Eric visits Jay's nursery once again, this time to work together on a thorough pruning one of Jay's favorite bonsai. Kiyohime is a dwarf Japanese Maple, Acer palmatum 'Kiyohime'. Jay showed this twin maples on a rock at the 2022 Pacific Bonsai Expo.
00:01:15 Jay begins to thin down branches to "see" more air through the pads.
00:02:41 Pruning decisions.
00:04:42 View from underside of trees, looking up.
00:05:52 Comparing to other types of maples.
00:06:29 Eric joins Jay on a walkthrough of his bonsai garden. They first stop at a Shi Shi Japanese Maple.
00:08:12 Jay reviews pruning work.
00:09:07 Adding moss back to the rock and final results.
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