The Kaizen Bonsai Blog by Graham Potter
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Shohin Bonsai Available
Lots of shohin available now. Not cheap but mostly good quality and nice pots. Email for details and include pic's please. G.
Trees, Trees, Trees
Since Brexit became a reality our esteemed leaders have introduced some pointless draconian laws that make it (probably) easier to bring nuclear weapons into the Uk than it does plants. Therefore it's no longer possible for KB to bring in the 1500-2000 plants a year we were doing for a long time. Therefore we have taken the action of withdrawing from tree sales entirely for the foreseeable future. However after more than 30 years mucking about with bonsai I do have a LOT of stuff in my personal collection that litters the place up. Like most folk I can't resist poking a cutting into a pot...
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Bonsai Techniques – Air Layering Part 2
Name Your Own Price
NOW SOLD. THANKS FOR ALL THOSE OFFERS. Part of the problem with the bonsai business is that, at least as far as plants are concerned, there is a very limited supply. It's not possible to walk into some mystical superstore reserved exclusively for commercial suppliers...
This Could Take Some Time
A few years ago i ran a series of articles in the bonsai magazine telling the story of some trees over their ten year journey from collecting to becoming bonsai. After nigh on thirty years of working with collected trees I am adamant that, in the UK at least, ten...
“Little Strokes Fell Great Oaks.”
It's almost impossible to believe it has been nearly thirty years since I bought my first bonsai tree. A great deal has happened since then including Kaizen Bonsai and an inconceivable number of trees have passed through my hands. One thing that happens from time to...
Now That’s FUNNY
I buy a lot of bonsai trees it's about half of my day job, the other half is obviously selling them. If you have ever bought two hundred odd individual and different bonsai in an afternoon you will be only too aware of how one very much blends into another. I also...
Sabina Junipers First Work
It's been a wonderful week here at KB. We have just the right number of orders coming in and now the evil north wind has gone and the weather is beautiful. 15c outdoors and 40c in the greenhouse and no daytime rain for over two months. Trees are looking beautiful and...