Recent content by Thomas J.

Here's two of my JBP that are looking good for when the time comes to decandle in late June or early July here in Texas.

Not sure if I posted this tree lately but If I did you'll notice on this one that I changed the crown and made it less in size than previously, looks much better now . :cool: 2nd pic is what it started out as.

The first two pics are root stock from another tree which came out really good for a semi cascade bonsai, the other obviously is not but didn't want to make a separate thread for it so I included it in here, it took on the exact form I was looking for now that I've had it for a few years. :)...

The OP mentioned the needle color was a lighter color of green and not yellow. I have one or two of mine that have always been a lighter shade of green than my others meaning for whatever reason that's just the way they are. They are in very good health and stay that color all year round. The...

About 5 1/2 yrs ago I had a little pine seedling sprout in one of my Chinese elm tree pot. Not sure why it sprouted there, and for most of that time I had assumed it was a JBP tree since I do have a few of those. It wasn't until recently that what I have looks to be a Loblolly Pine instead. Up...

Everything was looking good for one of my in ground tridents yesterday morning, not so much this morning after our hail storm last night, living in Texas in the spring can be brutal at times, and spring has just begun.

For me, I don't do any root work on my junipers past April 1st, but then I'm in Texas and the weather is already warming up a lot by then. As for you splitting the tree apart, you would have to be careful of not losing too much bark for obvious reasons. Plus you would have to make sure you have...

An interesting side note, the back side had a branch hanging out that was really worthless since it was never seen. I noticed though that it was partially buried in the soil and had some roots growing out of it. The first pic shows the area I'm referring to. Last year I clipped the branch and at...

With these nanas I wouldn't worry about that, the pics I'm showing here goes from nursery pot to styling to bonsai pot in one session. The only concern I had was not reducing the roots too much with the first potting, the reason I used a deep pot for this one. The first two pics shows the front...

Lol, I don't believe I have 10-20 years left in me , if I do they won't be doing bonsai. :)

The thickest one got to about 12ft, started looking like a yard tree, couldn't have none of that , lol. :)

No I have not touched them at all. :)

These three tridents were planted from seed in 2017 and put in the ground about 1 1/2 - 2 years later. They were from the start in pond baskets before being replanted in the ground. They shot up like crazy in the ground each one differing in trunk girth as shown. A few weeks ago I finally cut...

Supposedly a dwarf cultivar of the Chinese Elm, this Japanese Nire elm with it's two root cuttings as semi cascades, always lose their leaves in the fall whereas my one Chinese Elm hardly ever does. These guys give a nice appreciation for the bare bonsai look and especially when they begin to...

I bought this Chinese Elm in 1996 but it took 10yrs for it to look like this, and yeah they grow crazy fast with a lot of twigs so keeping up with them takes a lot of your time to keep them looking good, I sold this one for that reason.