The Kaizen Bonsai Blog by Graham Potter
Pretty Pictures
Seeing as I was having a good bitch and moan last week I thought it would be a good idea to redress the balance with a happy post. Sadly we are not able to trade trees like we have done in years past so the number in the garden is drastically reduced. However the quality, relatively speaking has improved seeing as a lot of the lesser materials have gone. It's been a rank summer here on the east...
Incredible root development with Kaizen Bonsai Soils
Kaizen Bonsai have spent years developing some very unique soil mixes. These help produce bonsai in double quick time. Our soil mixes encourage profuse rooting which in turn produces exceptional top growth. Today we re-potted a hawthorn collected two years ago. This...
Shipping large trees.
Today I had to part company with a very beautiful mugo pine. It's off to the far side of Europe and I am sad to see him go 🙁 Our large trees are shipped by road to anywhere within the EU. This one will be on the road for about 6 days. Labelled up and now all we need...
Massive Shipment of New Trees Available Soon!
Thanks to our loyal customers Kaizen Bonsai have had our best year ever. This has enabled us to invest heavily in new stock for the coming year. We have scoured Europe and are pleased to announce the imminent arrival of literally thousands of trees from across the...
We’re all about second chances!
The old saying goes that one mans muck is another mans money. This rabid pile of dirt looks like junk for sure but, being a little unhinged we were pleased to pay money for it all! Being privet (ligustrum) we can be 100% confident these will all survive. Privet grows...
New Movie – Bonsai Deadwood Refinement Techniques
It's been a while since our last movie post. Finding time to do these is getting increasingly difficult. Our latest offering was shot on Christmas day! I decided to take a look at the subject of refining deadwood since I had received several requests asking how I...
What no catalogue?
Bonsai mart began producing paper mail order catalogues way back in the very early nineties. Back then the internet was in its infancy and this is how business was done. We have continued with this tradition until now. Producing a catalogue takes about 5 months of...