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Hey guys, My father is Superintendent of Grounds at John Deere World HQ in Moline, IL. In the main building, they have a large indoor atrium and he took me in to show me and a few friends around. I the building is in zone 5, but all plants indoors are tropicals. The ficus tree are benjamin...

Here's a Potentilla fruticosa that was chopped back from nursery stock. It has been putting on new growth, but lost a bit of its fragile foliage today in high winds that I wasn't anticipating. Dead wood is not done, worked on it for a little bit but then a series of storms moved into the area...

Alright here it is. This is a juniper (not sure what species) that i got from a work site that my crew was at this past week. Its about 2ft tall (its sitting on a 5gal bucket for scale) and the trunk is 2.5-3" in diameter. It has a few branches of dead wood that could be made into jin. Wondering...

Just curious if anyone has grown anything using the soil-less growing medium of coconut core. My father uses it at work for atrium plants at John Deere world HQ and he says that the results of using it are amazing (especially for root growth). From what it looks like, coir possesses the...

Here are a couple of my berberis thumbergii. The smaller one is in its second year in a pot. The other was just salvaged from the garbage pile at the landscape nursery I work at. The base of the the trunk is about 2" in diameter, the spots where there are freshly cut branches were where...

Just got this potentilla (Potentilla fruticosa) today. cut it back hard, kinda lookin for ideas of which direction I should take it. Here are 4 pics around the plant. I'd appreciate any suggestions. Thnaks in advance.

Hey guys, I was curious if anyone has ever visited the Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford, Illinois? As a horticulture student, I recently visited the Missouri Botanical Garden and loved their Japanese garden. Rockford is about 2 hours from my home in the Quad Cities and if people think its...

Does anyone have a reliable online source for ficus stumps/ pre-bonsai material? The closest bonsai nursery to me is in St. Louis (a good 4.5 hour drive). I've been looking on places like ebay, but I just can't seem to bring myself to buying any substantial plant from anyone there. -Thanks

A tree i would like identified... I can name almost deciduous tree (to the genus at least), but not so good with tropicals my guess was some type of ficus, but I could be wrong... pics below thanks!

I was just curious of if anyone has gotten any plants from Cass Bonsai nursery just out side of st. louis. Its about 2 hours from where go to school and am willing to make the drive if the prices are decent and their stock is good...

has anyone ever grown ficus from cuttings? if so, what process did u go through?

couple pics of a Yaupon Holly possible form for a windswept style. let me know if u want some better pics, i know these arent the best views. but it has nicely developed nebari and thick trunk. just curious of how these are to work with and if it has potential... thanks!!!!

Has anyone used eastern red cedars (juniperus virginiana) as bonsai material. in fields by my house in illinois, i have found them and would love to collect them if they can be used. if anyone has used these or seen these, please let me know if they have any potential and maybe some pics. thanks!

For some reason i can't remember what the heck this plant is. found this in our tropical green house at school today looks like its been here for a long time with little if any care. it has fastened itself to the floor basically with its roots. if u do know what this is, how well do they...

Here is a picture of the main trunk and surface roots of the oldest amur maple I've ever seen. This tree is located on the quad at Illinois State University. enjoy

Got this little guy from work... It's a twin trunk, but one, the trunks are the same size, and two, they are split in the middle. (see pics) Is there anything i can do to make this half-way decent? thanks guys! pic 1 = overview pic 2 = front of trunk detail pic 3 = back of trunk detail

So i picked up this nursery stock Red Price Weigela. I think this plant has some serious potential with its angled trunk and beautifully aged bark. The thing is, i'm just a beginner and i really don't want to ruin this beautiful plant. :( So what i want to do is pretty much have u guys tell...

Picked this one out basically for its bark, it looks aged and has about a 1.25 caliper trunk with a nice angle that hopefully i will be able to work with. Plan to bear root and do some serious root trimming and try to expose some nebari. should i prune hard now or wait? it is not putting...

Picked up this dinky mockorange from work Prob will start on this within the next 2 days -i dont know much about these, other than they have bright white flowers mid summer -again, all my plants i am posting are my first, so please bear with me if u think im stupid or w/e i feel that this is...

Just got this azalea from the nursery i work at, was interested in this one bc it had 2 main trunks, i dont know if they share the same roots or not, most likely. Just wanted to know if anyone had some good ideas for this plant? plan to do some heavy pruning soon. let me know, all advice is...

I understand that all plants differ in what kind of soil they will do best in. But i just want a general list of materials and their proportions to make a soil mixture/layering that can be used for a wide range of plants. Just something that will allow proper drainage and nutrient support...

At the landscape nursery i work at, we have a species of japanese maple known as the "Lion's Head" [Acer palmatum 'Shishigashira']. They are nothing like normal japanese maples, the leaves grow extremely dense and close to the main trunks, with a deep green color. I was considering air...

So i just got an azalea from the nursery i work at, still in its pot and such. It is late summer and im not sure if i should wait until spring to do some hard pruning now, or can i do it now. any advice is appreciated thanks!

Alright, so I work at plant nursery and am studying horticulture for my college major and have just gotten into bonsai. I have been look at plants to bonsai, and this is what I ended up with, a wintergreen boxwood. Started out with the shrub being about 18 inches wide and 20 inches or so...