Great Swamp Bonsai Society
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Deadwood Carving on Yew
This is a landscape yew that I collected from a club member's childhood home, in advance of his selling the house--he called and asked if there was anything we liked, we should help ourselves, and we did! Two or three years later, I finally decided to work on all the cut branches that would not be part of the living foliage. Several hours later, my hands ache and my arms feel like carpal tunnel syndrome, but the result is, I think, not bad!
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Dwarf Alberta Spruce initial design 2020 10 18
มุมมอง 15K4 ปีที่แล้ว
14-minute amateur video demonstrating initial pruning and design planning on a Dwarf Alberta Spruce (Picea glauca conica).
Approach graft update 2020 06 11
มุมมอง 814 ปีที่แล้ว
In 2018 I attempted an approach graft to replace the undesirable apex of a collected Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana). That graft failed because the stock trunk healed over and pushed the scion (a branch from the same tree, bent into position) out of the graft area. This time I used a die-grinder to make a really deep groove, I cut away the healed cambium on the scion, and fastened the g...
Bud-pinching American/Canadian Hemlock Bonsai
มุมมอง 1.9K4 ปีที่แล้ว
A short amateur video clip demonstrating the technique for bud-pinching Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis).
Arborvitae haircut 2020 05 17
มุมมอง 1024 ปีที่แล้ว
A short amateur video demonstrating how to thin and style Arborvitae (Northern White Cedar) bonsai using a "haircut" technique.
Canada Plum leaf pruning 2020 05 07
มุมมอง 2184 ปีที่แล้ว
A short amateur video explaining the desirable characteristics of the Canada Plum (Prunus nigra) for bonsai, and a demonstration of leaf-pruning as part of the "cut-and-grow" technique that works well in developing this species as bonsai.
Getting Started with a Nursery Juniper
มุมมอง 1144 ปีที่แล้ว
A 14-minute amateur video demonstrating the process of eliminating unnecessary and extraneous branches as the first step in developing bonsai from landscape nursery material.
Yew bud pinching 2020 05 03
มุมมอง 2204 ปีที่แล้ว
A short amateur video clip demonstrating the purpose and technique of early-season bud-pinching on Yew (Taxus).
Juniper bud pinching 2020 05 05
มุมมอง 5734 ปีที่แล้ว
A short amateur video clip explaining how to decide where and how much to bud-pinch Juniper bonsai (in this case, Eastern Red Cedar).
Honeysuckle and Spruce bud pruning 2020 05 01
มุมมอง 1934 ปีที่แล้ว
A short amateur video clip demonstrating the technique and purpose of early-season bud-pruning/leaf-pruning in Bush Honeysuckle and Spruce bonsai.
Beech bud pruning 2020 05 01
มุมมอง 2324 ปีที่แล้ว
A short amateur video clip demonstrating the technique, and the purpose of early-season leaf-pruning/bud-pruning in American Beech bonsai.
Amur Maple leaf pruning 2020 05 02
มุมมอง 3.1K4 ปีที่แล้ว
A short amateur video clip demonstrating early-season leaf-pruning in Amur Maple bonsai, which are treated differently than Japanese Maples.