My Bonsai Obsession

Life among my trees

Tuesday, 18 February 2020

A Huge Juniper Transformed

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Last Saturday I decided to attend a meeting at Midway Bonsai Society  after hearing that a young member of Eastern Bonsai Society (EBS)  - ...
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Sunday, 8 December 2019

Hard Pruning a Schefflera

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When someone at a bonsai workshop advises me to chop trees back to leafless stumps, I'm often reluctant to do it. Although I've had ...
Saturday, 24 August 2019

Two Weeks Without Drainage

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I can't believe it's been four months since my last post. Okay, I guess the fact that it's winter in South Africa counts as an...
Monday, 22 April 2019

This Little Juniper Survived

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Some sloppy wiring a year ago reduced my healthy little Juniper Procumbens Nana to half a tree. August 2018 Thankfully eight months ...
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Saturday, 6 April 2019

Life without roots - the cutting that refuses to die

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About 18 months ago I removed a one centimetre thick branch from one of my Acacias. As I so often do when I prune my trees, I decided to ...
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Saturday, 30 March 2019

Straight From the Nursery

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I always photograph new trees as soon as I get them home so that I have a record of their humble beginnings. Sadly when I took photos of m...
Monday, 18 March 2019

Positive Results from a Trunk Chop

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When I did my most recent air layer on a member of my Ficus Ingens family, I was hoping it would stimulate new growth lower down the trunk....
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