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Any update on this one? It seems to be responding very well! I have many shrubs just like this in my front yard I'm removing and it looks like I'll be making some boxes for several of them!

Great progress! I'm looking forward to this one moving forward!

And here I am thinking my 12 that needed repotting ran me ragged...thanks for sharing :)

Great post, thanks for sharing! Quite a few of us Dallas folks around!

Agreed, but sometimes.... j/k :)

Thanks lol! The perk of bringing her with me to the bonsai nursery, the owner usually throws in the small ones because she likes them :P maybe she'll let me put one in the ground...

I bought a nursery boxwood last year and it had a less-than desirable second in the pot. I decided to hack it back to a very small stump just for fun. The only container small enough I had was a cut down, tiny plastic container which fell off about 4 times throughout the last year. Occasionally...

Great idea Alain, I'll keep this post in mind for the future Cypress: haha maybe...no it was just from a rough saw while it was still in the ground, suppose I could clean it up!

Ah yeah, I referred to my backyard as a typical TX one. :) I'll update my profile. Plan is for now to let it grow unrestricted and then see what options are available. My first instinct was a broom :)

A ha! poorly placed rake in the background...typical texas backyard

Hello! This is an elm(?) that was growing up against our enclosed patio room. We were afraid the roots were going to damage the room so I offered to dig it up, and why not try to create bonsai with it! It was about 8' tall, and had many options for lower branches (which I kept). I only reduced...

Here is an update after a full year of growth since the chop. I removed some of the unwanted branches (especially from the top, they were growing like crazy) Would love your thoughts: There are two branches on the second pic (on the right side of the tree) that are dead

Haha yeah, funny how deadwood is dead =P I just never noticed the dark spots from within the trunks before on other trees I have, also my first (and only so far) maple. It grows like a weed though so I haven't worried much. That is always a good sign...right? :)

When I repott it, I noticed a big block of trunk underneath. I did my best to reduce it and it appeared a lot of the wood was rotting underneath. A lot of the deadwood you see in that picture is dead as well, along with trunks exposing black along the inside. I'll get a picture when there is...

Very informative, I'll post pictures once I get off work!

Awesome, I am very excited about this one. Thanks again for everyones help

The two stubs on the far right/bottom portion are both dead, the same goes for the little nub on the left most trunk. I was going to lop those off clean. Those turnbuckles are gnarly, I've never seen anything like that :)

Thanks for the posts! I'll carry this out!

I wish I could bring them in closer but they are stuck there it seems, or I need some new techniques/elbow grease. :p How far down would you chop? It currently stands at 14"

Hello! This is my first ever maple (A. ginnala 'Flame') and I really love some of its characteristics and leaves. These pictures of after a year of unrestricted growth and a trim of the unwanted branches (it grow from the three trunk stumps to over 5' tall, with very thick/hard vertical...

Thanks both of you for your posts. I most definitely would have opted out if I had known this, but it was not labeled very clearly to me. I will also look into our local society. Thanks again :)

Hey everyone, I found this "pine" (as it was labeled) at my local big-box nursery. It could be a pine...but I also think it could be a fir or even spruce. Would love for some experienced eyes to give more advice on an identification. This was in Dallas, TX if that helps. The label also states...

Sounds like a good plan! I have a bougainvillea and a 'lusean' schefflera and if it grows like those, I'll be in over my head in two years. :) Thanks

I picked this up at a local nursery. I have never tried a ficus bonsai but my brother has a few and recommended them (I mostly stick to native species). The branches were growing in very wonky/unnatural positions so I wired them to be more appealing to my final design idea, however that could...

Hey guys! While out shopping I ran into an interestingly grown azalea. It is an Azalea Brooks 'Flamingo'. A hybrid of some sort which I am unfamiliar with. Anyway, I thought I would share some pictures and see what you all think.