BONSAI & news 208 March-April 2025

BONSAI SUMMARY & news 208

• Gallery: The annual Tokyo bonsai exhibition;
• Bonsai for beginners: The bonsai invitation;
• Bonsai science: The last paradise of Juniperus chinensis 'Tohoku': specimens shaped by deities;
• The oldest cherry tree on the planet is in Japan;
• Reproduction from cuttings of mini cherry trees; 
• Methods of obtaining and shaping;
• What is a good nebari?; 
• Pinching of shoots and spring pruning; 
• Ready-to-use bonsai: the rock style; 
• How to give new life to a bonsai;
• Ilex serrata, cultivation and care;
• For each species its own fertilizer;
• Spring Keimeikai;
• Apprenticeship in Japan;
• Reflections on small trees: In search of authenticity between tradition and modernity; 
• Questions & answers: The question corner