Category: Bonsai

So recently I’ve been experimenting with thickening the trunk of my bonsai tree. It’s worked out pretty well but one of the problems I’m now facing is that there is no movement in the trunk of...

One of the things I genuinely love about bonsai is how even if you have two trees of the same species, depending on the style of bonsai you opt for, you can have drastically different looks. One such...

For the past 12 months, I’ve been trying to add some taper to the trunk of one of my bonsai. The trunk of the tree isn’t ideal for bonsai at the moment with it being way too long and completely...

One of the most common species used for bonsai that is shooting up in popularity is jade bonsai. Jade bonsai is an incredibly versatile tropical succulent and is often viewed as the perfect species...

One of the things that I didn’t understand when I first started my bonsai journey was just how important the right bonsai potting soil was. One of my Chinese elms was starting to die and I was...

Squirrels are rampant in pretty much every country. It’s estimated that there are around 2.5 million wild grey squirrels in the UK and about 2 million grey squirrels in the USA. This got me...