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  1. bonhe

    Which plant is it?

    Hi all. I need your expertise again . I got this little plant 2 years ago. The seller told me its name, but I already forgot!!!! I should have written it down ! Thanks and have a beautiful Sunday . Thụ Thoại
  2. bonhe

    What is the plant ?

    I just found this little weed in my garden. It has beautiful flowers. I dug it up and put it into the pot for Kusamono. I wonder what the plant is. Thanks Thụ Thoại
  3. bonhe

    What is the most common juniper seen in Greece?

    Hi all, I recently visited Greece and saw a lot of juniper there. It has scale needles. Its fruits are really big. I wonder what kind of juniper it is. Thanks Thụ Thoại
  4. bonhe

    shoot pruning for black pine!

    I decide to post this topic today, because this time is critical time for black pine training in my area! :) I like to summarize some terminology: when spring growth begins, buds become the candles with tiny short needles. Then candles elongate with needles getting long, they become shoots. In...
  5. bonhe

    What is it ?

    I found this on one of my pomegranate this morning. I took it off easily. It is soft and sticky liked cheese . I did not see it yesterday. I have no idea what it is ! Thụ Thoại
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    What do you think ?

    One of my classmates asked me to take a look his JBP and to tell him if there was any problem with the tree. I observed whole tree and found some areas with this kind of needles. Could you tell me what the problem the tree is getting ? Thanks Thụ Thoại
  7. bonhe

    Skin Graft

    I like to introduce this special skin graft to you. As you know, after we prune the branch, it will leave a wound in the area. This wound will eventually heal over, but unfortunately some will never be healed! Based on human skin graft technique, I modified the technique and applied it to my...
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    Kotobuki on Huangshan pine

    I grafted kotobuki on Huangshan pine on 3/13/21. It is a kind of late to do this in my area. As always, I grafted really low on the stock: grafted site was in trunk base next to root neck ! The low graft is difficult to perform but it creates the beautiful tree later on, especially if the...
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    What is the pot ?

    I took this pot out of the garden and cleaned it up this morning. I bought this one through EBay about 8-9 years ago because I love its decoration. It has an excellent quality. I never found out by whom this pot was created. I also like to know what symbol means. Someone told me it was...
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    What is the plant ?

    My friend just gave this plant. It grows well in the pond but also on the ground. I think it may be suitable for kusamono. I wonder what the plant is. It has flowers right in the middle of nowhere! Thanks Thụ Thoại
  11. bonhe

    SMS quince 1

    Enjoy! Thụ Thoại
  12. bonhe

    Flowering Quince 1

    This kind of flowering quince has white flower at first, then slowly changes to pink flowers. Thụ Thoại
  13. bonhe

    My contorted quince

    I like to share with you the contorted quince which is still in training process. Thụ Thoại
  14. bonhe

    Flowering peach seedling

    I collected the 1 year old flowering peach seedlings from my garden one year ago. I put them into 1 gallon pot for bonsai training purpose. I was really shocked yesterday when I saw one of them having the flowers ! 2 year old seedling has flowers! 😱 Thụ Thoại
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    Bonsai companions

    I am creating this post because Cadillactaste asked me about “the bird with the worm” used as one of companions with my bonsai display in other post. This piece of art is named as Căng by the artist and I. Căng means Struggling in English. The sparrow is trying to pull the worm from its...
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    Flowering Peach

    This tree has been trained for bonsai. While doing that, I still enjoy its flowers in every Vietnamese New Year. I really this specimen because it has been always bloomed right in the 1st day of the lunar year! I will prune and bend these branches down as soon as the flowers are fading...
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    Ume in Inland Empire !

    I posted this tree years ago, but I can not find that post any more. It gave first flowers today. There are 2 really tiny flowers . I used the tip of my index finger for comparison Thụ Thoại
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    Contorted ume

    This is the first time it gives the flowers since it arrived to my garden 3 years ago. At that time, it was in a very bad condition with gradual die back! It continued losing one limb to another limbs, one by one. Up to the point it had no more branches and just a short trunk! I asked the...
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    Tamarix

    This tamarix had been trained by my teacher, Mr. Richard Ota over 35 years. It changes color in winter ! Thụ Thoại
  20. bonhe

    Happy New Year

    Year 2020 had some big changes but the most one was COVID-19 pandemic. It forced us to change our lifestyles accordingly! With COVID-19 vaccine was just available for some of us, I hope the year 2021 will be much more light, more hope for everyone on this earth ! Thụ Thoại
  21. bonhe

    Evaluation of Stress on Bonsai

    bonhe submitted a new resource: Evaluation of Stress on Bonsai - Stress evaluation Read more about this resource...
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    Evaluation of Stress on Bonsai

    Hi all, There are quite a few of people contacted me to ask how I could grow bonsai successfully in my hot and dry climate. I decide to write a small thesis with tittle "Evaluation of Stress on Bonsai". I have tried to google to see there was any article regarding to this issue, but there was...
  23. bonhe

    What is the plant?

    Hi all, One of my friends asked me about the name of this plant, but I have no clue! Could someone tell me what it is? Thanks Thụ Thoại
  24. bonhe

    Stressful bonsai!

    This time of the year, I would like to throw this subject out here as a token thanking to everyone who has been helping me in shaping up my ability in this hobby! 1- what is a stressful tree? 2- how is the tree stressed? 3- how to recognize the tree is in stress? 4- is there any stress meter for...
  25. bonhe

    BRT

    This is BRT which has been trained since 6/15/2008. Sorry I don’t have the old pictures for comparison at this time . It has been growing well in my hot and dry area. I have pruned it at least twice a year. It grows liked a weed here ! I did the 3rd pruning this morning. Before A lot long...
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