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I just got a similar one, I've been eyeing it for a couple years hiding buried in the back of a greenhouse at a local grower. I'll have to graft some of the branches lower onto the trunk.

Probably one of the most tropical pines, that's why you commonly see it planted in the SW US. Very common landscape tree here in Phoenix, AZ. I have noticed huge old specimens on the Arizona State University campus that yearly sprout fast growing buds close to the ground. These regularly get...

Last one looks like a Ficus alii.

Well Ed...like my the fate of my other couple boxwoods this one slowly perished, happened late last summer. I am very sad to say this, and I'm not too sure why. Could have been a fungus as I had a number of ilex go down at the same time as well. I treated them using liquid copper fungicide but...

It comes down to just a different way of looking at the same thing. No need to call anybody out on it. I think studying the sequence and understanding helps when learning to mimic natural form in art because natural forms do express this sequence. When a great painter paints a figure of the...

Glad I finally reached out to the local club, Phoenix Bonsai Society was great and welcoming to me at their meeting tonight. I feel like I've learned a lot myself after three years of tinkering and studying alone. I really need mentorship at this point to get anywhere I want to go with this art...

Love your handle...I'm a crotalus nut myself. I have an affinity for oaks. A couple seasons ago for construction purposes I got to try a 9" Emory Oak, Quercus emoryi, from my mother's property in central AZ. I had to bare root it...well we cut the taproot and had no roots at all to work...

Wow, beautiful tree, Cory. I love live-oak style boxwoods and this one is outstanding in my eyes. Unfortunately I have trouble keeping them alive in my climate. :(

I was required to do a project about birth order in college. A noteworthy thing I learned is that first born and only children are more likely to follow cultural norms and attempt to be like their parents as compared to those who have a higher birth order. I'm first born and felt that analysis...

What a difference it made! Chalk one up for those who say on Boxwoods you can aggressively trim both the roots and canopy together in spring. Back-budding like crazy. Every branch survived the trim, a couple small branches only had one or two leaves left and now have many shooting. I've added...

I did it... I'm just getting to posting pics... For this boxwood on the next day after the shave, root pruning and re-pot I took the advice of many of you and did another slight shave, another root prune, another re-pot. I trimmed the roots again, this time soaking them a bit with...

Thanks, I've built a couple of these boxes and when I drill the drainage holes I figured I might as well add holes to the sides. I can anchor anything I may want/need to in the future. Although, this may allow soil added at the top of the box to slip out when watering...:eek: Noted about the...

I get what you are saying...The original root ball was huge, I cut it to 2/3 orig size, maybe should have done more. At this new size the root ball took up probably 2/3 the box and had extra space radially more so than below. I placed the root ball onto a thin 1/4 inch layer of soil at the...

Well I knew I had to do something with this one soon. Thanks for all the suggestions; I plan to make an upcoming Phoenix Bonsai Society meet... You all have given me a plan. I happen to have a wooden 10"x5"x10" box I made last weekend- knew I'd have a use for it! Here's what I did today...

...but key word is LIVE. This Japanese boxwood has been mine for a year but I've been nervous doing too much to it. I know nothing about the species other than my climate is a bit too hot and dry for them (Phoenix, AZ). This guy likes partial to full shade in my area, otherwise leaves...

Not nearly enough posts about Bursera on bonsainut! The above photo I took is of an in situ Bursera microphylla, or Elephant tree, I saw on a hike a couple years ago, the plant was about 30 inches tall. The microphylla variety inhabits remote areas just south of my home town Phoenix, Arizona...

Almost a year ago (Jan ‘13) I found this Ficus (retusa?) in the houseplant section of a local nursery. I only had a couple olives and junipers at the time so I thought I pay the $12.99 and try this small Ficus that looked like animal more than plant at the time of purcahse. I didn’t take photos...

Hello! I am relatively new to the hobby about 2 years. I have a few 40 year-old olive trees that I decided to try to air layer. First I tried using a bag with sphagnum moss but our climate (Phoenix, Az) was too dry so I tried using pots filled with bonsai soil. I found a branch in the olive...

My mother’s remodeling her cabin in the mountains of central Arizona along the Mogollon Rim; I was told at the last minute a small tree would need to be removed. Its an Oak, perhaps an Emory Oak, about 10 feet tall originally with a 5 inch trunk base. It tree was destroyed being pulled from the...