Bonsai Essentials
Everything we know about growing bonsai, in one place — from your first repot to thread grafting, all of it shown on real trees in Luca’s nursery. Four shelves. Start where you are.
Bonsai for Beginners
Which species actually work, how to buy the right pot, repotting without killing the tree — the guided first steps.
Bonsai Care Guides
Species-by-species references — watering, light, soil and seasonal work for 14 species, from Acer palmatum to Itoigawa juniper.
Bonsai Techniques
Pruning, grafting, air layering and structural development — each technique documented on real material, decisions included.
Bonsai as a Gift
Kits ready to unwrap, a workshop at the nursery they will never forget — and honest advice on what to give, and what not to.
Featured from the nursery
Two good places to start: the latest guide from the nursery, and the care reference for our flagship species.
Juniper Bonsai Styling: Changing the Front of a Competition-Winning Itoigawa
Why the front that won in 2014 was abandoned, why the two best branches had to go, which stubs become jin and why only the primaries get wire this year.
Acer Palmatum: the Complete Care Guide
Watering, sun, soil and seasonal timing for Japanese maples — the reference we hand to every customer who takes one home.
The Acer Palmatum cultivar library
Deshojo, Arakawa, Shishigashira, Orihime… side-by-side comparisons of every cultivar we grow — behaviour, bark, colour and which one fits your project.
Stuck with your own tree?
I offer 1-to-1 sessions: we look at your bonsai together, on video or in person at my nursery in Italy, and you leave with a plan for your tree.