Recent content by butlern

Ah, yeah... scratch that question. I see you're in zone 11a (lows of 5-9C)... Perhaps it was never meant to be (for me) in zone 5b, this acacia... i was never sure whether these things ever went dormant, and needed to go dormant, to maintain vigor...

Can you describe your climate with respect to growing versus dormant season? Im in a temperate zone with big swings in temperature (30 to 35C average high temps in summer and -5 to 0C average in winter), so I bring my acacia inside each winter and it struggles to survive each winter. What is...

The Horst in the haystack… that’s my biggest layout. should be pretty easy to spot it.

“Watered” my trees. First snow of the season!

Although not apparent from the pictures, the branching continues to develop. I also think I will repot into the yellow Horst Heinzlreiter oval in 2024. Photo is totally out of proportion, given that the pot is simply placed in front of the tree, but mostly showing for color contrast on fall...

Nearing peak color. I don’t have a good set up for photos, and this photo doesn’t project true colors well… need a good black backdrop.

Those runners will be kept in check… as noted, still much editing to do. I was just at my temporary limit after wiring all branches and shoots. The tree now seems to weigh about about 10 kilos more with all the wire that was applied!

Just documenting another of my junipers that I have not yet documented. I acquired this tree in November 2020 from a friend and local club member, John Denny. It was collected from the Rocky Mountains (shockingly!) in 2012 by Randy Knight and first went into a bonsai pot in 2015. The initial...

Here's a shot from a page in our local newsletter... but I have not seen the tree in person this spring. But short internodes still appear to be holding.

My set up. All pressure treated lumber, with post holes simply packed with paver stone so I they’re not permanent and I could potentially move them around as shade trees in my yard continue to get larger over the years. Very stable benches, each costing about $45 to construct (back in 2019!)

This is an old thread, but could find no other references to blooming american hornbeam on the site... I re-potted my tree about a week ago and it's starting to put out flowers. Pretty significant root work was done (maybe 40% removal). I was wondering if it would be best for the tree to remove...

Not to hijack, but see so few of these. I like it. I visited a friends garden yesterday and she has a really interesting boxelder she been working on. Really great base, and starting to get ramification on what is typically really coarse growth. Good luck with yours!

Kiyo hime maple and cedar elm showing some color, finally

Another cold morning. Sharps Pygmy, up close. Fall colors on this tree are never very vibrant, but it’s still a favorite among my maples.

An impressive fall sunset over my bonsai garden tonight