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Potting & Repotting Season – Bald Cypress

Potting & Repotting Season – Bald Cypress

potting & repotting season - bald cypressSneak PeekLet's make a formal upright bonsai!Potting and Repotting Season - Bald CypressThe BC's are coming out - these are trees from south of me that "remember" where they're from, so usually nothing comes out before they...

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Bald Cypress Collecting Trip #3 For 2022

Bald Cypress Collecting Trip #3 For 2022

bald cypress collecting trip #3 for 2022Sneak PeekMore specimens from this week's trip.Bald Cypress Collecting Trip #3 for 2022It's a given that I'll have Bald cypresses budding out each year before just about everything else - Chinese elms usually being first. ...

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Bald Cypress Collecting Trip #2 For 2022

Bald Cypress Collecting Trip #2 For 2022

bald cypress collecting trip #2 for 2022Sneak PeekMore specimens from this week's trip.Bald Cypress Collecting Trip #2 for 2022The weather has taken a cold turn recently.  Though we do alternate with moderate days, it seems that every weekend it turns cold again.  As...

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Portrait Time – Hawthorn, Oak, Elm

Portrait Time – Hawthorn, Oak, Elm

portrait time - hawthorn, oak, elmSneak PeekThere's nothing like the combination of spring, sunny weather and nicely developed bonsai.Portrait Time - Hawthorn, Oak, Water-ElmWell, after the winter we had it does your heart good to see your trees responding to spring. ...

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Bonsai Odds & Ends – Rip, Swamp Maple, Ginkgo, Surprise

Bonsai Odds & Ends – Rip, Swamp Maple, Ginkgo, Surprise

bonsai odds & ends - rip, swamp maple, ginkgo, surpriseSneak PeekSpring is in full force, and there's lots going on around here.  Today it's worth checking in on 'Rip van Winkle' the Willow oak, the Swamp maple and Ginkgo I potted late, and a surprise.Bonsai Odds...

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It’s Happening – Sunshine, Warmth and Foliage

It’s Happening – Sunshine, Warmth and Foliage

it's happening - sunshine, warmth and foliageSneak PeekIt's hard to describe how you feel when after bitter cold, snow and ice, you finally get sunshine warmth, and foliage on your bonsai!It's Happening - Sunshine, Warmth and FoliageIt's so great to finally be getting...

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riverflat hawthorn

Rebuilding A Live Oak Bonsai

Rebuilding A Live Oak Bonsai

rebuilding a live oak bonsaiSneak PeekSometimes you have to start over with a  bonsai.  That has been the case with this old Live oak I was left by a bonsai friend who passed.Rebuilding a Live Oak BonsaiI've shown you this Live oak bonsai before.  I received it as a...

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Mayhaw Work And Lantana Flowers (Surprise)

Mayhaw Work And Lantana Flowers (Surprise)

mayhaw work and lantana flowers (surprise)Sneak PeekI have this Mayhaw I collected a couple of years ago.  It's grown well enough that some development work is called for.  Plus I have a Lantana that is producing flowers that are - reduced in size?Mayhaw Work and...

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Portrait Time – Hawthorn, Oak, Elm

Portrait Time – Hawthorn, Oak, Elm

portrait time - hawthorn, oak, elmSneak PeekThere's nothing like the combination of spring, sunny weather and nicely developed bonsai.Portrait Time - Hawthorn, Oak, Water-ElmWell, after the winter we had it does your heart good to see your trees responding to spring. ...

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Live Oak Update

Live Oak Update

live oak updateSneak PeekSometimes you have to start over with a  bonsai.  That has been the case with this old Live oak I was left by a bonsai friend who passed.Live Oak UpdateBack in May I started the rebuilding process on what started out as a legacy tree I was...

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The Beech Code?

The Beech Code?

the beech code?Sneak PeekBeech make wonderful bonsai.  American beech, however, is nowhere near as amenable to development as its European or Japanese counterparts.  But that might not be the end of the story ....The Beech Code?I collected this American beech, Fagus...

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Rebuilding A Live Oak Bonsai

Rebuilding A Live Oak Bonsai

rebuilding a live oak bonsaiSneak PeekSometimes you have to start over with a  bonsai.  That has been the case with this old Live oak I was left by a bonsai friend who passed.Rebuilding a Live Oak BonsaiI've shown you this Live oak bonsai before.  I received it as a...

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