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Hi everyone, it's been some time since I stopped in. Life has been overwhelmingly crazy the past few years and my whole bonsai hobby fell by the wayside as a result. I've been doing a lot of thinking and I've decided that I want to try developing and keeping a Nippon Daisy bonsai collection...

Hi everyone, I just received my Pitoon pot yesterday and all I can say is wow. I'm really impressed with the packaging - it was bomb-proof. I wish more potters would double box and use proper packing material. I've been lucky over the years that I've only received a few damaged pots in the...

Now that my Yaupons have been well established for a couple of years in their pots, it's time for me to simplify the designs to push growth where it will help the trees' designs. For this holly, I'm struggling with the apex. It's got sort of a double apex going on. I can't decide if I should...

Hi everyone, I got to thinking yesterday that it would be neat to see what outstanding American-made bonsai pots are tucked away in collections. I love seeing pots by Tofukuji, Yusen, Gekkou and the like, but what about pots made in the states? Do we have any pots that even hold a candle to...

Hey everyone - I have a great opportunity for some people in the local Roswell, GA area to get some really nice old yaupon hollies. A neighbor is removing them from his yard and he has about 50 to dig - all around 25 years old with a minimum of 3-4" nebaris. Many are much larger than that. I...

I picked up this little guy this past summer for $8 at a local plant nursery. I was (and still am) unsure if it will make a suitable bonsai, but I figured what the hell. It was hacked back when right when I purchased it. I just gave it a little trim. I left a lot of shoots intentionally for...

Has anyone had any luck with silverberry root cuttings? Any tips or tricks, dos or don'ts? I've had success with narrow-leaf ficus root cuttings, and I'm wondering if I can treat silverberry root cuttings in the same way.

Hi all, I have 4 nice quality contemporary Chinese pots I'm offloading in the Atlanta area. They range from about 21.5" to around 28.5" across, so they're a little large for me to easily ship. The two darker clay pots are a little higher quality since they're Yixing Zisha. I'm asking $275 for...

So, I've been done the bonsai rabbit hole for a about 5 years now and I'm proud of the modest gains I've made in the hobby. I have a decent pottery collection and have picked up some solid foundation knowledge about bonsai basics - watering, soil, ferts, etc. BUT, I feel like I'm stalling a...

I went the other day to collect some groundcover from a neighbor for our landscaping and spotted some stumps she planned to have ripped out. It turns out they're silverberries that have been growing for nearly 30 years. She wants them gone now, so I'm being forced to dig them up at a less than...

Ugh, over the past couple of weeks I've been having some mysterious dieback on my collected Yaupon holly. It was collected in late winter and is planted in garden soil. It's been growing strongly up until this point. I've had 3 branches die and additional twigs are starting to show the same...

Since moving back to GA, I've had the chance to collect for than a few yaupon hollies. There are three I'm particularly excited about - each have bases around 12" wide. I realize it'll be years before they really develop into anything worth while, but the prospects are exciting. They each...

Hi everyone, I'm putting up some pots for sale to help fund some, well, other pot purchases. Let me know if anything strikes your fancy. I'll be adding more as the day goes on. Also, if you're interested in a pot I'm available to meet in the Atlanta area and I'll be in Charlotte in a couple...

I have an opportunity to purchase two larger Jim Barrett unglazed pots, but I'm a little unsure of their values. I admit that I'm out of my depth with larger pots - I've only ever purchased smaller to medium pots. Both pots are unglazed rectangles (no chips or cracks): the first is a little...

Hi all, I've been giving a lot of thought to potentially putting together a website to showcase and sell American bonsai pottery to the community. Maybe it sounds silly, but I've thought about doing this not as a business venture for me, but more to have a central location for artists to post...

So yesterday I spent about 4 hours wrestling with a boxwood in my neighbor's yard. They are re-landscaping and told me that if I wanted the boxwood, then I had to take it right then. Not ideal, I know. It's a little early in the season to collect, and I didn't have the appropriate soil on...

I paid a visit to Plant City Bonsai today in Claremont, GA to scope out some material. After sorting through the "sea of junipers" for about an hour, I selected two shimpaku junipers to take home. These are my first junipers ever, so I'm excited about the prospect of tinkering with them. I...

A house down the street is undergoing a complete gut with a landscape makeover. There are some massive 12" based stumps that they plan to rip up. I'm trying to get an ID on them. Am I on base thinking these are boxwoods? Not an ideal time to collect them, but if even one of the six or so...

Hi All, I'm looking to further expand my Roy Minarai pottery collection. Hit me up with any you're looking to sell - thanks!

Anyone heard anything? The typical dates are approaching soonish and I haven't heard anything about it this year. Pauline Muth, who is planning to vend there, hasn't heard anything either. Am I just jumping the gun?

Hi All - I have dreaded scale all over my poor cork bark jade. I plan to attack it with some alcohol today, but I'm wondering if anyone knows how sensitive the leaves are to alcohol burn. I would like to drench the leaves and stems with alcohol using cotton balls, but I don't want to lose all...

I've been doing a fair amount of research about painted bonsai pots recently. The Japanese have some similar reoccurring themes in their painted works - there's some really beautiful landscapes and fantastic depictions of dragons. My ultimate goal is to produce painted pots in a similar style...

Shout out to @sorce for inspiring me to finally get into making pottery. This is my first no-pinch pot I've made. It's only about 2.5" across and was carved from a solid block of clay. It's still greenware at this point, but will be wood fired to cone 12 next month at some point. I'm hoping...

Hi folks, I'm wondering if someone can help me identify a little pine I found on my in-laws' property. The needles look nice and short and the branching seems nice for a little compact pine. I'm totally out of my depth with conifers so I'm wondering if someone can help out with an ID. I've...

So I've been on a bender collecting pottery recently. Many of them I would consider collector's pots...BUT! I firmly believe that pots are made to be used. Some may be more difficult to use than others, but I think there's a tree out there for every pot (call me a romantic...). There are 3...