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My chinese elm trying to push new buds out in winter.

One of my giant redwoods after removing half the foliage and in a training pot.

Now that we are in winter over here (Australia) and my trident maples and elm have dropped their leaves, is it ok to start root pruning them and re-pot or should I wait until spring?

Here is one of my giant redwoods after a quick prune and adding some shape. I will now let it recover and see how it does in spring.

This is one of 3 olive tree stumps I dug up over 6 months ago. They have had to be cut back a number of times. They have been powering along really well. Now I have decided to have a go at carving. I've never done it before but thought I might give it try. This is all I have taken out...

I'm not sure what this tree is, a few people have said it could be a Mexican White Cedar. A friend of mine was going to through it out, he didn't like the way he had wired it so I took it. Any ideas??

I bought this for $80 on the weekend. I've always a decent sized swamp cypress to play with. Even though it has its autum colours it still has some fresh green shoots coming through.

I am a little confused on how to care for my two Sequoiadendrons. Some sites say not to let them dry out between watering and other sites say the opposite. I have them in a spot where they get 5 - 6 hours of direct sunlight in the morning. Is that enough or should they get more sunlight?

Since the weather here has cooled down a far bit I cut back my radiata pine to let more light and air into it. Now I just need some ideas on shaping it. Cheers - Craig.

Here are 3 olive stumps I collected about 4 months agao. I'm doing a course in Conservation and Land Management. I told my teacher I wanted to collect some nice olives. He said "how about we dig up this olive?". Where I live olives are classed as weeds. The stumps looked like they where...

Here is a Ficus elastica I rescued from my mums place almost 12 months ago. When I first got it, it was over 6ft tall, very sad looking and very few leaves. When I brought it home I cut it down to about 2ft and just kept feeding it. I think it is looking rather healthy these days.

I finally decided to get myself a Wollemi Pine. Most people I talk to don't like them and think they are ugly. Me, I think they are beautiful. This is the only tree in my collection that WONT become a bonsai though. I will stick it in a bigger pot and let it go.

I picked up this Dawn Redwood from a local nursery a few weeks back. It was in a small 6inch pot so I stuck it in a larger pot so it can get a bit fatter. It is almost 5ft tall. Not a bad buy for $15