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Larch Trees

Larch trees can make beautiful bonsai specimens! They have delicate foliage that turns a lovely golden colour in the autumn, which adds to their appeal as bonsai. When styling a larch bonsai, you can emphasize its naturally elegant shape and create a miniature version of its majestic appearance in nature.

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Shimpaku Juniper

The Shimpaku Juniper is native to Japan, the Kurile Island and the Sahalin Peninsula. It prefers rocky, well-drained soils. In its natural range, it is most often found growing near the sea. The foliage is needle-like on young trees and scale-like on older trees. The fruit is a small, hard, bluish berry. One of the best characteristics of Shimpaku is its hard resinous wood; ideal for advanced sculptural techniques such as jin, shari and sabamiki.

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Buxus Harlandii - Victor Byrdy

The Buxus group embraces many forms around the world. The common English Box, Dutch Box, Korean Box, Japanese Box, the Taiwanese Box (Buxus Harlandii) and the Kingsville Box. They share the same needs and requirement when growing and propagation so the information about the Harlandii will apply to all the Buxus species.

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Wisterias

A detailed overview of the many Wisteria species.

Most wisteria bonsai are of medium or large size because the long flower clusters need some height to hang from. Wisterias are very well suited for bonsai but their special feature is the flowers. After flowering the trunk and branches are hidden under long leaves and proliferating tendrils and then the wisteria returns to the second row in the bonsai garden.

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Callistemon as Bonsai

Extract from an article by Derek Oakley of the Bonsai Workshop, Perth.

The Bottlebrush is a spectacular plant when it is in flower, and as a bonsai it is even more so. To cultivate this native as bonsai is a must, not only because of its flowers, but also because of its speed of growth and its capacity to take pruning and training.

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