Recent content by AC02

Sorry I should update. I'm in Melbourne, so same seasons as you shibui :)

Hi everyone, I just separated some shishigashira and shindeshojo airlayers today. Successfully rooted over a few months in sphagnum and surrounded by foil. Among many insects - ants, spiders etc - I found some root balls to be full of mealybugs. Any advice on how to treat these? Will...

Hi everyone, Starting a new thread to show the progression of a new tree I am starting from nursery stock - A Hinoki Cypress 'Green Globe'. This is a dwarf but vigorous cultivar with a tendency to grow horizontal fan shaped pads. Purchased from Conifer Gardens near Mt Dandenong for around $75...

Time to start the first work on this tree on Vance's seasonal schedule. First, a 360 degree view of the tree currently: Unfortunately, the timing of the competition and the fact that I am situated in the southern hemisphere mean that I have just missed the window for most of the work in this...

Thank you thats very helpful! My wiring technique is still needing work and doing a whole plant with dense growth was challenging. I will have to get it iff as soon as the primary branches set and put on some thinner, cleaner wire to the secondary structure. How long would a young juniper...

Update 2 2nd April 2024 3rd flush complete Foliage slightly changed to a beautiful shade of blue-green Elongating tips pruned back to proximal bifurcations within the silhouette All downward facing growth removed to delineate pads Imgur link the 360 degree video: Really happy...

Updates 20th December 2023 Air layer checked - bridged Rescraped and resealed 9th January 2024 Air layer dead Tree otherwise growing well 29th January 2024 Airlayer stripped and jinned 2nd flush complete Elongating tips pruned back to silhouette

Hi everyone, Very excited to take part in this contest to honour Vance. Being my first Mugo pine it is refreshing to have a clear set of seasonal instructions to follow and I am looking forward to seeing how it develops over the next 4 years. I have selected this Mugo Pine 'Coolwyn's Globe'...

Conifer Gardens in the Dandenongs has a great nursery selection with lots of cultivars. They also have a website conifer.com.au

I have just purchased a small nursery stock Mugo Pine 'Coolwyn Globe' and was just reading the Vance thread for a work schedule. I think this is a great idea and I would love to participate.

I found some other threads here (eg. https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/juniper-x-media.23992/) and some online articles. Apparently juniperus x-media refers to hybrids of chinensis and sabina junipers. The names after that refer to the cultivar.

For the top to be airlayered off. I have filled it with sphagnum moss. (Couldnt fit enough attachments in the first post to show it filled).

What it was labelled as when purchased. I have seen x-media used in many nurseries - eg. X-media shimpaku, x-media sargentii, x-media Blauws. Whether they are not labelled correctly or are crosses/hybrids, i do not know.

Thanks @Wires_Guy_wires!

Long time lurker, first proper post. Have watched a few videos on starting a shohin juniper from nursery stock (Mirai live, Bjorn on bonsai empire, bjorn on eisen-en, bonsaify) and decided to give it a shot. I am based in Melbourne Australia and purchased this material from Conifer Kingdom...