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Olea europaea sylvestris
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Coming events, shows and books
8 Design sketch
Have a design sketch made of your pre-bonsai
10 Gallery with shohin
Some of the best shohin from Japan
12 The scent of bonsai
From a growing pot to bonsai, follow the first steps in branch
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development with Junichiro Tanaka
22 Leaf technique with maples
Leaf reduction helps to protect and to gain more
ramification
28 The mugo team
Matt Reel and Tyler Sherrod team up for a mugo pine
36 Punica from seed
The challenge to grow bonsai from seed
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