Shohin Maple Bonsai

Brian vf repotting shohin trident maple march 21 2020 march 13 2020 1 minute i have had this tree for close to 20 years now and this is probably the smallest it s ever been.

Shohin maple bonsai. The trident maple is an asian maple species with limited frost hardiness. Follow up defoliating a shohin japanese maple. The first order of business was repotting. Mature bonsai shohin maple tiny leaves fissures eimei.

Online bonsai videos by morten albek. These trees usually grow to be six to eight inches tall. Developing large trident maple bonsai trees although bonsai is the art of growing miniature trees i have always been fascinated by bonsai that are on the large side. Cream glazed shohin size tokoname bonsai tree pot by yamaaki 8 1 8.

And as the new shoots emerged i pinched them to further keep growth in check. This progression is about a trident maple at the upper limit of shohin size about 25 cm. Shohin and chuhin may be cute but to me they do not have the power and majesty of larger bonsai. Shohin bonsai is the art of tiny bonsai tree training.

Shohin and mame bonsai care is more demanding than maintenance of your other bonsai. We take the same trees we use for normal bonsai and make then even smaller. Kisetsu en shohin bonsai europe. May 10 new buds appear tiny back buds the first new leaves waited almost.

Make offer mature bonsai shohin maple tiny leaves fissures eimei. The term shohin means tiny thing in japanese. I found the tree didn t have a lot of roots so i was expecting it to grow slowly. Sometimes even one new leaf can make a difference in design therefore they need more frequent pruning.

Shohin and chuhin size bonsai do very little for me. It s also more difficult to see pests unless you pick the trees up individually. Good shohin and chuhin bonsai are very expensive when they are well trained. Deciding to make it into a sumo shohin later meant challenges to finding a suitable pot because the base had gotten wide.

First of all their small pots dry out much quicker. Despite these efforts the tree grew strongly.