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Depends on the size. Since they’re collected they’re not uniform in size c And conformity.

The predictions have been consistent for the last couple of weeks. They’ve been saying polar air will be unleashed in December because of unstable polar winds which allow frigid polar air to dip down https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/12/03/polar-vortex-december-weather/87588176007/

This answers some questions The section on where the resources go is interesting https://www.bonsai-nbf.org/transition-faqs

This has been coming for weeks. I don’t know what to think about and its impact on the National Bonsai Museum which has been the private group supporting the museum it the public/private partnership that sustains the museum. The duties now move to the Friends of the National Arboretum which...

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I wouldn’t. Leave it be. Cutting anything on it now increase chances of it drying out and killing pieces of the trunk. Wisteria doesn’t heal cuts well in the first place and are prone to die back. Even in active growth. You’re three months away from it growing. Wisteria is a vine not a tree. It...

Fwiw if you can’t find one with a substantial intersting trunk these aren’t worth the effort to keep them. There billions of taper less curve less wisteria growing wild all over the place here inthe middle Atlantic and SE states. The vast majority aren’t worth collecting. I literally have...

Wrong time of year to collect. The amount of trunk to leave depends on the trunk. Where are the interesting parts? Best time to collected is early spring. Best soil is rich deep soil mixed half and half with bonsai soil (not straight bonsai soil). Wisteria like to grow with their leaves in full...

If you’re not already following this post here take a spin through it. Markyscott is killing it for “go-to” bonsai workshop ideas and implementing them. https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/nova-bonsai-garden.53371/

They may they may not. That is an extended period indoors and could be enough to restart them. Has to do with their genetically determined need for “chilling hours” now way to really tell though. every day inside isn’t good. As long as their leaf buds remain closed and show no signs of...

Also watering on YOUR schedule -not the tree’s-is a common mistake. Watering regularly every two days is probably rotting the roots. Learning to water properly is the most difficult part of bonsai. First step is to learn when your tree needs it. This can vary day to day season to season...

Privet is an extremely common bonsai subject for mass producers. They're grown by the thousands for export. It's not uncommon in "big box" hardware stores and roadside stand here in the U.S. (and Europe). It's sold as "indoor or outdoor" which is misleading. Trying to keep temperate species...

FWIW you haven’t seen people raise these successfully indoors. You have seen privet in earlier stages of decline. Chinese privet (are positive this is ligustrum sinense-Chinese privet?) These are temperate climate semi deciduous sometimes they drop leaves in autumn in milder winters the...

I mulched in the mid to high twenties probably won’t be an issue. Below 24 with no warm up above 40 in the day is an issue

There is no option. They have to remain outdoors Protect the roots with mulch even if you only have an apartment balcony. Mulch them against the inside walll and make sure they’re watered well. Dry roots are dead roots when it freezes. Water insulates the roots tissues

I was going to say the dark stains visible at the cut site shouldn’t be ignored. They indicate to me there is some sort of tissue infection happening here Similar to verticillium wilt. Don’t think ts that but interior staining like that at the cut site is typical of an infection that blocks...

Kingsville do just fine outside in winter in zone 7-6. I’ve found bringing them inside for the winter doesn’t do much good. I leave them out with pots/roots under some mulch in the garden. Snow cover really keeps them well and out of the wind. Prevents bronzing as well.

I got a low grafted arakawa from these folks a very long time ago. They have bonsai specific trees but I don’t know much about them now. https://mendocinomaples.com/collections

“bronzing” of foliage can happen in sudden or deep freezes. It’s not a huge deal. Pics would help

Container size is NOT an indication of the size of the tree in it. Best to ASK about the size of the tree. Since many of these vendors sell hundreds or even thousands of trees they’re not going to provide an individual pic of your specific tree. But they can give a better idea of what you’re...

I always thought of it like a coral reef. Living built on old tissues/structure accumulated over years and even millenia…

Not contagious To non Texans. Probably genetic or something in the water.

Don’t know. Could be all of the above or not. could be sun exposure. Could be stress

I’ve found that The Catlin cultivar tends to keep green leaves well into winter outdoors. I had one that kept them u til the first deep freeze burned them off. The tree pushed new ones in the spring. Did that for years. And FWIW getting red fall color in Chinese elm is not really common...

That tree was donated by DC area resident and long time bonsai artist Stanley Chinn about 20 years ago I think. It’s a pretty large bonsai about three feet tall. He donated many distinctive trees including that Chinese elm forest in the pic above which is becoming one of my favorites. It has a...