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Hello all. I just purchased this hinoki from the garden center it has been neglected. Its very root bound. I knownots a bit latento do a repot. Should I leave it and wait till next year , up pot it or remove say 20 percent of the roots repot it and put it in shade for a couple weeks? Any...

Hello All. I acquired a nice Amur from a gentleman who passed. It is pretty root bound, still drains and no black roots. Should I slip pot it gently till I can work the roots next year or do you think I can get away with leaving it till next year when I can do a proper re pot. Thank you

Hey All. I just wanted to show off my newly acquired choke cherry that. I recently got it from a gentleman who passed. I never thought of using them for bonsai but I really like this one. It has a huge nebari and is really lovely to look at. I will work on ramifying and cutting back next...

Hey all. I just picked up this beauty for what I think is a good deal, these are not common at all in Canada. Got it home and put it in to an akadama mix with some pumice. Took a front branch off blocking the main trunk. I didn't cut roots except for two chunky ones under the soil. I out it in...

Hey all just a question for you. This is a PA I just bought and it was sold with out a pot. He gave it to me In a Gritty but wet mix. I originally put it in that pot with the mix for a day till I got my regular bonsai mix ( pumice ,lava,DE and bark) it's root ball wasn't huge but it did have...

Hey all. I was playing around trying to figure out where to take this. I'd love to see your drawings or iterations on where this could go. The one is just kind of an idea but I will be playing around more. Thanks for looking And happy holidays everyone.

Hey all... Seen this PA for sale he wanted 200 with a pot. I didn't like it cascade and I didn't realize how big it was. So i ended up buying it for 100 bucks woth out the pot and put it informal upright in this red pot. I'm so fricken happy I can't wait to develop this into a massive beauty...

Here are some beautiful larch I collected. My first time really doing yamadori. Some collected pictures and then wired pictures. And a picture of what I hope to achieve with the one. Thanks for looking

Hey all, Had a lady needing a tree removed so I gladly took the job as I wanted some bonsai material. I believe it to be a wych elm or similar. I wasn't going to trunk chop it yet but it broke pulling it out as the tap root was crazy in there. Has about a 20 inch circumference.

Hey all, I have such a bad fungus Gnat problem i didnt know they liked bonsai soil i thought thwey onlyliked dirt.. i need to kill them off and i read somewhere that hydrogen peroxide 3% dilluted in water will kill them and larva on contact. what i need to know is how will the effect the roots...

Hey all, Thought you might enjoy this. I made a time lapse of my Brazilian rain tree waking up to the morning sun ( indoor lighting lol ) It amazes me how much plants move in a matter of 30 min.. they truly are such a miss understood species that we take for granted. Hope you enjoy this short...

Here’s a Vietnamese style pot I painted to look old and weathered with dwarf jade And a square Chinese style pot I painted earth tones with my Brazilian rain tree both from seeds And then 2 other ceramics I found at a thrift store that I made into pots one with my serissa air layer I just did...

Just wanted to share my first time air layering and my success , I should have waited another week but I defoliated 70 percent of the leaves to be safe. Just happy it worked thanks for looking Any tips,tricks and nice criticism welcomed

Hey all. Got the BRT about a month ago. I know it's loving the lights as it's pushing alof of new growth. But seems to also be dropping alot if leaves turning yellow and then dropping off. Not sure if I'm under watering or over watering. I did transplant it but pretty much only slip potted it..I...

Hey All. I hear brazilian rain trees can be very hard to propagate and many say to air layer. Thought I would try this method and wanted peoples opinions and if they were able to get thier rain tree to successfully root. I figured I'd use a good draining fine bonsai mix.. some rooting...

Hey all I just bought a BRT. I have a cat and a dog and was wondering if anyone knows if they are toxic. As I am finding conflicting information online. And if so how toxic? It needs alot of work but I'm ok with that. Roots are growing out of the bottom of the pot and the pot stinks I may slip...

Hey all just wanted to share some of my 3d printed pots and pre bonsai..also my serissa is flowering so had to add that lol ( I love when they flower ) The pre bonsais are Tiger bark focus chinese elm portulacaria Thanks for looking.

Hey all. Just wanted to show you a serrissa I just picked up. I got a good deal on it and fell in love with the semi cascade. I tool the wires off as it was to tight and left on to long. A if some of you have styling ideas please share thoughts. B it's in horrible soil right now. Very muddy...

Just wanted to share a pot and stand I printed for my little mame "in progress" portulacaria afa. After alittle elbow grease , paint and sealer and im calling it done for now. Thanks for looking!

I love ficus plants. Why? I dunno cause they rock and I remember my mom's ficus growing up that she had from a clipping ,she still has it . It's about 10 feet tall..I joke with her when she kicks the bucket I'm chopping it to a stump and making an epic bonsai out of it lol. Any ways here are...

Hey all! I just wanted to start a progress thread on my 5 stem ficus. I propagated some cuttings and sinched them together. It has been about 4 to 5 months and they have really started taking off. This is my first attempt at this, I used a tie strap at the base of these trees to grow them...

I must say I was always so timid to get pines and try and word with them. But I have always loved looking at pine bonsai. So got some nursery stock and said screw it ! Did some clean up on them. Made some boxes and planted them up. Question is it true you only want one to two new candles and to...

So just wondering what you guys would do with this weird roof mass clumped high at the main nebari

I am making my own bonsai mix diatoms earth , fir bark and some perlite ..was wondering if it's on if my fir bark pieces are bigger and if this will effect anything. I can't find any smaller

Hey all, so I bought this ficus because I like the flow of the tree, personally I hate the other ficus leaves they grafted on here so I cut them all but the top so it could heal up. I now was to cut the top off (I'll root it and plant it) but where would you cut it off. I will post some pics of...