My year around bonsai work in the Inland Empire, CA

[bonhe]

The mom is not yet in full bloom!


Confident!


Age 13!


Rightly disposed!


Murmuring!


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[Wilson]

Always such a pleasure to check in on this thread. You have so many amazing trees, it must be a joy to look throughout your garden.

 

[the1only]

My two ume start having their first flowers this afternoon! It has been raining all day long here today. These pictures were taken under rain!
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Nice Ume. With UMe to you just let it grow for bigger trunk, and when will be good to do a trunk chop? ( Size wise)

 

[bonhe]

Always such a pleasure to check in on this thread. You have so many amazing trees, it must be a joy to look throughout your garden.

Thank you very much for your kind words, Wilson!

Nice Ume. With UMe to you just let it grow for bigger trunk, and when will be good to do a trunk chop? ( Size wise)

Because the flower has a strong positive impact on our mental and physical health, I never removed the flower buds on the being trained flowering trees. I can enjoy the flowers while the tree is still in training. In my opinion, it is priceless!
The good time to do trunk chop is in the winter when the tree is leafless. The reason is that it will reduce a lot of stress for the tree regarding to the injury and energy saving.
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[janaiya]

Today is New Year day. It is too cold with strong dry wind in my area. The Brazilian Rain tree seems sleeping. All of the leaves are "drooling" down!
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However, this ficus are still awake in spite of some yellow leaves. I pruned the long branches back. The ficus is growing fast here. When I bought it in 2007, its trunk base diameter was about 1". Now, it is 7", even though it has been in the bonsai pot all the time.
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How cold was it? Just wondering what is the lowest temperature a BRT can take for a few days? Interesting that the leaves are drooling down but did not close

 

[bonhe]

How cold was it? Just wondering what is the lowest temperature a BRT can take for a few days? Interesting that the leaves are drooling down but did not close

It was about 40 F at that time.
The leaves will completely close when temperature was down to 35 F in my area !
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[janaiya]

I think this Brazilian Rain Tree is very resilient and can deal very efficiently with weather changes. Do you have yours sitting in the sun all day or its only partial since you are in a similar climate zone? Mine now has around 6 hrs full sun and the rest of the day all shade. I think more we get to the summer less it will get full sun, I hope its not going to be a problem?

 

[bonhe]

I think this Brazilian Rain Tree is very resilient and can deal very efficiently with weather changes. Do you have yours sitting in the sun all day or its only partial since you are in a similar climate zone? Mine now has around 6 hrs full sun and the rest of the day all shade. I think more we get to the summer less it will get full sun, I hope its not going to be a problem?

Mine has been only received about one hour of morning sun and one hour of afternoon sun last year!
Few years ago, it received 30 minutes of morning sun and 5 hours of afternoon sun from noon to 5 pm.
Comparing both, I see the leaves is more dark green when the tree get less direct sunlight, otherwise the growth rates are the same!
Yes, this tree is very strong to be trained for bonsai ! No doubt !
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[bonhe]

This ume has more flowers this evening but not up to the peak yet!


This one is going down hill!


Marilyn Monroe!


Lonely !


Beauty!


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[dirk hoorelbeke]

Waiting for the ultimate moment. Suspense...

 

[bonhe]

It has more flowers this evening. We have got Santa Ana wind here in a few days with some strong gusting wind!!!! I don’t think I I can see more flowers than it is today!


Another one

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[Carol 83]

It has more flowers this evening. We have got Santa Ana wind here in a few days with some strong gusting wind!!!! I don’t think I I can see more flowers than it is today!
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So pretty, and nice to see for those of us enduring cold, gray, winter days.

 

[bonhe]

So pretty, and nice to see for those of us enduring cold, gray, winter days.

Thanks. It is up to 74 F here in a few days!!! Day length is 10 hrs 23 min today!
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[bonhe]

I took this trident maple out this morning to prepare for transplanting into the clay pot. I pruned all the long branches back to 2 nodes.
Before


After


It has extensive deadwood needed to be carved!


I am planning to carve it tomorrow!
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[bonhe]

Just repotted this Liquidamber orientalis this morning. There is no way to do that myself without Hoyer lift!!
Used the cotton rope to hang the tree!


Tied the other end of the rope to the head of Hoyer lift


Had to use the reciprocal saw to separate the tree from the pot!




The was lifted out of the old pot. Started working on the root.


Finished root


Used pumice: orchid bark: fir ground with 4:5:5 ratio


As usual, the twine was used to keep the tree in place!


Done. Sphagnum moss used to cover soil surface.


New buds are elongating at this time


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[bonhe]

The flowers of this ume are fading away now! However, I am still able to enjoy it! The pot is sitting next to the mountain- sea landscape ( Vietnamese calls Hòm non bộ)


Floaters!


It is so beautiful!!!!
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[LanceMac10]

That's "baby makin' stuff" right there!!!!

…...as long as your real small and such....

 

[bonhe]

That's "baby makin' stuff" right there!!!!

…...as long as your real small and such....

Hâhhahhaa
This morning I did some carving on the tree at # 834



I will do more carving next weekend if the buds are still sleeping!
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[bonhe]

I did more carving for this tree today.
I created some hollows.
2 hollows are connected together.




I did not carve the lower trunk yet! I will let it be until next winter. Then, I transplanted it into the square pot! The soil has pumice: orchid seedling barks: fir ground with 1:1:1 ratio


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[bonhe]

The flowering peach gives me few flowers for Vietnamese New Year next week?