coast redwood

I've had this coast redwood that has been growing vigorously in a deep pot for the last three years from a sappling. This spring I moved it into an Anderson flat style pot to start moving into the direction of eventual bonsai pots. When I did it went from a very organic mix with lava rock in it...

Hi guys, I recently got 10 little coast redwood seedlings and I wanted to know what the best way to propagate them is, cuttings? air layers? ground layers? These are really rare and expensive (the transport is really) plants over here and I want to multiply them to give them to my friends. If...

Hello, I've been fascinated by the idea of recreating a coast redwood fairy ring in a pot. I'm looking for a tree up to a foot in diameter, that was ideally allowed to grow in the ground after it was cut down, so that the sprouts from around the base would thicken and shoot up, before it would...

Starting a progression thread / asking some advice on progression. I bought this coast redwood from Jonsteen Trees as a starter two years ago. My goal is to eventually turn it into a shohin tree. The first two years I've mostly let it grow out in 3 gallon pot to put some girth on the trunk...

On a walk through my neighborhood, I found three little seedlings, bursting with new growth, shoved haphazardly into a 4" nursery pot, sitting on a dumpster. I did what I had to do and took them home with me (I left the succulent and monstera cuttings for someone else). Upon repotting them, I...

I’m hoping someone here that collects in coast redwood country can help me out. I’m looking for a collected coast redwood stump to develop a formal upright from (think general Sherman tree). Ideally I would like something with a trunk about 2 inches thick, about 18 inches tall with a little bit...

Hi all, I'm quite new to this hobby and would like any advice or input anybody is willing to give me. In fact, as of now, I haven't styled, nor do I yet plan to style, any trees. For the time being, I'm only interested in growing young saplings to raise in the coming years, while reading up on...

I have started these three trees from plug seedlings (yes I know this is the slow way, I have some larger things too). I'm aiming for some shohin sized trees eventually. This is the end of my first summer with them and they have grown a lot! Which is great, but I'm not sure how much to prune at...

So I technically cannot even be considered “new” to bonsai since I haven’t even started anything. That being said I’d like to get he ball rolling. I’m not an experienced Gardner by any stretch but I do garden quite a bit. I’ve got a few dozen cacti, a greenhouse, lots of house plants, a few...

Hi all! A gentleman I work with piqued my interest in the art of bonsai when he started talking about growing some giant sequoias the other day. I admittedly got pretty excited and ordered myself a pair of Sequoia Sempervirens with the hopes of making my own mini redwood forest at home without...

Do you need to stratify or soak these seeds before planting them? It's spring where I am now.