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I can remember reading about how certain trees suffer if they don't experience a cold winter. Do any species of maple bonsai suffer if they stay outside in a warm climate all year round? Are there any that do fine with warmth all year? I'm specifically curious about sugar maples, but would like...

I found this tree at a local show in the for sale area, and picked it up because I had never seen anything quite like it. Unfortunately, I was unable to find out what species it was. The wood is very hard and rigid, and the foliage is either fairly straight or folds itself up into very tight...

I was out running errands the other day, and went by a nursery I had never gone to before. I stumbled upon a few containers of plants that were labeled as Phlomis Lanata/Jerusalem Sage, and I loved them. I took three home, and would love some advice on them! I'll make three separate posts for...

I was at a local nursery and found this tree. It isn't anything spectacular, but I liked the little bit of deadwood sticking out the bottom of it, and I thought it would be good to practice doing some styling that incorporated deadwood because it was only $25. Here are some pics and video...

I was on a little hike in San Francisco yesterday, and saw a bunch of trees that seemed like natural literati, but two stood out. The first one here has somewhat of a straight trunk, but it had cool deadwood and foliage pads. It looked to me like it could be shrunk down and put in a pot, and...

I picked this azalea up at a local nursery, and I'm very happy with the find. Here's how it started out: The surface roots aren't great in the textbook-radial-and-neat way, but I think they're fantastic and very interesting. They remind me of something you'd see in a fairy tale: I...

Hi all, I'm still relatively new to bonsai. I've bought several potted boxwoods from a local nursery because they're cheap and abundant, so they were good for practicing trimming and wiring (and snapping and accidentally killing). They were all really ugly to begin with, and I'm...

Hello All, My name is Phil, and I'm new to bonsai and new to the forums. I've messed around with several boxwood shrubs from nurseries just to practice pruning and wiring and such, but recently picked up this guy: It's about 18 inches tall from the top of the pot to the top of the crown...