General Meeting – Mauro Stemberger Demo
May 15 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Styling demonstration by Mauro Stemberger
Mauro Stemberg was born in Feltre, Italy, and works as an architect and Bonsai artist. At the age of 14, he became fascinated with the art of Bonsai and started his passion with the local Bonsai club.
PSBS News
Message from the President – May 2024
Dear PSBS Members, I hope this letter finds you well and still basking in the camaraderie and knowledge shared at our recent General Meeting and Repotting Workshop. It was truly
May Bonsai Guide 2024
Once plants have leafed out it is time to start fertilizing. See the guide below that Larry Magee gave us last year and use a calendar to record when you
Things to do – May 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgpYcxCAGeY Outdoor: All outdoor trees should have been removed from winter protection and placed on their growing benches. The trees should be receiving as much sun as possible. Watering needs
Phil Malhiot’s Accent Plant Pot
Here is a photo from Page 15 of this ABS Journal. It shows Chris Baker’s tree planted in a brake drum and the accent plant is in a pot made
Field collecting Yamadori
Spring is the time for field collecting or what bonsai hobbyists generically call yamadori, which is technically trees collected from mountains There is no calendar date to start collecting; the
Things to do in April 2024
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
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Transforming Bonsai
In this video Crispin brings in a number of his personal bonsai that need some attention. ——————————————— Order My ‘Bonsai
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Urban Yamadori: Collected Bonsai Tree Second Styling – Part 2
Part two of the epic styling of this locally sourced urban yamadori juniper tree. AUDIO CREDITS: Snowfall by Scott Buckley
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Prairie State Bonsai Society Live Stream
Bonsai Large Collected Tree Clean-Up Part 1
Other News
blog – Michael Hagedorn New Post on Crataegus Bonsai
- Old Study Suggests Plastic Wrap Closes Woundsby crataegus on May 14, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Passing on here a study of wound closure from the 1970’s by one of the great arboriculturists, Alex Shigo. I wish to thank local arborist Rick Till for bringing it to my attention. Alex Shigo Shigo applied both clear and black plastic wraps—with no wraps as the control—around wounds. He concluded that black plastic wrap
- When is it Best to Repot My Bonsai?by J W on May 7, 2024 at 10:01 am
A short but helpful guide on when is best to repot your bonsai and do you repot them all at once.More
Bonsaiplace Creativity Through Bonsai
- Committing a Crime in the name of Bonsai Art.by Bonsaiplace on March 30, 2024 at 12:53 am
I was confronted with this Mugo Pine and had no idea what to do with it. The two bar branches at the bottom is ugly and the two arms going up from there does not lean itself to any of the Bonsai styles that I know of. After many days, weeks and months of staring … Continue reading Committing a Crime in the name of Bonsai Art. →
Bonsai Tonight An educational website about bonsai development
- A two-year air-layer projectby Jonas Dupuich on May 11, 2024 at 6:32 pm
Two years ago, I picked up a field-grown Korean hornbeam salvaged from the fire that struck Telperion Farms in 2020. The tree had a fun trunk but there was room to improve the roots so I started an air-layer. After making the cut I’d just heard about an interesting approach to layering and wanted to
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.