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The bark on that azalea is gnarly, nice find

I get my lava rock locally for $6 a cubic foot ~ 7.5 gallons.

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Has anyone ever used this plant for bonsai before? I really love the look of a japanese red maple, but I don't think those would survive here. I found this recently at a local nursery, but I don't really know how well suited it is for bonsai. The leaves really do resemble a japanese red...

Wow, great improvement, do you have any details/photos from the progress?

Yeah, I understand that there are people that like it the way it is, and I'm not asking for anyone to change what they are doing now (no need to look up the url and use the img tags), but I'm wondering if there is some add on or extension for vbulletin that would allow the user to set their own...

Yeah, that's pretty much the same thing, IP is plenty fast, but when I'm clicking through 10 pics, every pic takes a second or two to pop up and load, whereas if they were loaded full size, they would all be loaded by the time I finished reading the first post.

It's kind of annoying to have to click on each attachment (or hit next) and wait for each picture to load. I'd rather just scroll through pictures and be able to see pictures side by side, especially for progression pictures. On most forums that I go to, pictures are usually externally hosted...

Some nice trees there! I think I see my old shop teachers in one of the pics.

The pines and juniper at chikugo en were amazing, unfortunately I think it is illegal to bring back pines, but I did pick up a small maple from house of bonsai, hopefully it does ok in the warmer weather.

Turned out to be a great trip, here are some pics of the bonsai places we visited and the santa anita bonsai show, thanks all for the suggestions! Chikugo en House of Bonsai in Lakewood Santa Anita Bonsai Show

Yep thats the black pine I mentioned, beautiful tree!

Actually checked out this show while I was in LA last week, this was one of the highlights of the show along with a beautiful black pine. I can post some pictures that I took tonight.

So I go through and add about $150 worth of tools to my cart, go to check out and Hawaii is not on the list of states, I guess we are not part of the US anymore. :p

Thanks, House of Bonsai seems to be pretty close to the hotel that we are staying at. I've checked with the local department of ag and they said it would be fine to bring a tree back, as long as it does not have any organic soil. Bare rooted or planted in inorganic soil should be fine.

Thanks for the suggestions, has anyone been to the Santa Anita annual bonsai show? I'm going more to look, I'm am not sure if I can bring anything back with me to Hawaii, maybe some tools and some supplies...

I'm going to be taking a trip to LA this month and would like to squeeze in some bonsai time, do any of the southern California locals have any recommendations for bonsai nursery or shows that are going to be happening on May 19-27.

Nice work sam, if you don't mind me asking, did you get the premna locally or did you bring them in?

Thanks Victrinia, my thoughts exactly... I feel like it was a great specimen at one point, but with the spiraling carving and cut paste all over it.... :confused:

So I came across this azalea for sale on ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/261010420049?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619 The owner writes: "I have carved it to look like lightning has hit it, right now it has a tree bonsai sealer on the cut parts until the bark at the cut area has healed , probably around...

Thanks, couldn't find the contact info for any of those

Looking to get some advice on joining a club, sourcing materials and finding/buying trees... thanks! royce

Thanks Vance, will do!

Here is a close up of the needles, thanks for the help guys.