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You are correct. Green Valley is near Tubac. We have had some particularly cold winters and I am afraid that my overzealousness will come back to bite me if we get a cold snap in February.

Hey everybody! I am new to bonsai (<1 year) and in need of some advice regarding root pruning of my two junipers; a procumbens nana and a San Jose. Currently, both are in clay pots as I bought them last summer/fall and only did some rough top pruning. Here in Arizona, we are having a very...

Now that you point it out, you're right. Visualizing it without that branch does open some possibilities that I hadn't considered. It's starting to get cold here in Arizona so I think I'll wait until early spring though. I'm happy with the movement also. Even more so since it was the only...

I haven't heard about ratios of root ball to foliage, but the ratio of the height to trunk thickness, the standard being 6 units of height to 1 unit of trunk width (6:1). I'll have to hunt around for information about the root mass ratio though. Yet another thing I have to learn about bonsai...

Ben W, Thanks for the reply. I was re-reading the posts and saw this "the ratio between foliage and root mass are the same." I must have overlooked it earlier. How do you determine this ratio and what it should look like?

Thanks for the responses. I guess I should have pointed out the thickness of the trunks earlier on. The San Jose is 14" (after trimming back the long shoots, about 12") with the trunk at about 1.5". The nana is at 6" right now, but the trunk is only 1/2".

More photos The Nana. This was obtained in late summer as nursery stock before I bought the San Jose and had time to research styling more thoroughly. As a result of ignorance and the earlier time of year, I cut this one back a bit severely. It started getting new buds after a month, so...

This is the top view of my San Jose. I left a lot of branches I probably didn't need to give myself options next year after it has grown out a bit. I have two branches I am considering for the top (I couldn't decide which would be better) and so the plant probably looks a bit crazy right now...

The ground isn't really an option for me here in southern Arizona, lots of hardpan and generally not very conducive to good growth. Native species grow okay, but anything non-native can be an uphill battle. It can be done, it just requires extra work. I opted for the grow boxes for better...

Hi! I have a few newbie questions that I am hoping someone can help me with here. I have two junipers, a procumbens nana and a San Jose, that I purchased in late summer. The nana is only 6" tall and the San Jose is about 14". I repotted both, sans root trim, into clay pots and used some...