nursery material

Hello! Long time reader, first time poster. I’ve been a bonsai hobbyist for about 3 years now. I’ve been scouring the internet for information along the way. Thank you to everyone on here for making this site a great resource. Enough about me, more about trees and bonsai. I acquired this 3...

Hi everyone, I picked up these two Osakazuki satsukis in 3 gallon pots the other week, here's a close up of the trunk and an overhead view. I am very much a beginner when it comes to satsuki azaleas, but I have been using Rick Garcia's book, @Deep Sea Diver 's Evergreen Azalea Basics, including...

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...

Went on a quick trip to my local nursery and found this tree in the 50% off section, with lots of dead branches, but a very thick older trunk. As you can see in the picture below it has a lot of fresh new green growth at the tips, which was very encouraging. As I began cleaning up dead...

I found this one tilted over in the discount area of my local garden store. Was covered in weeds in the soil and dead limbs, which ive since cleaned up. The gnarly base and cheapness of it made it a must buy. Problem is I do t know the first thing about Hydrangeas except they hate too much sun...

I have other Japanese Maples, but surprisingly all are cultivars and none nearly this big. I picked this up at my favorite maple nursery in the area. This is the most I’ve spent on a Japanese Maple but it being seedling grown, airlayer opportunities, and a decent base with a leader already...

Just picked up this mugo and Austrian for half off today $10 and $20. I did some minor root work on the mugo when clearing out the trunk and put it in the pond basket. Nothing too major. Cut a few branches off of it. But now I’m kinda stuck wondering what to do. I read doing this kind of work on...

I have previously posted this tree here, but after my work today I thought this tree deserved its own progression thread. https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/austrian-black-pine-nursery-material.60014/ I first bent this tree quite drematically from this To this Now about four months later I...

Hi to all, so I have this shin deshojo maple that I want to bonsai, it’s from nursery stock, what would be the best course of action .

Hello all, It's my first time posting here. Having recently moved to New Haven (zone 6b/7a) from Sydney, I'm now in a position to take up the hobby (addiction?) all over again, and this time I've had the opportunity to work with new material that I couldn't grow very well in zone 10b. I...

Got these three plants to entertain myself during my vacations. I want to use three different approaches on them, like an experiment. These are $20 nursery stock so I’d like to learn as much as I can and not being too careful. Tree number one: Tree number two: Tree number three: As...

I was in the area and stopped by a local nursery and was looking around and found these Seiju elms that they had on final clearance. Generally speaking for nursery material, it looked great to me and started to get some really nice bark, but it had some pretty noticeable reverse taper. I wanted...

Purchased this guy from a local nursery a bit after repotting season this year, plan to put him in a much shallower container next year. A lot of the reasoning behind the pruning was to go ahead and start an initial structure. I also needed to reduce the amount of room this guy was going to take...

I’ve had this guy little under a year and figured I’d start a thread to track his progress and all. He’s got a long way to go, but I did some pruning last night and figured I’d start a thread for him. Here’s some upcoming plans and issues: 1. I’m having difficulty picking a front for this tree...

Hey all. I was out buying some border plants and spotted a neglected but vigorous JBP thunbergii for £50. It was developing quite bad whorls and I thought maybe I’ll just make a garden tree. On getting it home, I think it has a nice natural trunk movement and realised perhaps the taper can be...

Hello all, I recently purchased these 3 Japanese Maples from a local nursery & had two main questions - how could I go about identifying the trees? They have some green foliage as well as some purple and red foliage on them & dark purple stems. My next question is when should I go about...

Hello All, Just picked up my first JBP "Mikawa" from Meehan's and wanted to get some ideas for the first structural pruning to develop the tree. I believe the correct time of year would be late fall here in Washington DC. There is a whorl at the second branch level, about 4 total that needs...

Found a pretty good sized Encore Azalea at Lowe’s yesterday and did a full bare root repot of it and some major pruning back to give primary structure definition. the purpose of this experiment is to see if it’ll endure the Texas summer heat in august. I only used a wooden chopstick to...

Found a great nursery stock azalea today! Having trouble finding a design for it. Any ideas would be appreciated. 🤔 Thinking of cutting in half each branch to promote back budding lower in the trunk and pick get flower bulbs off. Also took off all the weeds growing on the surface.

Hello friends. I dug up this young purple crepe myrtle from a friend’s yard that they didn’t want. It’s relatively long and skinny for bonsai so I’m deciding whether or not to chop off the majority of the top. My plan is pictured below. Seem like a good idea? What would you guys do?

Hello there, our local Gardencenter tried to get rid of this beautiful Tree, it is very small and compressed in growth. I might be a gardener but not a Master, I know it has to be some sort of Abies balsamea, maybe even a dwarf version. The Tree has a vry nice Shape and Apex growth, I think it...

Hey, if anyone is interested I picked up this Cedar from https://www.soonerplantfarm.com/ . It’s about 5’ tall 2 gallon container for $100 after shipping ! Where do I start haaaa. It seems super tall. Do I cut it shorter already or let it keep growing wild for a while. Its pring here in NY and...

I was searching the “compromised” pile at a nursery and found this holly with small foliage with a 3/4 nebari. It had two in one pot and the other died so I guess that is why they didn’t want it. The one that was living looked good and it flowered about a month ago really nicely. I want to...

Hi all, I currently live about an hour from McMinnville, Tennessee, which bills itself as the “Nursery Capital of the World.” There are vastly more nurseries down there than I could visit in a single day... around 300 total! I know many of them won’t be great to work with and are meant for those...

Hey everyone, I picked up this giant Sylvestris at my local nursery for a steal a month or so ago. I couldn't pass it up with a trunk that size. I'm super happy with how vigorous it is, but I need some advice. Once the needles harden off I need to do some significant branch reduction. Where the...