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My local Lowes has a good number of trees marked down 50%. I suppose it's hard to sell bare trees in the winter. Here are some that were of interest either due to interesting bark or leaves. Eastern Red Bud. Very pretty in the spring, but the leaves are generally pretty big. I'm actually...

As the topic states, how can you insure or tell that when you chop off the trunk, that anything will grow back ? I've seen some trees at the nursery that might have a good lower trunk and interesting roots, but in a 15 gal bucket, the tree is trained to be over 6 feet tall and not a branch to be...

http://www.amazon.com/Bonsai-Bible-definitive-choosing-growing/dp/1845339088/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416199945&sr=1-7&keywords=bonsai By looking at the contents and samples, how does this book stack up ? I'm new, but I have seen the author's name mentioned frequently.

Ok, it was a play on an old potato chip commercial, but it get's the basic idea. If you are starting in the hobby, and you read books, and invest in tools, you can't only have ONE tree you're hoping to grow into something nice and bonsai , can you ? It would seem that once you get materials...

I've read a few books on bonsai and tried to do some web research, but I am still unsure about a few things on this subject. I understand the goal is to get your tree to bulk up. What I am not clear on is when you start pruning and guiding the tree to it's shape and what type of soil you...

Since one of the goals of bonsai is to have a small tree look like a full grown mature tree, are there references with shots of what a given tree looks like, when it is all grown up. I suppose just Googling images with tree names would work, but not all mature trees are interesting to look at...

One tree I've always thought was very cool is the paperbark cherry. My web searches haven't turned up a bonsai specimen. Does anyone have a link to one ? Which brings up the question of ... Will some trees just not tolerate the process well enough to become a bonsai ? I have to believe some...

Still keeping my eyes open for trees that seem to grow well in my area. One that I thought would be distinctive is Mesquite. When old, it can be a rather gnarly shaped tree with pretty rough bark, yet, when young, the bark is smooth and sort of a deep brownish purple color. I'm not sure how...

I was looking at what the garden center had for larger trees to work with, while those little 1 gallon plants grow up, since it's sinking in how long I will just be watching them grow without doing anything bonsai like to them. As I walked about, I realized that a lot of the larger trees have an...

I've been reading up are web pages on things to do to get the trunk gown out and what to do to get a good taper on the trunk and it sort of struck me that you end up pruning back SO much to get the trunk right and waiting for branches to form in the right places, that what you are left with is...

As I walked the nursery, I realized I need to look at more bonsai, to have examples in my head of what is possible, to know what something could turn into, before I pick something to grow. Ignoring that best advice I could give myself, I picked two $6 specimens. A small crape Myrtle that I...

I suppose there is a better section of the forums to post this, but being a rank beginner, I figured I would stay in this room. When you start out with Bonsai on any plant, do you consider trying to make it as gnarly as possible and old looking as possible or do you shoot for trying to make...

It is very common and I guess very popular to use some type of Juniper as a bonsai. Personally, I'm not that fond of junipers because many of them are sharp ! Which junipers or similar variety of tree is not so stiff in the foliage department ? I know my climate is OK for some of them ( 8b I...

As I was at my local Home Depot, getting some pool supplies, I took the time to wonder through the nursery section. Due to my new interest in bonsai, I no longer look at plants and trees and wonder were I might plant it, I now look at the base of the trunk and wonder if it could be a good...

I've been scanning web photos and looking for examples of trees I see planted in my area, as well as strolling through the garden department of local home improvement stores. There have been some trees I wondered about, but in some cases, while the trunk is thick enough to consider, the branches...

I just watched the following video: http://www.kaizenbonsai.com/shop/bonsai_videos.php?videoid=15 I was rather surprised at just hum MUCH of the roots he was able to cut off. He also snipped off quite a few surface roots too. How do you know how much and which roots you can remove and not...

After a recent visit to The Huntington Library and Botanical gardens, down here in Southern California, I started getting interested in bonsai and if I could actually grown something cool. I purchased and read " The Bonsai Workshop" by Herb Gustafson, to get a better understanding of things...