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Well I thought I'd throw this out there for the challenge as it's the only maple that I have that qualifies. Surprisingly just barely. Hard to tell from the photo but it does have the girth. This maple has been weak for years but seems to be doing well so far this spring. It was repotted two...

Just curious if anyone knows of a thread, blog post, etc. of training a pine seedling into a bunjin. I have a pitch pine I would like to try to train into a bunjin and was looking to see what others have done. I was thinkin of wedge cutting the tree at places to make extreme bends with wire...

I meant to post this earlier, but our newly formed group will be hosting the fall show at NE Bonsai tomorrow from 10-3. There will be a critique by John Romano at 11 and 1. All ar welcome and sorry again for the late notice.

In the last three years I have: Gotten married Moved 5 times Had two children Bought first house Attained real estate license (second job) Started and finished John's Kaikou school Started up our fledgling Kaikou Bonsai Study Group (hosting fall show at NEBGs on 9/20) It feels like a...

I was googling native trees to Cape Cod when I stumbled upon this Arnold Arboretum blog post. Just a quick interesting read. http://arboretum.harvard.edu/trees-and-their-biographies-part-one/?wpmp_switcher=desktop Also, I have been wondering if sometimes bonsai design isn't so easy for me...

I thought I would just start a thread with probably my only tree purchase for the year. Looking forward to working with the species and hopefully in a few years I can show some flowers. It was mailed last week and I potted it up on Saturday. Really happy with the base, some of which is under the...

After my Kaikou classes ended in November I decided to take the initiative to form a new bonsai club in my area. The club will be mostly made up of Kaikou School graduates but will be open to anyone. There are a few fellow b-nutters that are already attending and I thought I would open it up to...

I just thought I'd start a thread on two accents I picked up this year. I was trying to find tropical accents that I may be able to pair with my ficus. I haven't done any work on them yet but I plan to. They both need cleaning up, and new pots. I picked up the small podocarpus ror because it...

It was requested that I start a new thread for my Arakawa so here it is. It's very rough, but i got a good deal on it last year. I love the corky bark and I thought it would be a worthwhile project. he first picture shows where the apex had died a few years ago at the nursery and where I cut it...

Thought I'd start a thread on this collected spruce. It was hit by a fungus this year, but I thought that $20 was worth the gamble on a yamadori. I am hopin buds like the ones pictures are viable and hopefully next year we can see pictures of a green tree.

John will probably laugh for me posting so quickly. I say first "real" yamadori because I have a collected larch but its really more of a sapling than a yamadori. It's a RMJ with full scale foliage, and some interesting natural deadwood. I'm really excited that John pointed this one out to me...

I received my DVD from Bjorn Bjorholm at Kouka-en today and can't wait to watch it. Anyone else get the DVD? I don't think it's instructive like the YouTube videos but should be HD shots of he nicer trees in the nursery I think. I'll let you know what I think.

I got this ficus from wigerts in October of last year. I did some wiring which you can see on my blog, in the winter. It seemed to struggle for a few months then I decided to repot it to revitalize it, and its been getting stronger and stronger. There are quite a few problems which I will...

I just read probably my favorite bonsai post in a while at Capital Bonsai, just wanted to make sure everyone saw it. I saw the thread about the cancellation of the Aritsans Cup, but Ryan Neil's garden is amazing. http://capitalbonsai.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/one-week-at-bonsai-mirai/

This bougainvillea may not look like much but it has a very special meaning to me. My grandfather and grandmother were both very sick the past few years, and last fall I went and visited them in Florida because my grandfather had gotten worse. They had not been able to come visit in a few...

I bought this tree last fall, leafless, because I liked the branching and size of the tree. It has some rot or maple fungus on the back of the tree so I was able to get a good price on an older tree. The plan was to air layer the tree above the rot, but after repotting I found a nice base under...

Has anyone worked with black tupelo, or black gum trees before? There isn't much out there that is bonsai related, but I may have a source for trying to dig a couple up on my Uncles property.

So like I said in another post, I plan on trying to show this ficus this fall. I am looking for suggestions on pots. I am thinking a little shallower, and a little less wide. I am having a hard time with the color, but maybe a cream or light yellow rectangle

I thought I'd start a thread on my new Korean Hornbeam that I plan on developing this year. I love this tree, and can't wait to see it progress. I was going to repot this year but I'm not sure that I will in order to let it just grow wild. I need a bud or two to pop on the right side of the...

Hey all, I just wanted to see how the nuthouse felt about deadwood on deciduous trees. I've read it's a big no-no, but I'd like to hear some more opinions. I feel like there are plenty of examples of deadwood on deciduous trees in nature and was wondering what people thought about this...

I bought this tree from the summer sell-down table at NEBGs last weekend, and took it to my second Kaikou School class today. John helped me with the initial styling and I really like the way it's headed. It still needs a lot of work but I am really happy about this one and can't wait to be...

Hey all- Looking to pick up a new tree to work on and I'm having a tough time narrowing it down to a species. I am enrolled in the Kaikou School and am looking to spend the two years working on good material that gets me closer to presenting in a show. I currently have Japanese maples, a...

I thought I'd share my new addition, a Willow Leaf Ficus I got from NE Bonsai. I really liked the way it looked and couldn't leave without it. It is currently in a 10 inch pot, and has about a 1.75 inch trunk. The plan is to just leave it alone until I start with some intensive classes in...

I decided to try my hand at seeds this Spring so I got some JBP seeds (as well as Trident Maple). From what I have been reading, they do not need cold stratification? The maples do, but the black pines do not? If anyone has a good link on where to get this information from please share it.

Hey all, I have been doing a good amount of research and also have asked about this topic on other forums, and I want to pick the minds of the nuthouse. I am looking to give my tropicals some pep and get a good indoor setup going. I originally was going flourescent but I am now heavily...