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Everything You Need to Know About the Spruce Bonsai Tree
The spruce is an evergreen conifer tree and should be placed outdoors. It is not easily shaped, because wired branches usually tend to go back to t...
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Everything You Need to Know About Japanese black pine Bonsai Tree
The Japanese black pine is an evergreen pine tree and should always be placed outdoors. It is widely used for bonsai and much appreciated because t...
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Everything You Need to Know About the Ginkgo Bonsai Tree
The ginkgo is an extraordinary and very resistant species. It is a deciduous tree and should always be placed outdoors. The ginkgo exists in males ...
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Five Methods to Grow Your Own Bonsai Tree
Grow from seeds
You can grow your own bonsai from seeds. This will allow you a complete freedom regarding the shape you want to give to your tree,...
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Everything You Need to Know About the Japanese Maple Bonsai Tree
The Japanese maple is a deciduous tree widely appreciated for the wide variety of colors that its foliage offers throughout the year.
The Japanese...
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Everything You Need to Know About Juniper Bonsai Tree
The juniper is another very popular bonsai tree species. It is an evergreen conifer tree and should be placed outdoors. The juniper is especially g...
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Everything You Need to Know About Ficus Bonsai Tree
The ficus is the most popular bonsai indoor tree species. It is a tropical tree and should not be placed outdoors, except if temperature is above 6...
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Defoliation: Give a Fresh Start to Your Bonsai Tree
Defoliation is a pruning technique that consists in removing all the leaves from a tree. This process allows the tree to grow new branches and redu...
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The Different Shapes to Structure your Bonsai Tree
Each bonsai tree is unique and different, but shapes can be classified in different groups, each having its own specifications and particularities....
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Jin & Shari: Two Advanced Techniques to Structure your Bonsai Tree
Jin and shari techniques are similar and consist in working deadwood (or voluntarily creating it) to reproduce what can be observed on trees in nat...
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Wiring Tips and Techniques to Shape your Bonsai Tree
The wiring technique consists in wrapping aluminum or copper wires around the trunk and branches of the bonsai tree to give it the desired shape.
W...
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Tips and Techniques to Perform Structural Pruning of your Bonsai Tree
The goal of structural pruning is to give the desired shape to your bonsai.
Structural shaping is mostly done in winter on outdoor bonsai trees, wh...
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