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Nice G52, that little shimpaku is coming along very nicely, i know how you like your deadwood! Where is that little field grown maple?

:eek: :D hehehe.

Hmm, i always ask, but here we dont need permission for most species, its just protected native species that require a permit.

Well, its between 15 and 20 cms. Hole? er nope no hole in this one...

Here is an absolute beauty from the Pretoria Bonsai Kai show this year, it belongs to Theuns Roos. This tree has inspired me to try this species again, it is beautifull

You are a cheerful lad arent you? With advise like that who needs a recession;-)

Yeah, i was considering the smaller one for bonsai, the other two are going to stay the way they are as perfectly good landscape trees!

Thank you both for the ID and your help! Its much appreciated. I take it the best time to drastically prune (trunk chop) would be late winter?

Full Trees Here is a pic of th foliage on the full trees.

Thanks, i will take a look at that and get some full sized pics in tomorrow. After viewing some Hollywood juniper i have to say it does look very similar, but all three of these are bolt upright, with the foliage quite close to the trunk, there is none of the twisted characteristics

Hey Folks There are hardly any confiers that i would recognise but this one has me baffled. I have tried nurseries but they all say "juniper" with a confused look on their faces. This is one of three in my garden, each between 20-25 feet tall and about 12 inches all the way round the base...

I was thinking about the efficacy of various sources of knowledge and information within the field of bonsai. It got me wondering, where does your bonsai knowledge come from? How do you rate the various sources of information and why? Has your source of information changed as you've grown...

So true Andy, While i lay no claim to having any great vision i think i have improved in my four bonsai years. When i began i was taught to make triangles, a lot of my trees reflect this. Once i had this basic my teacher has (only in the last year) encouraged me to practice differing forms and...

Man, i wish everyone would do this. This sentiment is spot on.

I dont know how much good defoliating is going to do at this stage of development, isnt this going to slow your progress down?

Nice pot. kinda looks like it wants to become a broom eventually. But i would echo sentiments about the ground.

Vance, what is your opinion on the escape technique for development, whereby the roots are allowed to escape out of a pot or nursery bag into the ground and grow freely? This solves a lot of my space problems and seems to give a compact root system to boot, due to my limited years in bonsai i...

30 hours of carefull wiring to bring out the tree from his mind. Wow. fantastic link Andy, just goes to show you how doing something patiently and properly can produce the most wonderfull results. As for quality yamadori, i have seen beautiful old olives bought by begginers and chopped into...

It really is a fantastic idea Will and i think that posting a gallery will stop the interruptions and give people a chance to see the whole story first. BTW Asus i believe that Melaluca is not Will's and would advise reading all the text first before trying to attack him again...:eek:

i wish i could be there to see this historic event, its been a long time coming.

Thanks all for the suggestions, i will be seeing the new owner of this composition soon and will put the ideas to her. BTW a few of the "problem" trees are actually later editions, i am trying to track down an earlier pic where two of the trees were in different positions.

Great find Will. That about sums it up better then i ever could. Thank you Dan Barton!

Aye, BNut i thought that was precisely what the bar was for? to discuss things unrelated to bonsai. It does seem like there is alot of interest, here and at other forums in both Koi and japanese gardens though...

They propogate very easily from soft to semi-hard wood cuttings. here is some info from Brent http://www.evergreengardenworks.com/cotonbon.htm The thing i like about them is that you can make convincing mame and shohin bonsai quite quickly with cotoneasters, they are tough little guys too.

Check out the bottom two pics here http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident.cgi?tpl=plant.tpl&state=&ibra=all&card=S01 And here http://www.weedsbluemountains.org.au/cotoneaster.asp Not the greatest pics but i think closer to the correct species. Check out Cotoneaster microphyllus too...