Recent content by Mic E

Would a Montezuma cypress (same genus) be treated the same, or are there differences?

I have been using just the waterproof carpenter's glue for a couple years--anyone else have experieince with it. Cheap, American-made and effective......

Are the blooms poisonous, or just the sap?

Looses leaves in mid June Mine looses leaves in mid-June, even though I keep the soil moist, and it is not yet very hot.

I have grown Italian Stone Pines for years, as upright and slating, and will be putting together a group. I pull off the adult needles as they come, and cut the branches to shape that cahracterisitic umbrella outline where they are still green. It back buds well.

I have a "Miss Kim" but he leaves are more rounded at the tip, so this may be a "Palibin", both dwarf Korean lilacs, S. meyeri. You have good flowers--mine are not so profuse this year like last. I guess they go in cycles. My Littleleaf likes to flower again in the fall so I pull off those...

It looks like a lilac -Syringia vulgaris probably. There are dwarf varieties and "littleleaf" varieties that make better bonsai. I have been reasonable succesful with both sizes, althou they are somewhat temperamental. For one, they don't need much fertiliser and arehappy with alkaline soil...

I have potted several volunteer seedlings from an eastern redbud here in southern California. They do not seem to bloom until the trunks get about one inch diameter, maybe 4 years old. I have found the roots very touchy, and about once a year an entire branch will die but the trees are...

I live in southern California. The tree should start budding agin in early March or so.

Thanks guys :rolleyes: All seriousness aside, I'll treat it like most other deciduous trees and whack it this spring just as the buds swell, and post some pics when and if it recovers!

Hmm..no replies...must get some attention. This seems to always get some replies. So I bought a bonsai at the mall, no idea what is is, and it came in a pot with pebbles cemented in. What do I do now?

I was planning to chop a 5-gallon, 7-ft tall pistache to about 3 feet, and was wondering the best time of year to do it. There are no branches that low--they start about 5 ft up. Should I chop there instead, wait a year or 2 for recovery, and then chop again to about 3 ft or just take the...