grow Ficus  I thought I was done for the season. After six months of solid growth and minimal pruning i...

This little Ficus Natalensis has far exceeded my expectations in terms of the progress it made this summer. When I wrote about its second ch...

At some stages in a tree's development it's best to do nothing other than leave it to grow. Such was the situation with the Trident ...

This Ficus Natalensis is one of those I first discussed in my post Clip and Grow Bonsai  about six months ago. When I wrote that post I disc...

An article I read last night indicated that wiring is almost essential to the bonsai process. That's not what I wanted to hear. I try t...

Today I present you with two trees that I've been working on for a while. They're one of my favourite species - Ficus Natalensis, a ...

My last post ended on rather a negative note. I'd totally lost my way in trying to turn a young fig tree into bonsai after making a cho...

I still remember the first bonsai workshop I attended. It was February 2008 and I'd only been a member of my club for about three months...