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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...

...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...