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[JoeWilson]

After some of the discussion in the argument thread (re: succulents are not/can never be bonsai), I went down the rabbit hole into tree/shrub form succulents and found Euphorbia misera/californica, aka Cliff Spurge, a weird little guy native to rocky arid parts of California. Obviously I had to order a few. I did a bit of pruning tonight on the most promising one. Once the foliage recovers, I’ll cut it back a bit more.

 

[Unagi]

I recently brought a small Portulacaria afra and a Crassula sarcocaulis after seeing Jelle and Xavier's videos. Today, I separated them to individual pots and hope for a big growth in the upcoming years. The Swiss weather is not the best for it though...

 

[leatherback]

Swiss

where abouts?

 

[Unagi]

where abouts?

Close to Luzern, towards the Alps. TBH, we had hot days, but in the last 3 weeks it was almost constant rainy weather, 13-20 C, and 60-80+ humidity. Luckily the plants dont get water from the rain.

Photo tax, close up. By the way, I am experimenting with two soil mix. One is 1:1:1 pumice, akadama and lava rock. The other... I have no clue, but it doesn't have akadama only rocks. Both are medium size, 2-8 mm.

 

[Ryceman3]

Repotting started for me this weekend. I’m behind as the maples are pushing already, but sometimes you gotta prioritise other stuff… I’ll be looking to get through the deciduous ASAP and hit the conifers very soon!
The first repot was a Japanese maple air layer from a few years back, the second a little group of tridents grown together from seedlings. Both shohin or close enough to it…

 

[SFDrake]

Threw together a couple of emergency benches this morning. In my townhouse I'm limited to just a courtyard so I have to utilize every little bit of space the wife gives me (I have a problem) for plants, and most of this was on the ground before. I have to stop buying more somehow

 

[The Barber]

Just a quick reminder.. This is a thread stemming from the time when few pictures were shared.

The tax for posting on this thread is sharing a picture of your trees.

I know, guilty myself so I will share a cool one.
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Ooo, got any photos of it with flowers on the trunk? Mine hasn't flowered yet.

Photo tax. Carved out a hollow in one of my American Hornbeams that I collected back in the spring last night. This guy has pushed a lot of ramification this year.

 

[RozendaalArts]

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Love this one, stunning pairing of pot and tree

 

[Ravaginggoatman]

The daily watering ritual with the Cicadas screaming like a banshee. Never have I even seen one until today.

 

[CapeCodBonsai]

Because I didn’t get around to doing it when I should have and now the overcrowded pots have become an issue, I’m dividing up hundreds of seedlings into individual pots. Swamp Red, Japanese, & Hedge Maple, Japanese & Korean Stewartia, English & Common Hawthorn, Chinese Maackia, European Hornbeam, Dove/Ghost Tree, and Japanese Snowbell.

I’m not sure how many of these will survive the process in this heat/sun but, that’s how I usually learn . . . the hard way.

English/Midland Hawthorn
(Crataegus laevigata)

Sulking after its ill-timed repot

 

[kcfan08]

Put down more Osmocote on some Ulmus rubra I dug up this spring. Seeing a good amount of fine roots just below the surface.

 

[SailDesign]

Caught a couple of maple seedlings just before Mrs Sails threw them in the compost bin. Here they are "soaking up" in their new home.

 

[Brain Treez]

Expanded the shari on this J. communis (with ongoing air layer to the left). Some of the outer bark popped off in the process and I'm kind of sad. I suppose I'll have to hope the red stuff ages like the rest, or just take it all off the tree for consistency
.

 

[Jetson1950]

Back in March I was in a collecting frenzy and picked up quite a few seedlings and saplings of various trees I thought I would like to work with. I decided to wire a bunch of them to give some movement to their trunks. I realized it would be ages before they were ready for bonsai training, but I wanted to see some movement in their trunks to start their future journey. Kinda went overboard on a few of them, but it was my first attempt at doing it. It was definitely a great learning experience deciding what looks natural and what doesn’t. One of my key lessons was, “don’t over do it stupid.” A couple of them look like a bad attempt at making animal balloons.

So, today was remove the wire day on everything I wired back in March. I also learned which ones grow faster and need the wire removed sooner to prevent depressions in the trucks. None of them are real bad, but I could have paid closer attention to their growth spirts. Overall, a great learning experience in trunk wiring of young trees.

Here are the results.

Northern Red Oak


Lacebark Elms


Mulberry’s


Beech (not sure which variety. Collected them in Chadds Ford , Pennsylvania)


Sweetgum.


Acer Rubrum, Red Maples

 

[PastryBaker]

The daily watering ritual with the Cicadas screaming like a banshee. Never have I even seen one until today.

They are just starting to come out here. Love them.

 

[PastryBaker]

It is my birthday month, so I bought two trees as a gift to myself. These two have been on my list to get for a bit. A Willow Leaf Ficus, which is about 14 inches tall and needs a haircut.
And a pre-bonsai Black Olive from Weigerts. Nice prices on both.

 

[MalsRFun in TN]

Separated my first air layers this year, both using plastic rooting balls. My coral bark Japanese maple appeared to have a lot of roots but it turned out to be just one large one, darn it. My good old OG rootstock, really my first bonsai tree after the Aureum graft died years ago, rewarded me with so many roots that I could barely untangle them and a nice little shohin starter. Very exciting for an air layering novice who had little luck last year with plastic wrap.

 

[shohin_branches]

The air is so bad I had to take the day off work and get a nebulizer treatment this morning. I guess they see a lot of kids that don't breathe well. When I was like "oh cool, puppy air pump" the nurse goes "we have a frog too if you would prefer that." I assured him he made a good choice with the puppy though next time I might ask for the frog. Not a fan of the hose I breathe through attaching so close to the butt.


So I was told to stay indoors and wear an N95 if I go outside. I laughed and informed them my car is in the shop and I have to walk five blocks and take the bus home.
I took a nap, put on my mask, and cleaned the top of my basement repotting bench. Definitely not a task for a person that is bad at breathing with all the dust and dirt.


Maybe tomorrow I'll tackle the middle shelf

 

[blackadam]

just noticed them

 

[shohin_branches]

Air quality is still bad so I slapped on a mask and went outside. Removed the wire from my semi-cascade forsythia but it was kinda floppy without the wire supporting it. Not an ideal time to trim since flower buds for spring are set, but I just shortened the main branches which will make it easier to store for winter. I'll rewire tomorrow and start looking for a rock to attach it to.


This compact Japanese barberry hasn't been styled yet and appears to have a fungal infection so I thinned it a little, sprayed it with an antifungal, and placed it in a corner of the garden where there is better airflow. Hoping to fix the roots and base in spring. It may have to get airlayered.