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One of the many things I was looking forward to about studying in Japan before I came was finding a nice Tosho or Sonare juniper to graft and change to Itogawa foliage during the duration of my apprenticeship. Well, a few days ago I found that special tree and am quite excited! Creating this...

Put some grafts on my RMJ earlier this week and finally got around to writing up a post on the subject - Here's a few photos and a link to the post. https://moonlightbonsai.wordpress.com/2018/04/02/koromogae-philosophy-rocky-mountain-juniper/

For sale on the 99 cent bonsai auction page on facebook. Auction ends in 2 hours! https://www.facebook.com/groups/99cent/permalink/404706006373986/

Just wanted to share with the forums this American Elm I picked up today at DragonTree Nursery in Palm City. I also did a little initial cutback, can't wait to see it come spring time... Happy holidays to all!

A few photos of my loot from the Brevard Bonsai Auction yesterday. Won 2nd place in the youth styling contest and came home with some nice trees and a Chinese pot. I also wrote a little blog post on the event, if you're interested you can find it here...

Is anyone growing these on here? I read an old thread over on the IBC forums about a guy in my town who was growing these since they supposedly do better in hotter climates opposed to regular Tridents. I tried contacting him since but he hasn't been on the forums in a while and never replied to...

Just finished doing a rudimentary trim on a Ficus I got yesterday at the Bonsai nursery closest to my house, Dragon Tree. I'm having a little trouble picking which branches to chop away near the apex and what to keep as my leader. I would have liked to re-pot it into a training pot with an...

I've heard that it is good to not water these for a day or two after doing heavy root work since they are semi succulent in nature. How many people go by this? I've watered all mine regularly right after re potting and they are doing great but I was still very curious.

This has been going on for quite a while now but for some reason It never really came to my attention that it could be harmful. I have tons of other Willow Leaf Ficus and they aren't showing any of these characteristics but on this one the leaves are curling up in all sorts of odd ways and...

I picked up a crepe myrtle to learn on and I had a few questions regarding pruning... It seems that the callousing on these trees can be very thick, so would a concave cut be best to make sure you don't get an unattractive bulge/bump? Also, Is it okay to do major chopping right now or should...

Anyone ever seen this before? I always thought buds could only emerge from the top on root cuttings but I guess not! This is Ficus Salicaria, there was another piece of root cut off from where the smaller site of buds are emerging.

I was walking down by the creek with a friend yesterday and stumbled upon this grove of Ficus, upon further inspection I was very pleasantly surprised that they were a Tiger Bark variety. I'm going to trunk chop some of the trees in the large clump and then separate and collect them over the...

How many of you Floridians mess around with our Florida Strangler (F. Aurea)? I have a few that I've recently collected and I wanted to see what others have done with them and how they've dealt with their large leaf size and poor ramification. The only time I've seen this used as a bonsai before...

Collected a little less than a month ago and now It's starting to send out buds everywhere. These photos are from when It was first collected.

I'm clearing out an old shed in my yard this summer and It has a concrete base so I plan on making another small nursery shelving area out of it. So where do you keep your trees? Just looking for Ideas and curious on what others have done. Here's a few older photos of part of the area where...

Just wanted to see if there were any other bonsai people in my county. I'm in Stuart, Florida but It's a relatively small area so I just put the county name.

I have this Jaboticaba, well I guess you could call it two as it looks to be two trees that have grown together. I want to train the left one as a bonsai and keep the other mainly for fruit. How well do these handle violent root work? If I wanted to train them as two separate trees I would...

I have this Jaboticaba, well I guess you could call it two as it looks to be two trees that have grown together. I want to train the left one as a bonsai and keep the other mainly for fruit. How well do these handle violent root work? If I wanted to train them as two separate trees I would...

They're not the best species for bonsai, especially smaller shohin sized trees but being so far south A. Rubrum is the only maple I can really work with. I'm looking for inspiration and to see how others have dealt with their disadvantages.

I wanted to start some seeds since I'm young and I'll have a nice amount of stock from this 10-15 years down the road, I also like having lots of projects going. Anyways, I just wanted to make sure my stratification procedure checks out... Soaked the seeds for 48h in luke warm water Patted...

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Does anyone think this F. Religiosa has potential? I trunk chopped it about a month ago and It's now starting to send out buds everywhere. Has a very odd bulbous base.

I'm located in Stuart, Florida and I'm looking for any nurseries that have good JBP stock.

This tree was from one of Robert Pinder's specified species classes at Dragon Tree nursery. 25 dollars and you get to pick out a plant, new pot and repot the tree not to mention you get Roberts vast amount of knowledge with bonsai. Given Florida's climate and how quickly growing these plants are...