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Unkown variety, I haven't let it flower yet, but I believe it is pink. I've had this crape since spring of 2019, bought it from @VAFisher (still have the pokomoke group too 👍), along with the Sara Rayner pot. It was clear from the beginning that he took good care of it and put some great detail...

I bought my first display stand this afternoon from an estate sale, and I'll be the first person to say I know nothing about stands at all. The only thing the people working the sale could tell me is it's rosewood, and that their clients had it for at least 30 years. Dimensions: 17"W x 10"D x...

Quick question for everybody: I started repotting a crape myrtle bonsai this afternoon and won't be able to finish until tomorrow afternoon unfortunately... Should I keep the tree submerged over night or wrap the root ball in wet paper towels and then in plastic? I wish I didn't have to wait...

Here's a Japanese maple clump air layer I've been growing since fall of 2016. It came off of a tree in my yard and unfortunately I don't know the variety. It gets a nice orange fall color which is a little unique with palmatums. I repotted it last Wednesday and took off the biggest trunk which...

Here's a field maple I've had since June of 2017. I bought it at Meehan's Miniatures, I think for around $25-30, and I was pretty excited because I had been looking for one for a long time. As bought: I slip potted it that summer into a 5 gallon pot and honestly, I can't remember if I've...

I'm trying really hard this year to post more of my trees and the other random projects I carry out. Not much to see with this trident at the moment but I'll be chopping it back soon, hopefully there will be more to update later on. It was one of those starters you buy at nurseries in a 1...

Here's an Amur maple clump air layer I potted up 8/3/17. It's been repotted once since then, but it definitely needs it again this season. It hasn't ever really been that vigorous for me, which is surprising since it's an amur, but the soil was probably crap from the beginning... Hopefully by...

I'm going to try to start posting more of my trees, for critiques, public pillory, or whatever:p. I have very few devoted threads for my stuff, other than crap that I posted when I first came here in 2014. I've been trying to push my stuff forward since joining here, so a lot of my stuff are...

How effective is spinosad for spider mites? I've read something's that say it is not that effective, but others that say it is? Anybody have experience with using spinosad on ficus, is it pretty safe as far as not damaging it further? Also is it safe for jades and other succulents? I'm probably...

On another thread I posted a picture of my B.C. that was discolored, and figured it was just heat stress because this thing needs water so much in my heat. @Mellow Mullet responded, thinking it was in fact rust mite damage and not a lack of water. Well, I finally broke out the microscope and...

Last fall, I severed an air layer off of a potted field maple I have; it had what I thought was a pretty interesting multi trunk base going on. Soon after potting up, the layer's leaves turned brown and I thought I probably lost it. I left way too much foliage on it... Scratching branches...

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of meeting @VAFisher, he graciously invited me over to his house to check out his trees and pot collection for the potential to purchase some items. This is the 3rd person I've had the chance to meet from this site! He has many more bonsai than what he posts on...

When they're not bonsai... Had a 25' Leyland come down during our last snow storm because an elaeagnus had grown up it and choked it out... Both trees weren't even on my property, but they are now:mad::oops::eek: Took the leaders off of 2 really nice 15' specimen j. maples; one atrolineare and...

Anybody have experience doing this? I can't imagine it's that hard and is probably similar with most maples, but with the thicker bark, is there any difficulties? I've tried searching online and here about how successful this is but not really coming up with much for the specific species...

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This is more of a thread to chronical my hydroponic Ficus microcarpa experiment. Pardon the ginseng, this was the only one I could find cheaply that I wouldn't mind accidentally killing and the point of this all is to get branches thicker quicker to take cuttings off of... I have wanted to...

Just got these 2 large boxwood a couple hours ago, I'm not sure what type but they seem to be very compact and are pretty large. My plan was to prune them 6-8" but now I'm not so sure if I want to so severely... I'm not sure how I'll pot them if I want to keep a lot of growth? Should I chop low...

I've never tried any grafting before, but I think bud grafting could be easier at least for me. This seems like a good longer term approach for branch placement. I don't think I've heard anybody talking about this for bonsai, is there a good reason why? Anybody ever try this for a less...

Hey everyone, I am thinking about buying a Peach Princess Pomegranate starter and am having trouble finding much info on this plant. Some sites say it's a dwarf, others say nothing... Anybody have any cultural experience with this plant, or even better pictures of the flowers? Google only...

So I bought this Holly last week and could not resist cutting it back, I know the timing wasn't the best but I know these are pretty vigorous and I think it could make it through the winter even if it doesn't push out any more growth this year. Winterberries, for whatever reason, are one of...

Here's a Winged Elm air layer I started on 7/8. When I checked it on 8/24 it had finally started putting out roots (@sorce could be right :D). So I cut it down and potted it up earlier today. I'm excited about this one because I think it has good movement in the trunk already and has good...

Earlier this summer I started a few air layers on various trees and one crape myrtle is filling the bag nicely, I'm thinking about potting it tomorrow. I used sphagnum moss that I cut up well, should I tweeze the moss away from the roots or plant straight without messing with the ball? The...

Hey everybody, here's a Grace Hendrick Phillips boxwood I've had for a few years, haven't really pruned it or done anything other than repotting a couple times. IMG_20160322_175546 by cbroad posted Mar 23, 2016 at 10:55 PM IMG_20160322_175505 by cbroad posted Mar 23, 2016 at 11:42...

Hey everybody, I have a few questions about what I think is a Bloodgood J.M. I guess it could be Emperor 1 or Fireglow, they all look so similar to me when they're this small and very hard to tell the difference. IMG_20160222_124328 by cbroad posted Feb 22, 2016 at 2:18 PMIMG_20160222_124316 by...

Last summer I did some landscaping for a lady I've known for years in exchange for a whole bunch of "pre-bonsai" plants. One thing she gave me was a Goldenrain Tree in a 1 gallon pot; I'm not sure where she got it and whether it was seed grown or a cutting. The plant is less than a foot tall...