Photo Whiteout Exercise This photo is in a retirement home in Wisconsin that I frequent. My mother lives there. The complex is so huge that I often forget which hallway it is on, but when I do find it I stand in front of it as if viewing a painting in a museum. There is much going on […]
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Satsuki Azalea Early Summer Work: Fishtail The major season of work on Satsuki azalea is after blooming. Remaining flowers are removed. The ovaries are cut off. And the shoots are selected, shortened, and the leaves reduced to 2, a technique known as fishtail.  Let’s take a look at this key azalea maintenance technique.  A Satsuki azalea at the end of bloom […]
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June Bonsai Projects A few projects from the 2025 June Seasonal workshop—with notes on Styrax, Black Pine, Red Maple, a ground-layered Beech, and a magnificent flowering carnivorous plant. Jody and Nick defoliate a Styrax.  The Styrax after defoliation. The top is getting strong, as it does every year, but after years of letting the lower shoots grow out, […]
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