development advice

Hello Bonsai Nuts! Newish to bonsai, and very new with Dwarf Jade materials. I could use some more experienced insight around plant next steps…. I am debating doing something drastic and cutting this tree in half. Sadly, the super long stem feels very boring, and I would try to root the...

Long story short(!), I was hoping, if possible, to get some advice on where should I go with this tree...planting angle and/or otherwise? I'd be most grateful for any advice at all. Background: I have a pre-bonsai, stick in a pot, Monterey cypress. It's been growing in a bonsai pot since I...

I recently discovered this species and immediately decided I had to have one. As a true beginner, I am not in a huge rush to hack this guy down and stick it into a bonsai pot. Happy to let this one develop slowly over time while I practice on more readily available/cheaper nursery stock. My plan...

Hello everyone, First post after gaining lots of information from browsing these forums for quite awhile! Looking for some advice as I take on a new/unfamiliar bonsai challenge for the first time. Earlier this year I was given a large (at least in relation to other bonsai I've worked with...

Hello! I got this itoigawa juniper because I really liked the trunk and thought it had enough back budding and smaller, twiggy growth towards to middle to make a more compact tree. It’s early spring and my thought was to chop the larger, straight branches and focus on developing the inner...

Hi together, Just today I repotted my japanese white pine into its new pot! However I wanted to get some advice from you guys, I would really like to give the tree a more fuller and mature appearance, how could it become bushier with bigger and denser growth? Also could one of you Imagine how...

This is a development thread for my urban collected twin trunk crabapple described here: https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/identification-help-crabapple-or-bradford-pear.58968/. This past year it was put into an 18" Anderson flat after significant chopping during and shortly after collection...

Hey all, This is my first post here, and I'm pretty new to Bonsai! I'm sorry in advance if there are resources covering this topic, but I did my best deep dive before posting. I was able to pick up Tamukeyama Japanese Maple and Kallay Juniper saplings from a local nursery (only $15 each!). I'm...

So I have a few trees (Chinese Junipers) now, all bought from a normal garden nursery, put good random bends in the trunks, wired the branches into decent directions and they seem to have survived the harsh Finnish winter on my open, unprotected balcony. (Not sure yet, they're still green though...

Hello all, I’m new to Bonsai Nut so please go easy on me. Lol I live in Texas (Dallas zone 8a). Weather has just started to cool down just a bit from the scorching summer heat/drought that we’ve had. Anyways, I bought this Parson’s juniper about a month ago at a local nursery and have...

Basically got a free Mops today and I am not sure what to do with it. I'm guessing I should develop it to make it thicker and put movement in it, but so far trying to move/bend the base it seems too short/thick to bend. Also not sure to do with all the foliage. I understand why it is called a...