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    Trident maple (to air layer or not)

    I acquired this trident maple with full foliage this spring. Once I was able to remove the fall foliage and took a better look. My choices, as I see it, are to leave it as is and do some grafts lower on the trunk or air layer the top and then chop lower on the trunk to start fresh with the...
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    A honeysuckle needs a drastic remodel

    I’ve had this honeysuckle for about 5 years and I’ve been putting off doing much with it. I am planning a repot this spring and I’m going to pot it up in a larger pot. I’m also thinking of eliminating the left side trunk, shortening the far right trunk, and changing the planting angle forward a...
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    Is there anything to be done with this mugo pine?

    A few years back I scooped up this mugo pine someone had dug up and put out for the garbage. I’ve brought it back to good health, and along the way I’ve tried to imagine what could be done with it. I’m thinking it would have to be turned on it’s side, but nothing else comes to me. I thought I...
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    Photographing trees

    Any suggestions for tutorials? Am I alone in the experience of being excited by a tree just worked on, wanting to take some images for posting with pride, only to take the pictures and have the tree look very different? In person, foliage pads appear distinct and layered well, then the picture...
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    Can anyone ID this juniper variety?

    I'm assuming it is some variety of juniper... any help with specifics is appreciated!
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    Recent work on a collected yew (taxus)

    This is a yew I collected from a hedge row about 3 years ago, and this year I decided to do some work on it... this one had much of its foliage strength on one side, so I decided to use the weaker side for dead wood features. This is the tree before starting... I cleaned up the bark a bit...
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    Dawn redwood ... opinions wanted

    I have a dawn redwood volunteer seedling that I had been allowing to grow in its original spot for a couple seasons... some animal chewed it down to a nub last winter, so I dug it up and replanted it in a growing bed with some better compost... it has recovered from being an animal's meal...
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    Yews in autumn

    I wanted to get some opinions on what can be done with yews from September on into autumn (zone 7). I've always done work on them in spring, but I wasn't able to do much this year because of some injuries to my arms. From what I've read, it seems many sources recommend pruning and wiring in...
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    Display upgrade

    So I went from this: To this: I've had a lot of large yews sitting too close to the ground (sitting on pieces of 1x1 wood) so after about three years of telling myself "I ought to do something about that," I finally did... Eventually I would like to build a stream going down the slope...
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    Privet stump... getting smaller

    Here's a privet stump dug about 4 springs ago... it has developed fairly well I think, but I have been negligent with applying wood hardener, so when I brought it up to work on it, there was plenty of soft wood to be removed... I had recently purchased some dental tools on EBay ( $4 for a set of...
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    Who can guess what I did today?

    Just a little guessing game... it is bonsai related
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    Burning Bush about 7.5 years after collecting

    This is a Burning Bush that I collected very much out of season (late summer/early fall) in 2009... it was in the 80s that day, so rather than try and pot it, I just stuck it in the ground for a few years. This is where it was last spring: Now, this Spring (2017) just before leafing out...
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    Rough styling of a Sabina Juniper

    I recently found some nice garden center Sabina junipers and this is one I worked on today...here it is at the start: And at the end of the day: The base: The back: the apex needs to fill in and be brought even further down as well as more refinement of pads on the right... any...
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    Risk vs reward

    I recently purchased a garden center Sabina juniper because it had a fairly wicked twisting trunk.... getting it home and investigating deeper in the pot, I see that a part of the trunk has ground layered and has some fairly substantial roots of its own...this image shows the part that has...
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    Advice wanted on yew

    I collected about 8 yews from a hedgerow about 3 years ago and this is one of them... I haven't done much of anything to them except fertilize, water, and trimmed back the very leggy branches that were not going to be useful later on. I determined the front would be slightly to the right...
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    Collected Pieris Japonica

    I recently had a chance to collect a boxwood, azalea and this pieris.. It has been hard to find information about the usefulness of this plant, but I thought its flow and grace looked worthy of a shot. I've heard that it has needs similar to azalea and will likely backbud the same. What do you...
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    Lime Sulphur

    Is the lime sulphur sold for bonsai the same as lime sulphur sold as a dog/cat dip?
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    Collected Juniper Procumbens

    I recently collected this Juniper from a garden, but unfortunately there were not many roots with it, so I have removed almost all the foliage and potted it up. If it survives, it would be a miracle, but I don't plan on doing anything for a year or two. Any thoughts on it?
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    Collected Azalea

    I recently collected this azalea from a garden and potted it in about 70/30 Turface/peat. I pruned it back upon collection in order to make it easier to transport and to open up the inside. I plan to let it rest for a year or two, but does anyone have any opinions on the potential?
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    Collected Thuja / Northern White Cedar

    I recently dug this arbivitae / Thuja and wanted to get some early opinions on the usefulness / potential. I plan to let it rest as it is for a year or so and hope for something to bud down lower. I've read some contradictory info on the ability of this species to backbud... So, what do you think?
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