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I had fire blight on a pear a couple of months ago.The sprays didn't help.I think there may be resistant strains out there.The tree was healthy enough,that it did put out healthy new leaves.

Some pictures of fire blight Pear Apple Hawthorn

Specify "whacked it down".I have a pin oak,I have been trying to get lower branches on for years.The tree has a base about 4" across,is about 2' tall,and only has a cluster of branches at the top.I'm wondering if there are just some types of oak,that don't put out lower branches.If it didn't...

Siberians are considered weed trees,and an invasive species here in Albuquerque. You might think that there would be an overabundance of yamadori elm around here.That's what I used to think.I have dug up some spectacular specimens,one of which was about thirty years old, and very bushy.it...

With one exception,a purple leafed flowering plum,my favorite trees change from month to month,as they are usually the partially styled trees,I find most enjoyable to shape and train.

Then we have this famous tree.

I currently have three oaks,I have been working on for about five years,which I bought as a nursery trees.I have a Bur Oak,which is huge for a bonsai (40"),but considering these trees grow over 100' tall,and the tree has a 5" diameter base,I think I can eventually make it into a nice large...

I have a peach grown from seed,and a flowering plum,both are giving me a problem I have never had before.Each have a number of twiggy branches,that should have fully leafed out by now.The trouble is,each of these branches,have empty spaces,where they have not leafed out.The branches do have...

And a lot of other conifirs and evergreens too.It may have been a contributing factor in the death of a very nice collected Canyon Live Oak I had die under mysterious circumstances about six years ago.I know it killed a yew I had.

Pinons make outstanding bonsai.Even here in Albuquerque,they are not easy to find at nurseries.I am aware of a couple of landscape suppliers,that sell trees that are a minimum of six or seven feet tall, but none that are small enough for bonsai. Just like people,a lot of insect larvae like...

I like the idea of chopping half the top off,it may be the only way to get a halfway decent tree.If it were mine,that's just what I'd do,maybe even go ahead and jin it.I think it's great to put jins on trees that normally don't have them.

I just bought a Benjimina like that.It was so round and bushy,I had to saw it in two below the soil line to get trainable bonsai.I got two nice trees,one with three trunks one with two.Each measures about 3-4" across. And yes I know about the "death curse of three" in bonsai. I must be...

They don't grow locally here in New Mexico.It looks like the leaves will get smaller.What we have here are Siberian Elms.Lots of Siberian Elms. I have had two of these,and will never have another.In spite of the fact they grow like weeds,they don't survive in a container.They do well for a...

How long has Internet Bonsai Club been offline?

In my continuing quest for species rarely used as bonsai,I decided to try an American Elm,after buying one little guy cheap on eBay last year.This is a tall.slender,thing,about 27" tall,if I recall,that I hope one day to look sort of like the English Elm in Harry Tomlinson's book.It's a good...