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Ah, yeah... scratch that question. I see you're in zone 11a (lows of 5-9C)... Perhaps it was never meant to be (for me) in zone 5b, this acacia... i was never sure whether these things ever went dormant, and needed to go dormant, to maintain vigor...

Can you describe your climate with respect to growing versus dormant season? Im in a temperate zone with big swings in temperature (30 to 35C average high temps in summer and -5 to 0C average in winter), so I bring my acacia inside each winter and it struggles to survive each winter. What is...

The Horst in the haystack… that’s my biggest layout. should be pretty easy to spot it.

“Watered” my trees. First snow of the season!

Although not apparent from the pictures, the branching continues to develop. I also think I will repot into the yellow Horst Heinzlreiter oval in 2024. Photo is totally out of proportion, given that the pot is simply placed in front of the tree, but mostly showing for color contrast on fall...

Nearing peak color. I don’t have a good set up for photos, and this photo doesn’t project true colors well… need a good black backdrop.

Those runners will be kept in check… as noted, still much editing to do. I was just at my temporary limit after wiring all branches and shoots. The tree now seems to weigh about about 10 kilos more with all the wire that was applied!

Just documenting another of my junipers that I have not yet documented. I acquired this tree in November 2020 from a friend and local club member, John Denny. It was collected from the Rocky Mountains (shockingly!) in 2012 by Randy Knight and first went into a bonsai pot in 2015. The initial...

Here's a shot from a page in our local newsletter... but I have not seen the tree in person this spring. But short internodes still appear to be holding.

My set up. All pressure treated lumber, with post holes simply packed with paver stone so I they’re not permanent and I could potentially move them around as shade trees in my yard continue to get larger over the years. Very stable benches, each costing about $45 to construct (back in 2019!)

This is an old thread, but could find no other references to blooming american hornbeam on the site... I re-potted my tree about a week ago and it's starting to put out flowers. Pretty significant root work was done (maybe 40% removal). I was wondering if it would be best for the tree to remove...

Not to hijack, but see so few of these. I like it. I visited a friends garden yesterday and she has a really interesting boxelder she been working on. Really great base, and starting to get ramification on what is typically really coarse growth. Good luck with yours!

Kiyo hime maple and cedar elm showing some color, finally

Another cold morning. Sharps Pygmy, up close. Fall colors on this tree are never very vibrant, but it’s still a favorite among my maples.

An impressive fall sunset over my bonsai garden tonight

Mine getting better! (Hand… Shielding phone from rain)

American hornbeam in 5B Iowa approaching peak. Terrible picture in direct sun with harsh shadow, but it almost iridescent in person!

No trip to Milwaukee for me, sadly. Very busy stretch at work these next two weeks. perhaps down the road we can circle back to discussing when you’re coming to pick it up from my yard!!

Thanks for the compliment, @Srt8madness. If there's one thing I can say about my junipers... they are all very healthy. I seem to have become proficient at maintaining and improving their health, thankfully... But now for the really hard part... ...Styling. Still lots to learn. And in...

Yes, the opposite of what we were hoping to see... the rootball is in muck/mud, with loose grain soil above (for show) and below (added during the most recent potting and after an inadequate working of compacted soil out of the roots). Your instincts to re-pot and Brian's suggestion above are...

June 2022 update: Nothing major accomplished... The transition to outdoors this spring sun-bleached some leaves, so I cut those away and I did some editing within the canopy and applied wire to a few unruly branches. But it's still a clump I started with for $40. Growing strongly now with lots...

I understand that your soaking methods revealed no clear indication of significant water uptake (so soil is not likely overly dry), but perhaps take a pointed (yet blunt) wooden stick, like a slightly pointed chopstick, and carefully scrape the top 1-2 cm of soil away very slowly to see if the...

Another thought for sure, thanks @Shibui. What prevented me from moving in this direction is that it would leave the top right branch (sort of a back branch on the right) as really thick and unsightly. Currently this heavy branch is more or less masked by the finer branching above, so I am a...

Brian, Did you keep the right branch?