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Chojubai

Developing chojubai – tips from Left Coast Bonsai

January 28, 2022 by Jonas Dupuich

Last week John Eads of Left Coast Bonsai was in the garden to help get my young trees into shape ahead of repotting season. As John studied with Michael Hagedorn, he’s a great resource for developing the dwarf Japanese flowering quince known as chojubai. Here are a few of the trees he worked on this […]

Seasonal maintenance – removing flowers from dwarf flowering quince

October 6, 2020 by Jonas Dupuich

Removing spent flowers every month helps quince grow and keeps them looking great.

Cutback on a white chojubai quince

September 1, 2020 by Jonas Dupuich

I usually hold off on pruning deciduous bonsai past the first half of August. Not all trees can grow well enough late in the season to make it worth investing in new shoots before fall. That said, I’ve worked on deciduous trees fairly late in the season as some trees will keep their leaves through […]

Summer repotting dwarf flowering quince

August 28, 2020 by Jonas Dupuich

Chojubai, a variety of dwarf flowering quince, is one of the few bonsai I can repot in summer. Repotting chojubai in early spring also works, but by repotting now I can get a jump on the upcoming repotting season. Chojubai can be repotted with or without defoliating first, but I prefer to defoliate as most […]

Onuma’s mini-bonsai growing techniques

March 3, 2020 by Jonas Dupuich

A number of you wrote with questions about the techniques Kazuo Onuma uses to create his mini-bonsai last week. Here are some answers! Chojubai Onuma grows chojubai by starting young cuttings in round, plastic containers. After several years, he removes the containers and lets the soil – red lava in this case – fall away […]

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