Tag: #NebariBonsai
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Another post from Nebari Bonsai…
Japanese Maple Spring Cleaning Brian VFJapanese Maple May 22, 2021 1 Minute A couple weeks ago, readers saw the last year of struggle for this Japanese Maple. Fortunately, it is on the road to recovery, and it’s time to remove wires and handle some light pruning and perform a partial defoliation. Here’s where we left off…
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Another post from Nebari Bonsai…
Losing trees, Japanese Maple Brian VFJapanese Maple, Losing Trees May 8, 2021 1 Minute Almost, anyway. The aggressive wiring, followed by exceptional freezing conditions in January 2020 resulted in a disastrous year for this Japanese Maple. Here it is in December, 2020, as most of the leaves have fallen: Continue reading over at NEBARI BONSAI to…
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Another Nebari Bonsai lesson…
Bud pinching Japanese Maples Brian VFDeciduous, Japanese Maple April 17, 2021 1 Minute In the spring, with healthy Japanese maples, bud-pinching is a common technique to keep internodes short on refined trees. It is a simple procedure, and needs to be performed about daily as Japanese maples are waking up in the spring. The earlier you…
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Another Interesting Post from Nebari Bonsai…
Hawthorn winter pruning and wiring Brian VFDeciduous April 10, 2021 3 Minutes This hawthorn has grown rather slowly over the last few years, and I attribute it (right or wrong) to my increased use of fungicides. Regardless, over the last few years, I have let it mostly grow, and now it’s time to sort out what…
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New Post from Nebari Bonsai
New Spring Growth shots Brian VFDeciduous April 3, 2021 1 Minute This not-great zelkova was budding out the other day, and I noticed the buds nearly matched the pink pot color of this Shibakatsu pot: Spring growth in someone else’s collection! Read more at NEBARI BONSAI
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Another Interesting Bonsai Post from Nebari Bonsai…
Bending with rebar Brian VFJunipers, Kiyozuro, Styling March 27, 2021 2 Minutes Sometimes wrapping a branch or trunk with wire doesn’t have enough holding power, and using rebar as an anchor point for guy-wires is more effective. This is my Kiyozuru Itoigawa, purchased from Chikugo-en in L.A…which, from all I have been able to find,…
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Repotting a Japanese Maple
Brian VFJapanese Maple, repotting March 20, 2021 1 Minute I didn’t get around to repotting this one last year, and it was the first time I skipped a year repotting it in probably 15 years, so I wasn’t looking forward to wrestling it free, and working the roots all the way back. However, it was…
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Pruning and wiring Shimpaku, along with a repot
Another wonderful Bonsai post from Nebari Bonsai Brian VFJunipers, Pinching, Pruning, repotting, Shimpaku, Wiring March 13, 2021 1 Minute I’ve had this one for almost 10 years now. The last couple years have resulted in a committed design direction. After first major work in December 2018: It was repotted in 2019, with significant root work,…
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More thread-grafting on an Arakawa Japanese Maple
Brian VFJapanese Maple February 27, 2021 1 Minute The primary branches on this tree were made by thread-grafting, and the tree itself was made from an air-layer of nursery stock I bought in 2008. So this tree is pretty artificially developed. However, to keep growth dense and movement present with trees, sometimes this is the…
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Japanese Black Pine winter work
Brian VFJapanese Black Pines, Uncategorized February 13, 2021 1 Minute Wired in 2019, repotted in March 2020, candle-pruned in July 2020. Here is how it looked in December 2020: You can continue reading this interesting bonsai post at NEBARI BONSAI