| Menu Item | Section Page | Detail Page/Post |
| How Trees Grow | Bark (Cork Cambium) | Live veins |
| Vascular Cambium | |
| Buds | Epicormic Buds
Tree Architectural Models
Massart’s Model
Rauh’s Model
Angiosperm Buds
Gymnosperm Buds
Bud Types – Reproductive or Vegetative
Male Tree Flowers
Bracts |
| Leaves | Leaf Structure
Photosynthesis
Stomata
Will water drops burn
The Phyllosphere
Why do conifer leaves bronze?
Conifer leaves
Conifer needle leaves
Conifer scale leaves
Conifer flat leaves |
| Phloem | |
| Plant Growth Regulators (or Phytohormones) | |
| Roots | How roots absorb water & nutrients
When do roots grow?
The Rhizosphere
Root exudates
Root food storage & pruning timing
Root structure & architecture
Nitrogen-fixing and bonsai |
| Shoots | Root-shoot connections
Growth types
Satsuki azalea sports
Developmental Phases |
| Xylem | Trees’ water system
Embolisms |
| Phenology | Arabidopsis – the model plant
Tropical bonsai |
| Keeping Bonsai Healthy | Bonsai growing medium | Mulch – relevant for bonsai? |
| The Microbiome and Symbiotic Microbes | The Endosphere
The Rhizosphere
The Phyllosphere |
| Nutrients for Trees | Foliar feeding
Artificial light
What each nutrient does x17
Non-nutrient additives
What is organic fertiliser
Biochar
Superthrive
HB-101
Green Dream
Biogold
SB Invigorator |
| Repairing (?) damage | |
| Watering bonsai trees | Transpiration
Water sources for bonsai
Water hardness, pH & bonsai |
| Repotting Tips | Choosing a Pot |
| Tree Pathogens | |
| Effect of Frost on Bonsai | |
| Shaping Bonsai | Bonsai Tree Growth Stages | Trunk thickening
How large should a bonsai trunk be?
Ramification of roots
Ramification of branches & foliage
Keeping or removing fruit & flowers
Defoliation
Leaf size reduction
Growing trees from seed |
| Pruning | Carbon or stainless steel tools
Cleaning conifer resin |
| Carving Trunks & Branches | |
| Adding New Branches or Roots by Grafting | |
| Repositioning Branches | |
| Air-layering to create Bonsai | |
| What is a Tree? | Old Trees
Kingdom Plantae & Trees
What is a bonsai?
Creating a Bonsai Pinetum
Bonsai Pinetum Species |
| References | | Review – In Praise of Plants by Francis Halle |
| FAQs | | |
| About Me | | |
