Originally posted on Nebari Bonsai:
Azaleas get very twiggy, and become brittle after a few years. As they age and become brittle, the cambium constricts at the twiggy new growth, and eventually causes the tree to weaken. Peter Warren talks about keeping trees “young” by hard-pruning them every few years. I had let my kurume azalea grow for the last 10 years or so with… Continue reading Hard pruning to encourage growth?

Originally posted on Nebari Bonsai:
A one-year update on this thread. This maple is getting close to “show-ready” again. It went to the 2012 US National Bonsai Exhibition, and since that time, I have been working to improve the base, correct some structural flaws, and heal a couple pruning scars left by correcting said structural flaws. Here is a shot in late November just before… Continue reading The Cycle Continues: Japanese Maple 2018

Originally posted on Michael Hagedorn:
This bunjin pine won the Ben Oki award years ago, and then showed up on the cover of Bonsai Clubs International in 1992. The two and a half decades since, under the stewardship of several owners, have proven that Ponderosa does eventually ramify. In the last few years, however, the lower branch has weakened—made worse by an outbreak of needle… Continue reading New Design for an Awarded Ponderosa Pine-

Originally posted on Kitora no do:
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