Thank you kindly for that. I tried to cram in as much good info as I could. Glad it was helpful 🙏

Thanks for your comment Terry 🙏

Time for an air layer and a nice pot 👍🏼

Thank you kindly 🙏 I used to write haiku poetry and always considered oaks were the kings of trees, massive, powerful, aged, stately. Silver birches to me were the queens: upright, regal and graceful in their white bark with black diamond darts and weeping habit. Japanese maples were to my mind the showy princesses - much smaller in stature, delicate, and spectacularly beautiful.

Great 👍

Thank you Mark 🙏

Thanks for watching!

I can try but at best it will be a guess 👍

That sounds like a great varied selection of trees. 👍 I have Deshojo and Aureum. I see Wilson’s Pink Dwarf sometimes locally.

Thank you Dave 🙏

So nice of you

Thank you.

Gotta love Japanese maples.

Thank you Rob 🙏

Thanks Matt, you are welcome. 🙏

Glad you enjoyed it Raymond.

They were on their best behaviour though there is a shot where one pulls a handbrake turn in the background.

@@TheBonsaiGarden So, being that I was out riding in my trail bike today, exactly what is a handbrake turn, and it sounds as though I should avoid one?

It’s a manoeuvre in a car where it brakes and turns suddenly. The fish did the same in the background. Showing off.

@@TheBonsaiGarden Yes, I do recall that move. That is one talented fish!

Thank you Steve 🙏

That’s great. I have a tray full of them. Hope they make it through the warmer weather.

Both great cultivars - bi-hoo with its yellow stems and Seiryu with its lacy leaf with red tinges to the edges.

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. I don’t have success trying to grow from cuttings, but some with seeds. Only more mature trees develop seeds, which you can collect and plant from late autumn/fall onwards.

@@TheBonsaiGarden thanks 😊 I appreciate the insight. Stops me trying anymore. 🤣

I believe these tend to be more prone to burn in the sun, though there are some examples. Corin Tomlinson of Greenwood Bonsai has a well known one which is a green dissecting.

I recently saw a really nice one at Eisie-in (?) Bonsai but I don't know if it belonged to Bjorn or a client.

Thanks Andrew 🙏

Thanks Bruce 🙏

Thanks Bob. Two factors affect your decision: not wasting the time and energy of the tree developing unwanted foliage verses the best time for healing. Timing is everything in bonsai pruning. We must strike the delicate balance between maintaining the tree's health and promoting its desired shape. Bonsai pruning is all about selective removal. We carefully eliminate unnecessary branches and foliage, allowing the remaining ones to flourish and maintain a sense of proportion. It's a dance between shaping and preserving the natural beauty of the tree. I should say early summer for healing wounds - be sure to use cut paste to prevent too much sap loss, or winter/early spring to see the structure of the tree and prevent wasting stored energy.

@@TheBonsaiGarden Thank you Jason for your detailed response, I think it's time to get the tools out :) I will of coarse be using cut paste and keeping my fingers crossed for some rapid healing. All the best, Bob.

That is a shirasawarnum Jordan.