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The most consistent fall color in my garden each year can be found on a red maple forest planting that was started by a friend’s father back in the early 80s.

The highly regarded and anticipated Winter Silhouette Bonsai Expo was again held at the North Carolina Research Center in Kannapolis, outside Charlotte, NC, on December 2-3, 2023.

A GIF makes it easier to visualize branch removal.
Here’s a Chojubai as an example of fall pruning. The pruning shown here may be applied to many shrubs.

Shunka-en Bonsai Museum of Kunio Kobayashi, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo

Nippon Bonsai Taikan Ten Exhibition, November 24-27, 2023, Miyako Messe, Kyoto

Nippon Bonsai Taikan Ten Exhibition- Part 2
Musk Maple, Premna japonica

World Heritage Kiyomizu Temple Bonsai Suiseki Exhibition, November 24-27, 2023 Kyoto, Japan.

Temperatures are dropping these days. Not a lot but freezing it is and this demands some caretaking bringing shohin bonsai into the storage room. After a very wet period, cold can be very destructive. Soil filled with water freezing can both harm not-so-strong pots, and it will often damage the roots. We will look into that in the Live Zoom Q&A on Thursday at 8 PM (UTC +1). Also, topics like balancing the tree in the pot and how to add direction a topics to be put in the spotlight.

This specimen offered a couple key points about Japanese Maple pruning, and pruning forests and clumps.

This year, like the past 25 years, Kora Dalager and I have been leading exciting tours to the Japanese bonsai world. Attached are a few photos to share with followers to my blog,