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Assessing Summer’s Misdemeanors
At the end of a long growing season we might ask ourselves: ‘What can we do better?’ It’s not a bad idea to have a blunt friend come into the yard and attempt to answer that question. After a while we can’t see our own handiwork. Your friend might say, ‘Your pines could use more […]
Multiple-trunks and Nebari Development
This Japanese Snowbell has appeared before on the blog. We’ll first look at the fall pruning before getting to the nebari. Styrax japonicus in fall, ready for a pruning. After leaf removal. The lower branches were let run this year to thicken them up. The top was pruned once already, in mid-season. Following pruning. Stronger pruning […]
Revisit: Vine Maple Tower
One of the stranger things we’ve made at Crataegus Bonsai is this cascade Vine Maple planted on an internal nylon frame. This was designed in a Winter 2012 Seasonal class. With its 10th year creation anniversary just around the bend, it seemed fitting to offer photos of how it looks now. Vine Maple, Acer circinatum, sitting […]
Michael Hagedorn 