This Ginkgo biloba group planting was created in 2021. Last spring I removed all terminal buds thinking that the axillary buds would grow lateral shoots. Instead, all trees remained static and only produced leaves swirls last year. Let’s see if this year they will finally grow lateral shoots. ...
A bonsai artist must face during his apprenticeship, like in any art forms, a high level of failures before mastering its techniques. Today I share one of those mistakes so that I do not repeat it again. Even if Beeches tolerate full sun, they largely prefer to grow under the canopy, protected from the scorching sun by the other established trees. I was lucky until today but the last heat wave burned my tree. ...