Insights, guides, and stories from the bonsai community
Master the post-Tet mai vang pruning technique: when to cut, how to handle spent branches, and recovery care that ensures beautiful golden apricot blooms next season.
Master the techniques for developing a thick, impressive trunk on your mai vang bonsai: grow-out method, seasonal fertilizing, bark carving, nebari management, and a full care calendar.
Learn how to shape mai vang bonsai in the upright style — step-by-step guide covering tree selection, essential tools, wiring technique, and long-term aftercare.
Complete guide to grafting multiple colors of mai vang (yellow apricot blossom) onto one tree — rootstock selection, scion prep, step-by-step technique, and aftercare for high success rates.
Learn how to tell grafted vs seedling mai vang apart by graft union, root base, vigor, and flowers — so you buy the right tree at the right price.
Learn how to force mai vang (Vietnamese apricot bonsai) to bloom right on Tet: defoliation timing, water control, temperature management, and troubleshooting early or late blooms.
Complete mai vang monthly care calendar: post-Tet recovery, summer fertilizing, September leaf removal to stimulate buds, and pre-Tet bud management.
Complete mai vang (Vietnamese yellow apricot) care calendar by month: watering, fertilizing, pruning, bud development, and timing blooms for Tet New Year.
Discover the 6 most common reasons your apricot bonsai develops yellow leaves and learn effective, step-by-step solutions to restore its health.
The Elegant Beauty of the Ochna Tree
