Tag: bonsai care
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Volunteering at the Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection
So I was emailing back and fourth with Dave Degroot some time ago – he is the curator of the Rim, and told him I’d love to volunteer sometime… he kindly accepted my offer. Today was my first day. I had a GREAT time!!! Fun crew to hang out with, especially our own Dick Benbow […]
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Larch Fest Continues — Patience Pays Off
A few years ago , three to be precise, I took a workshop with renowned Canadian collector David Easterbrook at the PNBCA convention in Vancouver, BC. He was working with some American Larch (larix larcinia) that he had collected in the wilds of Canada and I took the opportunity to acquire one of these special […]
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The Seven States of Bonsai – Part Four
(Yes, bless it all… this is the end.) Continued from Part Three… Recovery: The period of time between activities in which the tree is expending energy on healing and sealing wounds, or on regaining strength post damage. Once a tree has been worked over (especially its roots) leave it alone for several weeks. Water it […]
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The Seven States of Bonsai – Part Three
(Popcorn, soda, and a comfortable chair may be required, but should be worth the read.) Continued from Part Two… Stress: The effect of various impacts both intentional and not, on a tree. When stress turns into distress is where you have a problem. Almost everything we do to trees in bonsai horticulture is a form […]
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The Seven States of Bonsai – Part Two
(This post is rated PG… seedlings should not read this without parental guidence… Yah I know, keep my day job.) Continued from Part One in this series… Reproduction: The development of fruit, seed pods, or cones on a tree. This usually happens during periods of active growth through to fall. Reproduction for a tree early […]
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The Seven States of Bonsai – Part One
If you are reading this you want to learn something about bonsai… sometimes we don’t even know what we are searching for… just something, anything really, which will help us be more successful in keeping our trees alive. Originally this was going to be one huge post, and then my husband rightly pointed out that […]