Recent content by Eric Group

This one is a chunk- And I just trimmed it for the first time of the year right before this pic.

I went away for just like 2 1/2 days last week, figured my girlfriend could ten my trees fine for such a short trip. Got stuck in Indy for an extra days due to flight issues, that extra day was the HOTTEST WE HAVE HAD ALL YEAR! Came home to a few crispy critters. Mostly it was some azaleas...

Yeah they make all sorts of blooms! Attached is an image of a pink bloom on this one that has not fully emerged yet. I have seen multiple colors of pink, the white striped blooms and some that are basically split all on the same plant before! Love these little guys… I need to make more cuttings!

Those are monsters! What do the trunks look like under there?

Nice!! Looks super healthy man! Great job! Hey Nut- does it ever bloom the white blooms with a pink stripe? Those are my favorites.. This is one of my “Mommas” (made a lot of cuttings from this one over the years) I just pulled out of the garden for this picture! I think I have a thread...

We use Baldys around her for Bonsai… BIG Bonsai. They won’t do well in real small pots. So as Michael said- you’d need a HUGE tray… Do you get Water Elm down there? (planera Aquatica)- we get them in the swamps where BC grow around here and they make nice trees. They are Related to Elms so...

Got a little hair cut- first pic is before without the glaring side light..

Kinda bummed I didn’t start an old thread on this.. I believe this was a cutting I made some years ago.. Has a nice wiggle in the trunk above the rock. I will try to reply with some pics after a quick prune (will be the.. Third of the season I think. He grows like a weed!) so you can see the...

It should be fine to start now- I am no soecial expert on cherries vs any other tree but Spring is generally the best time to try to root something- via cutting or via air layer. clip a few twigs off the trees you want, stick them in pure perlite, and see what happens. You will be surprised...

Another garden walk update.. This old Black pine… I Did move it to a colander eventually, and let it grow roots out through the bottom. It got big FAST! Just cut the sacrifice last year, repotted this year to remove it from the ground..

Hard to take pics of this guy! There is a mess of weeds in and around the pot, sorry for that! But you can see she has branches now!

And another garden walk update- here this is the update for this ole Juniper.. Getting a little chunky! Needs to be repotted…

I was thinking about ole Bonsai nut earlier this weekend and felt like dropping in today. Good to see some familiar names still around! I figured it might be a good opportunity to update some tree threads, show some progressions.. As I go around watering this evening I will see if any of my...

I mean they are pretty trees! Especially when grown on their own stock.. But the thought is they are not as vigorous as the green varieties usually, maybe can’t take the training as well, and again those long nodes.. but besides that, if you get it to root and keep it healthy you can still...

I bought a cool little Japanese carving knife- basically an ergonomic shaped piece of sharpened steel. I have always been a big proponenet of cleaning wound edges on big cuts with a razor or Xacto and this knife does the job beautifully with better leverage and control on bigger cuts. This was...