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100% crabapple.

In your climate, I would not be afraid to repot quince any time during you "dormant" season, as quince are semi-deciduous and you do no get freezing temperatures.

I would guess Table Mountain Pine. It's native to the Appalachian range. Very distinctive cones like the one in your second picture.

No, not necessarily, and doubtful due to it stabilizing. It could be overpotting, or too many roots removed during repotting (leading to overwatering), or poor soil, or just watering too frequently. I have personally seen this response from using poor soil while experimenting, after root damage...

Dead leaf tips on azalea is almost always a sign of too much water. What the cause is I do not know, but the soil is/was staying too wet. If it has stabilized, I would guess your problem was solved. But now you have to figure out what the problem was, so that you can avoid it in the future.

Small grained pumice in a pot works well if it is sometheing you can water every other day or so. The added bonus is that the roots produced are not as tender and fleshy as when done with the bag method.

Crabapples tend to need a lot of water, especially the purple leaf varieties. I would not imagine them doing well dug up this time of year. If you can wait until mid autumn, leaving about 6 weeks until first freeze, you will have more luck.

It's probably what is commonly referred to as a water sprout. They can sap vigor from other areas on small plants. I would simply remove it leaving a small unsealed stub. Keep an eye on that area for overly vigorous buds.

Looks like a layer to me, also. I have a japanese maple that I ground layered that looks similar.

That's a gardenia. They are evergreen, and tend to lose last year's leaves in the early spring. The last picture looks nice and healthy. If only the interior leaves are yellowing, it is fine.

Surprise! That's not an elm, but a privet. It looks in decent health, and these are a very vigorous plant. The biggest problem is that it did not have a dormant period, but these tend to be semi-deciduous. So that's likely not a huge issue, but the ugly leaves are likely last years leaves. You...

I believe it depends on the perspective you are trying to achieve: close up view/in the forest or far off view. Close up view typically have a narrower pot, often narrower than the tallest tree. On the other hand, far off view plantings typically have wider pots, much wider than the tallest tree.

Liquid copper does not kill fungus, but prevents it from reproducing. How that might affect lichen in the long term, I do not know.

The problem with this fork in particular is the the trunks on either side are the same thickness. If you're going for a twin trunk, you need the trunks to differ in size. Other than that, the fork angle is good. If you want a twin trunk, you can layer below the fork and let one trunk grow...

I agree that there are always exceptions, that's why I said "most plants." There are also environmental conditions that may factor into it as well. Plants growing in arid climates are probably going to make more roots than the same plant growing in a humid climate. I'm not adverse to root...

The two most common mistakes I see (and used to do myself) in repotting are repotting too frequently and not removing enough roots. I'm not talking about when transitioning from nursery containers or poor soil or to correct root problems. But once a plant is in good bonsai soil, most plant...

Lichen is a composite organism; a symbiosis between fungi and algae and/or bacteria. Lichen come in many shapes, sizes and colors depending on the types of fungi, algae and bacteria present. Reindeer moss that many people are familiar with is actually a lichen. In regard to bonsai, lichen that...

Infections from drilling would likely manifest themselve near the drill site. I would guess that it is stressed either from the rootwork (perhaps the roots dried out a little during your grafting operation) or from being forced out of dormancy early. I don't think it's anything to worry about...

It could be fungal, but it could also be a root issue or some sort of shock. What have you done with the plant recently? Did you treat with a prophylactic winter spray? Where was it kept during the winter? I have one that I dug from the ground this spring that looks similar. The fact that...

Patience grasshopper. As shibui aluded to, you were overambitious on this one. The effort is commendable. However, you have to be aware that there are important technical elements that you have to learn to be successful. It's okay. You don't know what you don't know. Just understand that...

If you find something, make sure it is from a cutting of a flowering plant. Crabapples from seed can take 20 years or more to bloom. Brent's plants (evergreengardenworks.com) are almost all from cuttings, and he specifies when they are not. They are not an easy species to grow, with fungal...

Hickory has to be one of the worst. Large taproot, large compound leaves, extremely hard, inflexible wood, and internodes a foot long. That being said, as a beginner, I would focus on the most amenable species. Trying to find something local that is suitable can be very frustrating, and soon...

Looks like Hydrangea.

That's a pear. This is a Japanese quince (chaenomeles) I havent quite figured out what to do with.