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Just checked the contests on the site, and a few of them will end in the next year or so. So I was wondering.. What type of contest would be next to start? -> in my club we just started a 5-year trident seedling development contest. As I have already started, that would not be my preference ->...

Hi All, in my growbed I have for the last years grown out a spindle tree. Not sure where I got it, I think I may have taken a handfull of seeds once from a shrub and planted those. in any case... I was cleaning up the growbed a little and noticed that this year it had set fruit. Oddly...

Need some swarm help.. Been trolling trawling the forum and only find problems, and not really clear solutions (Besides grafting rooted cuttings / seedling) for producing roots, reliably, on trident maple airlayers. Most tridents I try to airlayer struggle to root, and create callus. I now have...

Cascade I find a difficult style to master. And I am pretty sure, with me many! Yet.. It is a great style if done well. So.. Time to show off! Please share pictures of inspirational cascade style bonsai. Maybe your own? Or someone elses? Anything goes! This one I like, I think it is made by...

Hi All, At the moment I am gathering everything needed to create lime sulphur myself. Why? Because I can I suppose. I have ever since starting Bonsai wanted to make this stuff once. And after that, probably never again. I was wondering whether there are people here who have made it, and...

Whoooohooo I have wanted a cork bark portulacaria ever since I heard they existed. However, they are very rare in Europe. A few weeks however I got an email 'through the grapevine' that one was for sale, whether I was interested. A deal was struck. We waited for the hottest part of this summer...

Hi All, I have now killed 2 specimens of this species. I have last fall acquired a third one. However, I am hard pushed to find long-term experiences working with this species, even though they SEEM to have all you want for bonsai; Small leaves, fast growing, good back-budding. Nice bark...

So.. I have been seeing quite a few small mulberry bonsai and am considering starting one from cutting. We have a decent sized (10ft tall or so) in the garden, and I could quite easily look for and try to fine a branch to cut. I am led to believe they root easily from cuttings. However, what...

Guess this will stay with me long-term so a thread for this tree is in order. I today bought this Seiju chinese elm online. It will be shipped in a few weeks, first of all after the next hot period, as I do not know how quick I can get to the mail. Better not take risk. Lets see how this...

OK.. I was growing out some elms in my yard, which required a bit of the old chopper. As a result, they became a LOT shorter and I decided to take one of them as a training-in-making-a-broom. This is a stye I have not developed yet. So I am open for development suggestions on this broom elm. In...

Hi All, Now that the dates for the 100th Kokufu have been released, I am looking for some recommendations on visiting the Kokufu ten. There is a big gap of information on this show I find. How to organize a visit, what the best moment would be to go. Is there a grand opening event that one...

After a short sickbed, we lost one of the gentlest, most knowledgeable bonsai artist Europe has seen. Teunis Jan, we gaan je missen.

Crepe Myrtle is an uncommon species here. I have been able to source a few cuttings last spring, which now have done my the favor of rooting, and this spring, waking up. Now I do not know where to go. I am not sure how well they hold over winter, how fast they bulk up, nor how they heal...

Garden centre. Good deal Car Home. Now what, hahaha. OK. I will share more when I have dome some work (repot, trim, wire)

Last week at an online auction a chojubai passed by. And to be honest, this was the first in a long time I saw for sale. So I made a bid, fully expecting not to win. A few days later after the auction ended I was not overbid, but the reserve was not met. So the seller asked me whether I wanted...

Well, they asked me to make an announcement video. So I did this. See you in Genk!?

I know.. Sounds like a silly question BUT.. I am finding a lot of contrasting names for cork bark elm, and I am not sure whether there is actually just 1 cork bark elm.. In trade, one often finds cork bark elms labelled as "Zelkova Nire" (Which does not exist and is mislabelled). But also...

Heya All, I happened to jave a quick break from life in the very south of spain and catch some sun.. On one of the reaodsides we spotted cork oak trees and I jumped out to search for acorns. One frustrated wife and half an hour later I have. few handsfull of cork oak acorned. Sitting in the...

Often we see big fat trunks with loads of taper being seen as the ultimate aim. With this, we forget about lightness, elegance and age such as corkbark and twisty turny branches. Particularly for deciduous bonsai but also for some coniferous plants lightness and feminine forms are well suited...

Last year I was able to get some seeds from Australian natives, e.g., Casuarina spp (Australian Pines), Eucalyptus spp (Wattle) , Callistemon spp (Bottlebrush). I found these seeds a few weeks ago and decided to plant them. Needless to say.. I now have a few small trays with seedlings sitting...

A few years back I saw some pictures of people using some form of freezing spray to age deadwood faster. I was wondering whether people here have experience, tips and examples to share?

Well.. This tree was waiting for recovery from collection, and had my nametag on it. A few weeks I received a message that the tree was released and deemed healthy again, and I could buy it if I still wanted it. As it was around my birthday I felt.. Yes, lets soil myself.. Not the scissors for...

Today a little box arrived. @Carol 83 kindly popped some Jade cuttings in a box for me. It should be corky ones... So exciting! @Carol 83 would be nice to see the barked over mature specimen that has served as a mother! Naturally, after 2 weeks in a little box they were a little sad. I do hope...

Hi All, I styled a larger olive this srping, and received some feedback that it looks unnatural (styled the way most bonsai olives are). In any case.. I am now at half a foot of extention and the wire need to be removed. That is also time to look into the ext styling and how to build the...

As the 2021-2024 time capsule is to be open in September this year... it's time to start a new one. Same deal... What trees do you have in early stage development, that have a future in medium range of time. Conditions as before... 1. This time capsule will close, lets say, the 15th of...