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Hi all: One of my JWP ("zuisho") seems to be a little sick. Specifically, one of the branches looks like the tips of the needles are brown/shriveled. More generally, the tree seems a little less healthy and vigorous overall than all my other zuisho's, and what I'm used to from them...

I started three airlayers on a cork bark chinese elm about 6 weeks ago. All the previous air layers I've done were on pines, spruce, ume, or oaks, and all were left on for at least six months before being ready for removal. However, with these elm layers, fat white roots are pushing out...

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Hi all: I have some newly repotted trident maple saplings (< 2ft tall). Last night temperatures hit mid 20s here in Massachusetts. Not paying as close attention to the weather as I should have, I just left the trees outside during the overnight hard frost. Over the past few weeks of warm...

In Nov. 2010 I received a 2' tall Hondo spruce (P. jezoensis hondoensis) from Brent Walston at Evergreen. The tree had a 4" gap halfway up the trunk that was devoid of branches, a design obstacle that wouldn't be left on the tree. More to practice the technique than through any hope it would...

During the recent hurricane to hit the East coast of the US, a number of my trees experienced what I think is severe windburn. (The trees were put in an area that we thought would be very protected, but apparently it wasn't enough.) Evergreens seemed hardly affected, but deciduous trees...

Hi all: I've come into possession of a fairly old Ezo spruce. (At least, I think it's Ezo spruce, P. glehnii, not the similar but larger-foliaged P. jezoensis). I've seen a few posts about Ezo spruces in various archives (I was inspired to write this by the previous post), but since...

I live in Long Island, NY (zone 7a). This year, I've been wintering my trees in a second-story wooden structure that is enclosed on all four sides, has a sloping roof, is somewhat insulated but has pretty good airflow. It does have electricity, and I've installed a heating system (basically...

Hi: I have come into possession of some garden center mugos and JBPs that I'd like to train into bonsai. Attached are pictures of representative samples. I (think) I have a general sense of how to do this (e.g. following Vance Wood's advice on Mugos and Brent Walston's on JBPs) and have...