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    Shefflera Arboricola and Rhizophora mangle bonsai

    I'm back, and while I was gone i have taken a single stem of schefflera and gotten tons of aerial roots and backbudding. it is now half the height it was originally, and has three branches now growing like mad. there are around twice as many buds on the trunk, which is about 1.5-2" around, and...
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    New Pyracanthea, lots of potential

    Hi all. found this nice little "red elf" pyracantha (pyracanthaXmonelf) at a garden shop in Mt. Airy. I may use it as a main tree for a saikei planting, or as a regular bonsai. sort of a cross between a broom and informal upright. Let me see if I can post the pics I took.... well, it says...
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    Idea?? maybe...

    I have some ficus microcarpa plants, about 6" tall , and one looks like the perfect semi-cascade. my question is, since the roots are almost 15" long, could I take a tall rock, train the roots around the rock about 3/4 from the top, and once the roots are solid in the pot and the soil over the...
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    some sort of willow?

    Hi all, We have a pond on our farm that my dad cut the vegetation away from last month. I noticed last night that there is a tree there that he had cut back, it is about 18" tall, and a 3" diameter trunk. I think it is a willow, but not sure. If I can find my camera, I will take some pics, but...
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    Hello, and some questions/ideas

    Hi, I've been lurking awhile but decided to finaly join. I am only 16 and have been in to bonsai about 4 years now. I mostly am attracted to conifers and tropicals, but I do have a nice windswept pen oak that was almost perfectly made that I found growing in a concrete gun pit at fort caswell. I...
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