Recent content by Brian Van Fleet

A little maintenance pruning.

First bloom opened today. Maybe it will make the spring show this year!

Which happens to be illustrated by our own @MACH5 …

Chinese elm

Thanks, it gets repotted every year or two. This year I put it in a slightly oversized pot made by my friend Ron Heinen. Eventually the tree will grow into it.

Nah, it’s fine.

When you’re camping.

Thanks, the thread for that tree is here: https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/peter-warren-japanese-black-pine.5299/page-10 This shot is from about a month ago:

Probably too late. I finished here around a month ago.

Get it wet and you should be able to easily tell. Trident maple bark is thin enough that you can see underneath orange is likely dead and green is likely alive.

Hackberry.

A masterpiece Serg!

85%

Well, it’s mostly black and you said it hasn’t grown in a month of springtime. Those are pretty clear indicators.