COVER STORY
Our cover features a stunning two-toned satsuki azalea, a rare specimen of the 'Kobainishiki' variety, grown over a rock and carefully cultivated by Udo Fischer over the past 15 years. Satsuki azaleas are the flowering stars among bonsai in May and June. Frank Jesse‘s hawthorn
also boasts a profusion of blossoms at this time of year, followed later by red berries in autumn with which the venerable old bonsai was exhibited at the 100th Kokufu-ten, as seen from page 60 onwards.
In this issue, you will find many useful seasonal care tips and some food for thought on adapting to climate change.

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Contents for the May/June issue

BONSAI CARE - Changed Techniques for Adapting to Climate Change
Using two examples

TECHNIQUES - Structural Formula
The importance of a good structure

BONSAI CARE - Seasonal Work in Early Summer
Tips and tricks from expert Kimiko Shinto

WHITE PINE - Azuma
The Abe familiy’s timeless Bonsai

HAWTHORN - The Journey of a Hawthorn to the 100th Kokufu-ten
Frank Jesse tells the Story

LARCH - A Larch from an Alpine Pasture
The evolution of a yamadori into a Bonsai

BLACK ALDER - The Black Alder as Bonsai
Basic knowledge and developmental histories

REVIEW - The Bonsai Masterpiece Collection Vol. 1
by the Nippon Bonsai Association

TENPAI - Exquisite Sculptures in Bronze and Urushi Lacquer
Interview with the Munich based artist Saad Khayar