Suzhou-style bonsai get a grooming: the perfect time for pruning and shaping

On May 22, a gardener prunes a bonsai.

Recently, at the bonsai garden of Wanjing Villa in the Huqiu Hill scenic area of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, gardeners have been busy pruning and reshaping hundreds of Suzhou-style bonsai in the garden to welcome visitors. Photo by Xinhua (Hang Xingwei)

↑On May 22, a gardener prunes a bonsai.

↑On May 22, a gardener prunes an old-trunk bonsai of the "King of Chinese Plum Yew", which is over a hundred years old.

↑On May 22, a gardener prunes a bonsai.