Care of Japanese Black Pine Bonsai Across Their Lifecycle
The confusion surrounding how to care for Japanese Black Pine bonsai likely stems from the reality that these trees require different work to be done at different phases of thei...
Decandling Decisions for Japanese Black Pine Bonsai
Decandling a Japanese Black Pine is one of the techniques that allows for long-term containment of mature bonsai and establishment of younger trees as bonsai. Analyzing your goa...
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Improving Young Root Over Rock Pines
Root over Rock is one of Eric's favorite bonsai styles, and at any time he has at least a half-dozen young trees in training with auxiliary soil retention mechanisms in place to...
Fall Cleanup of a Large Japanese Black Pine
Follow the progress of a Japanese Black Pine bonsai tree during annual fall clean-up, including pulling needles and wiring. Reduce the density of the needles yearly so that ligh...
Sacrifice Branch Reduction to Develop a Good Bonsai Tree
Bonsai trees sometimes need a sacrifice branch to create the wood that will give the tree good proportion. Learn how to properly manage a sacrifice branch as you develop your tr...
Selective Decandling and Cutback of a Japanese Black Pine
This case study shows the progress over 5 years of a Japanese Black Pine bonsai through selective decandling and cutback. Inspiration for the design of this tree came from a gre...
Nine Things You Need to Know About Decandling Japanese Black Pine
One thing that most bonsai enthusiasts find fascinating when they first start to learn about Japanese Black Pine bonsai is that all of their new growth must be cut off in the su...
Creating Small Juniper Bonsai Rock Plantings
Bonsai rock plantings imitate the awe-inspiring state of trees in harsh natural environments struggling to find nutrients. Read this article to learn how to create and mainta...
Exposed Root Pine Bonsai #2
Detailed, step-by-step guidance on making exposed-root pine bonsai, following a tree Eric grew from seed in 2006 over 9-years of development.
Exposed Root Pine Bonsai #1
The progression over 8 years in the development of an exposed root Japanese Black Pine bonsai tree that was started from seed in February of 2006. Photos from 3 and 6 years of d...