raft

I airlayered this branch from the linden tree in my yard this summer. I thought turning it into a raft style bonsai might be the best approach, since the trunk lacks movement and there are three branches at the base growing in the same direction. However, one concern is that since it is a...

Title says it all. I was digging up a cotoneaster I'd cut back and pulled this out from the base. I don't know if this could ever be used to make a raft bonsai with a big lump of roots at both ends- I've never really seen/noticed something out like this. Either way I have time and space so if...

Greetings! Received a Black Hills Spruce raft 9/22/2022 from Andy Smith at Golden Arrow Bonsai. It has four trunks and a somewhat eclectic layout, with great promise as a practice project. Here’s a suite of screen grabs from Andy‘s preview movie taken just before it was sent here. Andy had...

Thought I'd share an unusual, semi-recent addition to my collection. Below is a "cutleaf" sort of a US native buckthorn *almost* as purchased. Repotted on March, 7 2021. Fairly large root reduction: Grew well through summer: After leaf drop. Love those colorful buds! Wired up later that day...

This should be interesting, if I can pull it off (out of the ground). This elm was cut down at ground level for a fence. The right side grew back into a full tree. I kept running over the left with the lawn mower, and after rotting away a bunch, it looks like the edge of a crater - this is...

So my X-Mas tree (spruce, Picea pungens) survived the holidays. It was grown in a pot and I gave it lots of water. It's about 1.40 meters high and I'm planning in making a raft of a portion of the trunk. I was wondering if any of you had some good reading material on how to create a raft? Also...

Sorry for a title, but it's how it is. I'll start with my oldest Chinese elm. Mallsai... couldn't find a way to use this ugly trunk. So went ahead and did this this spring. Last week these were ready to be separated. I love manual works! ... checking roots and potting. And this is what...