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If you can only take one species of tree with you to Mars... which one would you choose? I know there are many that I liked but for me Japanese Maple is my choice. Have a great Friday and weekend everyone!

I hate mosquito! Either I try to smash it or lower the window to let it out. Pay too much attention to the stinky mosquito than the road. Veered into the curve... Bad lucks kept on piling

No hard freeze! Low in the 30s and 40s do not seem that bad. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/16/weather/spring-weather-winter-temperatures-climate/index.html

Bnutters, Not sure how many having these many trees to actually have to think about this. Do you organize you bonsai based on pot size, species, sun/shade tolerant. Am curious what is your style and why it is a work well for you? I need to do this soon.

Did the cut on Wenesday 2/21/24. Bagged them up today 2/25/2024. Total 10... 9 TM, 1 Crabtree. Medium... straight peatmoss and no rooting hormones Now... we'll wait....

The summer was extremely hot... temp in triple digits for weeks if not months. Many pines along the streets are dead as well. Am reluctant to have a record of some of the trees I really care about are dead. Soon we will have a winter hall of shame so I figure let have one for the extreme summer...

@Cajunrider @vp999 @Fishsauce and those celebrated Lunar New Year. Happy New Year all. May the new year bring health, fortune, peace and happiness!

We are still fresh into 2024... I think it would be interesting to capture goals and see what can be accomplished. Here are my goals: 1) put up the shade cloth for sun and heat sensitive like Japanese Maple. 2) high grading my collection... make improving to existing trees. 3) clean up the...

Houston area will see the low in the low 20s on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Time to clean out the garage and make room for the trees. What a joy in growing trees in pots. Funny thing is we will be seeing 70s for the next couple days.

Collected a few willow leaf and southern live oak acorns at the neighborhood park. As you can see the SLO acorns already started to germinate so I put them in the pot with the help of my son.

Well am trying princess persimmon seed again. Few years ago I tried and got zero germination. Hope for better luck this time. Also trying some japanese red pine seeds. PP seeds were pretty hard to come by last few years. I just ordered them from https://sheffields.com/

This seems to support wider than deeper.

These guys are quite good at Wrightia Religiosa and Desmodium which are my favorite. They sure do have access to some pretty amazing stocks that cost less than $30 USD. https://www.youtube.com/@bonsaihoapho/featured https://www.youtube.com/@Bonsaiphongcach They speak in Viet but you can...

I have never seen one in blue ever. I have seen green, brown and black many times. I have plenty of them but this one is special! As you can see, I got really excited so snap away I did. A frog friend decided to hang out in my JM group.

Am thinking of propagate this ficus as it seems to have great qualities... nice dome shape and leaf color. From a distance it looks almost like a tree in full bloom of yellow blossoms. I will name it Ficus Nerifolia - Texas Heat. What do you think?

Info on how to style this is not much on the internet/youtube. I seen one or two on bnut a while back. I have a few that I put together and a couple I bought from @cmea couple years ago. Would be interested seeing one styled.

I think this can be collected under the darkness as it is in a local park - Barker Reservoir. The base got to be about 3 feet in diameter. The height no more than 25 feet. There are 3 in the same pond. @Cajunrider @Srt8madness are you in?

Special trait or random. @bonhe has many of these but this is a first for me.

... then downsize... the pot. Did another crazy scientist experiment. I have a hard time keep these hydrated in the heat of Houston. They always drooping and look sad when got home from work. These are Japan Daisy that I rescued from Lowe's a couple years ago. We will see how these response to...

Don't we all are pro at our own backyard. This is a trident that didn't make it. It struggled after I repotted it into a shallow pot a few years ago. I also killed a very nice clump last year.

I figure I should have a thread to keep track of these. All of them are started from a $18 dollars I bought at JRN2 nursery about 20 years ago. Will post on the detail of each tree later. I trimmed them back today to get some cuttings for our fellow @Srt8madness after his didn't make it past...

I was busy with work.... heard chain saw going off in the neighbor back yard. Figured the have someone trimming their tree. Walked outside to go pick up the kiddo at the bus stop... WTH saw a branch on top of my JM benches. Got pretty upset so I drove to talk to the neighbor... of course that...

This is my new favorite specie. Qualities: Bendy, Lovely branching structure, fast grower, prolific fragrant flower all summer long. So glad I found one last year.

I cut it a week before putting the soil in. This is on 4/15 Put the soil in on 4/22 I checked today and there are already rooted