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 reduce the size of its leaves, therefore slowing down its general growth.

Defoliation should be done in Spring or in Summer. This process is very demanding in energy for a tree, and therefore it should not be done every year. The tree should be in good shape before proceeding to defoliation.