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Message from the President April 2025
President’s Letter – April 2025Prairie State Bonsai Society Dear Members, We had an engaging and hands-on mini-workshop led by Linda Camp, where members had the opportunity to review and rearrange
Silhouette 2025 Show Review
. 2025 Silhouette Show Craig Cronquist The Prairie State Bonsai Society presented its fifth annual Silhouette Show on Saturday, February 22nd, and Sunday, February 23rd, at The Morton Arboretum in
Tree of the Month April 2025
photo by Larry Magee Arakawa Rough Bark Maple 粗皮 Katlin Mulligan The Rough bark Japanese maple, Acer palmatum‘Arakawa,’ is a beautiful cultivar that exhibits rough bark, which adds impact to a bonsai. The
Things to do in April 2025
Outdoor: This is the busiest month in bonsai. Once the danger of temperatures in the low twenties or less has passed, it is time to bring
Message from the President – March 2025
President’s Letter – March 2025 Prairie State Bonsai Society Dear Members, One of the major highlights of 2025 was the Silhouette Show, held on February 22-23 at the Morton Arboretum.
Things to do – March 2025
THINGS TO DO THIS MONTH Outdoor: The situation here is the same as it was last month. Leave trees in winter for protection and water as needed. Do not fertilize.
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Urban Yamadori: Collected Bonsai Tree Second Styling – Part 2
[youtube-feed-single]Part two of the epic styling of this locally sourced urban yamadori juniper tree. AUDIO CREDITS: Snowfall by Scott Buckley
Other News
blog – Michael Hagedorn New Post on Crataegus Bonsai
- What Does Spruce Pinching Do?by crataegus on April 25, 2025 at 2:43 pm
Spruce bonsai are beautiful at any time of year, but in the spring they brighten with masses of light green buds. Here is an Engelmann Spruce that illustrates why we pinch these buds in spring. The Engelmann Spruce growth habit is loose. If we were to just let this spruce grow, the looseness would be
- A great shotby Joe Schoech on April 20, 2025 at 3:00 am
A great shot from the Pacific Bonsai Museum.More
Bonsaiplace Creativity Through Bonsai
- Photo Story: Gardenia Bonsai Update January 2024by Bonsaiplace on January 14, 2025 at 5:13 am
This tree started its journey from throw-away tree to Bonsai in February 2021. I wrote about how I got to be in possession of this tree back then. https://bonsaiplace.net/2021/02/28/off-the-back-of-a-truck/ . Here we are, four years later and the progression is slow but deliberate. This is within the principle of Kaizen which means doing small bits … Continue reading Photo Story: Gardenia Bonsai Update January 2024 →
Bonsai Tonight An educational website about bonsai development
- Separating a ground layer on a shohin oliveby Jonas Dupuich on April 20, 2025 at 9:45 pm
Last summer I started an ground layer on a small olive (see “Shohin olive ground layer” for details). The lower part of the trunk was unattractive so I figured layering the upper part of the trunk would be a great way to make the most of the material. Olive with faulty lower trunk The tree
Growing Bonsai Grow your own miniature tree
- Japanese maple early developmentby Jelle Ferwerda on May 28, 2022 at 11:03 am
A short video showing me working a japanese maple! The post Japanese maple early development appeared first on Growing Bonsai.