Originally posted on The Bonsai Blog of Hans van Meer:
In late March 2012 I was invited by my dear new friends from beautiful Slovenia to come collecting in May. I was all excited because we here in Holland don’t have much Yamadori and not in the least place because I had to make the long 11 hours drive up their alone for the first… Continue reading 8 years in the life of my Prunus mahaleb.

Originally posted on The Bonsai Blog of Hans van Meer:
NO, NO!!! Don’t worry! Picture of my tinny Pine!😎 I am just fine, believe me!🤣 Like I wrote earlier in THIS post: in the early Nineties, the 6 of us went on a long route trip to Milan Italie to see among others Mr Kimura his demo an amazing Bonsai event and a very long… Continue reading Old picture of my tiny Pinus thunbergii corticosa Shohin.

Originally posted on The Bonsai Blog of Hans van Meer:
Why? Because then you will also remove all the Mycorrhizae Fungi that your Pine needs so hard to survive! Why this warning? Well, a few weeks ago I came across a Bonsai care video on YouTube by a very popular online Bonsai amateur who advocated and then showed how he with a water hose removed… Continue reading Never ever wash out the soil of a healthy Pine!

Originally posted on The Bonsai Blog of Hans van Meer:
The Little Bonsai from this story was a wonderful gift from my dear British friend Terry Foster when I stayed at his home many many years ago! He pointed out some, especially in those early days, amazing Yamadori Blackthorns and said: pick one!🥳 So, of course, I went for the odd one out! This little… Continue reading Pictures of my little “Twister” Blackthorn Yamadori (Prunus Spinoza).

Originally posted on The Bonsai Blog of Hans van Meer:
The leaves and crown are a bit big because of an accidental fertilizer overdose 2x 🙄 and some smaller branches need to be wired so it looks a bit fluffy…but I wanted to share it anyway! So I hope you like it ?! The pot was custom made by Brian Albright. Cheers, Hans van Meer. Continue reading Picture of my old Yamadori Hawthorn Literati.

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Today we had the first day or afternoon of rain since the crisis started! All this time we were scared as shit…but with lovely weather! So many Bonsai tasks where don during the last months while getting a nice tan! Among others cutting/pinching back the spring growth off my 4 Taxus baccata Yamadori. As well… Continue reading Working on my old Yew Shohin Yamadori named “Little Terry”.

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The main reason in my opinion why the large wound treatment that I now and then use is not so popular is that it has just a very small percentage of success and that is perfectly understandable! But remember that it is used in situations were otherwise large branches or roots would have been completely… Continue reading Wound treatment technique… sometimes it those work!!!

Originally posted on The Bonsai Blog of Hans van Meer:
In the early 50 of the last century, growers in the little famous village “Boskoop” in Holland started to grow on a larch scale among others Chamaecyparis obtusa nana gracilis or Hinoki cypress. This species proved to be very hard to grow from cuttings so they started to graft them on to the much stronger… Continue reading The story of 3 rare old Dutch Hinoki Cypress urban Yamadori.

Originally posted on The Bonsai Blog of Hans van Meer:
I got in a short time 3 comments and questions from 3 different people about the roots (Nebari) on my 3 Larch Yamadori Bonsai that I posted that I would like to address. O life would be so simple if all collected evergreens and Larch trees had great surface roots (Nebari)…well they hardly ever do!… Continue reading My Larch roots (Nebari).