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I got this tree from a dear friend and mentor's wife, about two years after he passed. He had been growing this in his garden and pruning it as he went along. It has been very rewarding to date and was dug with very little to no fine roots, after a shaky start in taking a few months to start...

It was growing way more upright and had burnt back a few times The plan is for a semi cascade and a very hollow spooky looking trunk. I havent quite figured out the details yet.. I'm open minded to suggestions unless you're going to suggest I make it into a sumo shohin HAHAHA Oh and the tree...

Just wanted to share this nice tree, collected Dec, now at the end of summer. There was a point where I spent half hour every day to thin out the clumps of buds it was making, leaving only one at a spot for about two weeks, after that the weak shoots came and I covered it in plastic inside the...

Well you know most of the story, I just wanted to share this Does anyone want to play around with virtuals? It will be much appreciated Thank you

Just thought Id share my maple :)) bought ~ two weeks ago at a show, it was way more expensive than what its technically worth but its now one of the furthest developed trees I have (five years in, two years seriously into it) Anyway, here it is

Hi everybody I bought this maple a week ago, its got about 25/30L of soil, fine particles and water retentive but neither clay nor true sand Its a normal green JMaple by the looks and its the biggest Ive ever seen in a nursery, about 3cm wide above soil level I love the spreading roots...

Hi everybody Basic info; older stock with roots exiting the bottom of the bags that were chopped sometime, probably before or after dormancy- they were piled up in another section of the nursery Probably why theyre so nice and thick Can I cut off the bags and pot them in growing...

A search suggestion followed up Enjoy :) " Bonsai forcibly changes plants into unnatural, abnormal shapes that people somehow find beautiful." webecoist.momtastic.com/2010/09/10/tortured-trees-brutal-bonsai-bondage-art-series/

The top is too long and I just roughly splayed out the bottom branch to allow more sun in as its backbudding Where should the apex stop? bend up the entire horizontal apex as its now or reduce it to one of the two longer branches I left on top and grow the last branch from the bud that will...

Hi , I would like to ask for some advice and experience on carving tools. Im looking into buying myself a rotary carving tool like a Dremel, and the craft superstore near me has a special on GMC "rotary tools" which actually puts it in my price range...

Hi everyone, Ive been wondering about this tree for four years.... recently stumbled upon a pic of the fruit n a book while paging to Carpinus.. aaanyway.. nobody cukd tell me what it is. But I now suspect Crataegus pubescens stipulacea I apreciate any advice, opinions, perosnal...

Hi, (Im in South Africa, temps range from 25-40°C in summer) Ive started an apricot tree last year from a seedling, I got really good growtg in tge first year. It shot up to about 36cm, almost as thick as a pencil and gave me 4/5 long side shoots, I repotted start of this summer, and after a...

Hi everyone, Ive had this for a bit more than a year now, Its never realy had a destination, although Id like the foliage to be more dense, and for a bit more thickness on the "trunk", necause at the moment i dont really see any thing in there . . . .It was a cute bushy flame shape bout 9cm high...

I found a (good) subject for a cascade, its low growing with short stubbly branches (they're VERY short-'bout 5/6 cm from the trunk to the outside surface of the foliage) and crown,but most importantly a sideways branch about 50/55cm long with 'bout six branch possibilities in alternating...

]Im kind of new to this forum,and have always just read posts but now I have a Q. Ive bought a liquid amber tree (Its winter here, but this will be its third year of growth) about 32cm high,and o.5cm in diameter at the base. I bought it for a specific trunk shape I have in mind (pic attached-...