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Admittedly, some of the projects were on newly acquired nursery stock that was not in prime condition, but the Makawa yatsubusa and...

If you are not having much luck it often pays to strengthen the mother plant for a while with extra fertilizer and careful watering...

Thanks for the airlayering tips. I have a few failed layers and was wondering how to approach them this season. Almost all made good...

Best of luck! Keep up the fertilizer and watering. Includingmaintaining moisture in the air layer wrap or container.

I would not be too discouraged by what you read regarding the species, I have seen some beautiful high quality Bonsai from Bloodgood...

I’m pretty sure that spot is just bark damage; the other side of the tree is uniformly-colored and all leaves on the tree are red. I...

This cultivar is from the matsumurae group of Acer palmatum. These are larger leaf, and deeply divided. Long stemmed and long intermodal...

I think you have a variegated junnie. Probably called 'Golden' something. I have a nice blue that the new growth is white. Looks frosted.

Are there any junipers that are supposta have yellow tips or is this just Chlorosis? These yellow tips don't look sickly at all. I have...

This tree needs to be grown on for at least five years before you do anything to it. Pot it up as needed and let it go. The knobs are...

Received some material today,"Sazanami" JPM. It's off to an interesting start and my imagination isn't there for this one just yet...

I understand that those knobs are unsightly. I think I would get the tree growing strongly then air layer above the knobs if that...

Without seeing the tree, there are some things apparent. I'm going to guess your tree is going through the usual transitional stress. I...

All 4 live oaks collected Spring 2024 are doing fine.

In answer to the original question, your tree does not care what soil it is in. All it really cares about is whether the roots are too...