As much as we try and keep our bonsais small and under control …sometimes life can get in the way and the next thing we know are trees are growing like crazy and they end up being far too tall. If this happens it is totally fine, sometimes you need to let your tree to […]

Pruning your bonsai is a lot of fun and more importantly it keeps your tree healthy, but there seems to be a lot of confusion around how often you should be doing this. I get a lot of questions around this topic and people always seem to want to know exactly when they should be

Shaping your bonsai through pruning is very achievable, and actually pretty simple, it just takes time. This is often something beginners really struggle with, but if you just take things step by step and slowly build out your tree from the trunk outwards, you will realise that it’s not too hard, the difficult part is

Occasionally you will find a tree that has multiple trunks, and while these look cool, they can seem a lot more intimidating when it comes to pruning, but really you can treat them in a very similar way to any other tree. Your thought process should be the same; it just might take a little

Pests and disease are something your tree is always at risk of suffering, but the risk is always higher when you are pruning your tree. The fresh wounds expose the delicate inner layers of the tree to the elements and anything can now get into the tree very easily. While this sounds scary, it is

If you are new to bonsai, pruning a tree can be really intimidating. You can be faced with hundreds of branches going in every direction and it can be hard to know where to even start, let alone what to do.  Knowing what branches to prune back or remove isn’t too difficult, you just have

Pruning your bonsai is an important part of the process, but knowing when you should be doing this is even more important. If you get this wrong it can really affect the health and progress of the tree, so it vital that you can learn to understand your tree and be able to tell when

When it comes to pruning a bonsai, people often think you need the special bonsai tools to do the job, but the truth is you can pretty much use anything. Of course bonsai tools will be better suited for the job but when you are just starting out you can use all sorts of different

Pruning your tree is very important for a number of different reasons, one of which is that it can give your tree the shape that you want. This is absolutely something that can be achieved, but it will take multiple attempts to get there. You won’t be able to prune a tree just once and

When it comes to pruning your bonsai, there are actually a number of different techniques you can use, and I will go through them all here. Some are more important than others, and will be used a lot more often, but either way it is good to know all the options that are available. You