Recent content by jk_lewis

Got mine. Kinda sad, as I am not renewing.

Of course, these shears are not very good for bonsai, anyway. They're usually used for ikebana.

Confused. Bill V publishes International Bonsai, a fine magazine. There also is Bonsai Clubs International's "Bonsai" magazine. Then there are "foreign" bonsai magazines in German, Italian, English and Japanese. Which do you mean?

Cherry? Lots of those in DC.

MUCH too early for that or any other bonsai pot.

FWIW and IMHO, NO evergreen deserves an illustrated pot, and for the most part no bonsai wants to be planted in one. The mark of the amatur bonsiest. Possible exception is feminine mame/shohin trees. No others!

You can always tell a lazy man. This line or one like it ALWAYS shows up. There IS a rong (er, wrong) way. Sign me: I don't know anything about art, but I know what I like.

Last I heard, that was/is the goal for juried shows. Otherwise, just stand by your tree and fart each time they pass by.

These don't come in "cultivars" (man-made versions of the species). That is Ligustrum sinensis, pure and simple and 100% exotic and invasive weed.

And ice on the branches/leaves/needles actually acts as an insulator and keeps tmps from plummeting. This isn't a juniper, but a semi-evergreen tree:

That works for private viewing and maybe at an informal show, but for more serious settings, there tend to BE rules. It's called "tradition."

Yes, you CAN plant in a metal pot, but aside from the "gee whiz" factor or the "look-what-I've-done" glow, why would you want to do it? I've seen bonsai planted in wheel rims, pie tins, and brass decorative items and in all cases the trees looked confused and out of place. But if it give you...

I think a shallow oval pot will be a better choice than a slab. Privet don't represent the kinds of trees that you'd see on a bare rock. Good luck and have fun with the CONTINUOUS maintenance this will need. We don't call these "weeds" on a whim.

I doubt it. They need considerable amounts of cold dormancy.

It depends. If the two tails go together, keep them. If they go off and away from each other, choose one (or none). I like mine as a two-tiled cascade, but when on branch died, it was OK as a singleton, too. Unfortunately, I don't have a pic of that, and I no longer have the tree.