lemon cypress

Good day all, I hope everyone is well. Just a little back story, I recieved a Black Monkey Thorn Bonsai about 5 years ago from my friend and I loved the tree, but unfortunately I went away and didn't have anyone to look after it, I tried everything (dripper systems) to keep it alive while I...

The Lemon Cypress has been one of the few trees I've really just piled on since getting back in to the hobby around 2016. For a while, I was living in a condo, so keeping local species wasn't really in the cards. In the mean while, I decided I would make a go at styling one of these, and see...

over the past few weeks I've been prepping for the season. Compiling soil components, new material, & researching everything n a half. ;P To share today, I've a lemon Cypress. Repotted into a basic soil comprised of (cheap) potting soil & pea gravel for drainage-aeration. Is perlite necessary?