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Hi Everybody We had a very early spring and I'm happy because everything survived.......but my Silver Birch doesn't seem to be doing well... The leaves are curling up on themselves and the edges drying out, but it keeps budding. I moved it to a less sunny spot but I also seem to...

Apologies to those that've seen this question at IBC, no help there, so let's hope some 'Nutter has advice: I bought several trees at a nursery that's closing down, including 2 Zelkova serrata. Choose the thickest 2, and only later noticed all was not well with one of them......few dead...

Hi All I don't contribute enough, let's do something about that, and as usual get some help and advice at the same time :cool: I got this Chinese Elm at a nursery a few years ago, for me this was a huge find as it's not a regular import for us. It was also the first larger nursery...

Hi All About 2 weeks ago I repotted a Ficus, I did minimal root work and quite frankly everything about the new pot and planting mix is better than it used to be. It's been behaving normally, some leaves yellowed.......and then some more leaves yellowed.... I spent some time with it...

Hi All I bought this plant several years ago mostly as a source of cuttings and to practice some techniques on. Turns out I gave all the best cuttings away, and more of the experiments worked than didn't, so it's got a good base ( not apparant in the photos) and good taper. That's where...

Hi I'm trying to help a friend ID a tree, and I've drawn a blank even with my mighty Google skills, hope you can help....hope I manage to upload the photos! Thanks Gerhard

Hi All I'm looking for a reliable and correct website(s) for general horticultural information. There is so much contradiction out there, and at times the info is only valid for a certain area. I don't need a bonsai specific source, I'm sure that except for a few issues there is no...

Hi All I bought an elm not too long ago, nursery plant with a trunk diameter of about 3-4cm, trunk is straight for about the first 7" from the base, then there's a subtle movement and more straightness - no idea yet what the roots look like. I'm planning to air layer the top part where the...

Hi All 3 years down the line I'm relatively happy with the soil mix I use, which is basically riversand from a specific spot with larger particles and misc. fertilizers mixed in depending on the tree in question. This does come with some problems, and I want to go the inorganic route, at...

Hi All I know there are some Aussies here:), hope you can help... There was a small local bonsai exhibit recently, and there were a few Melaleuca bonsai that really caught my eye. There are a few growing around town, I always liked their look but could never identify them, now I know they...

Hi I bought a larger Chinese Elm on Saturday, been eyeing it for a while. Normal nursery tree so I'm sure I'll have a battle with the roots somewhere down the line. I removed about half the canopy (planted several cuttings) and now the wait is on for back-budding so I can chop it down...

Hi All My cousin informed me there's a miniature Guava growing in the garden of their rented house - BIG MISTAKE!:D I checked out the tree yesterday, just more that 1m tall, I offered to replace the tree with anything they want, plan was to dig the whole tree but the once-over convinced me...

Hi All First project for 2011 will be a forest, I have my doubts about pulling it off artistically. I've read a few articles on composition and checked out a few how-to's, but I was wondering - won't the roots in forest plantings tend to be inseperable eventually? I'm using 5 x...

Hi All I've googled with no results, has anybody seen a good camphor tree bonsai? Few months ago I bought a camphor tree at a nursery close-out. It had a kink in the trunk about 2" above the roots like the grow tip broke off when it was very young and a branch kept going. I bought it...

Hi All Without a doubt the most beautiful and awe inspiring trees I've ever seen is the Cedrus Atlantica at Kirstenbosch in Cape Town. http://www.sanbi.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=594%3Apearsons-grave-and-the-atlas-cedar&catid=48%3Akirstenbosch-nbg&Itemid=510 The next...

Hi All I bought an Chinese Elm starter while on holiday in Cape Town, the trunk is about pencil thickness so it has many years of growth ahead before it'll amount to anything. I planted it in a large pot for development and was very happy to find the nursery had done some root pruning...

Hi All Hope your 2009 started better than mine......:confused: I've been forced to take a job in another "town", actually a mining town in the middle of nowhere.:mad: Search for Rosh Pinah on Google Earth if you don't believe me:D I don't know what the USDA zone for the Hell is, but I...

Hi Everybody This is a tree I found last summer I pruned it just before winter (April/May 2008) and chopped the big surface root on the left side. It was left in peace throughout the winter and we dug it up about 4 weeks ago and it seems very happy. I now know it backbuds and must be...

Hi I have a nursery ficus that was labeled as Ficus Benj. Natasha, but looking around on the Net it sure looks like a Too Little. A bonsai buddy has a Too Little and I really can't see a difference. Anybody out there know the low-down on these varieties? I have to add the lables on a...

Hi First post here, I got my first potential bonsai 4 years ago, always tickled by the art but never got into it seriously until about a year ago. It has turned into a total obsession and I've been soaking up info on the few great sites like BonsaiNut.......buying/digging/planting anything...