The Bonsai Blog of Peter Chan

Sorry to keep having to apologise for not Blogging regularly on this Site. How I wish I had 30hrs in a day instead of the 24 that the Almighty has given us!
I seem to find the time to swim (which I do four times a week) and dance (which I do five times a week) [...]

Sorry if you have not heard from me for a while, but I am still very much involved with bonsai. KoB readers will know that I am not a blogger – I have to really drive myself to write a new post. But better late than never – so here is my blog for July.
So what [...]

Here is a short blog of what I have been busy doing these past two weeks.
Spring is just round the corner despite the cold nights we are having. For the past ten days we have had bright sun shine during the day, when the temperature goes up to 9 or 10C, but at night it [...]

They say that in England we have weather rather than climate. The weather changes from day to day – one day it could be pouring with rain and the next it could be bright blue skies.
It is December now – autumn is over and the trees are going dormant. Most of our bonsai are still [...]

The Bonsai Garden at Wisley

Many of you will be wondering why I have been so quiet since April of this year. Well we all lead busy lives. In my case, I was in Cyprus teaching bonsai during early April; I then visited Japan at the end of May to source good bonsai material [...]

In case you were wondering where these stunning pictures were taken – I will put you out of your misery. This was in Cyprus.
There are a few bonsai enthusiasts there but no organised club. I have been there twice to teach. It is a lovely place.

While I was away in India a fortnight ago, our nursery experienced heavy snowfall despite January 2007 being the mildest for over ninety years. The past winter so far, in England, has been extremely mild. Does this say something about global warming or is it just a freak occurrence? Our bonsai does not seem to [...]

The small leaf Crassula which is grown extensively in India is excellent material for bonsai.
It has a compact habit, develops a thick trunk and takes to wiring very well.
Being a succulent, it does not require a lot of water and propagates ever so easily.
Lovely looking specimens can be created in a relatively short time (two [...]