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This tree was nursery material that was worked hard in summer of 2013. I think it's just now starting to look strong particularly in terms of having multiple buds. I cut off the bottom of the rootball Fall 2015. The interior is bare and it needs to be wired. Should I do some bud selection...

I purchased this pine fall 2015 and the candles really took off while I was looking the other way. Embarrassingly... I'm not even sure what type of pine it is so it's probably not a surprise that I'm not sure what to do. It is really thick so I think it needs some thinning. I haven't done...

Does this maple need some pruning work or should I just let it keep growing? I'd like it to be thicker but I also would like to see more lower branches.

I could use some advice on what to do with 2 elms that have been growing in the ground for awhile. I'm not sure what type this first one is. I feel like I let the large right trunk get to big but I kind of want to leave it so there isn't a huge scar. Should I shorten both trunks and just...

I cut back a Japanese maple this spring and repotted it. The top started to grow some leaves but they died off. I don't think the wood is totally dead. Maybe I should have pruned that side branch with all the leaves more aggressively? I was just going to let it grow and recover but is there...

This tree caught my eye and I investigated the base and found that there was a lot of buried trunk before any roots were present. Is it possible to ground layer something like this? Click for big:

Is this a scotch pine? I got it at a bonsai auction in 2011 and haven't really touched it since. It backbudded pretty well this year but the foliage is still pretty far from the trunk on several branches. The branches basically all come from two whorls and I'm worried if I reduce to a single...

I've had this juniper growing on my back patio for about three years now and would like to bonsai it. I've never really done something on this scale before and wouldn't mind any and all advice. Should I top it and choose some branches all at once at the beginning of spring and then the next...

I caught the bonsai bug last year though I admit up front to having practically no horticultural knowledge so I got a tree to just test stuff out on basically. I chopped it and practiced wiring a few branches but it all ended in a bit of a disaster. The bottom branch and a branch I had wired...