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Tag Archives: trees
The 2018 Epcot Trees
Well, some of you all may have noticed I didn’t give a report last year on the 2017 Epcot Flower and Garden/Bsf trees in the Japanese Pavilion. I do apologize (I had a few reasons, of which I don’t need … Continue reading
Posted in Art, goings, philosophical rant, pictures
Tagged Adam Lavigne, bonsai, disney, Epcot, Florida, flower and garden festival 2018, trees
7 Comments
Let the tree talk to you, just don’t be surprised if they say they want to leaf……
This is a clients tree, chloroluceun tortum, the Brazilian raintree. It’s a humble little tree really. But she likes it. And that’s all that matters. It had a Jin on it, but this is all that’s left of the deadwood. … Continue reading
Posted in Advanced basics, Horticulture and growing, maintenance
Tagged bonsai, Brazilian Raintree, chloroluceun tortum, defoliation, How-to, trees
6 Comments
Did it have to be another juniper?
Stop me if you’ve heard this one…..two junipers walk into a bar, one says to the bartender, hey I’ll have a jin….. We have before us two varieties of juniper. Both do quite well in Florida, the one on the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, branch placement, Horticulture and growing, philosophical rant, refine, roots, wiring
Tagged bonsai, juniper, procumbens nana, repot, styling, trees
7 Comments
Akadama, the ideal Bonsai soil
Soil. Dirt. Aggregate. Substrate. Soilless mix. Whatever you call it (the only correct and descriptive phrase is the last one), it’s a controversial subject. One can have a more civil argument discussing the left/right division in the US political paradigm … Continue reading
Posted in Advanced basics, Horticulture and growing, philosophical rant, roots
Tagged Adam Lavigne, akadama, bonsai, haydite, How-to, lava, pumice, repotting, trees
17 Comments
The green, green island of ficus
Here I sit again, in the back of my PT Loser, waiting on my spawn. And, of course, I have a tree to play with. This time, it’s a ficus microcarpa “green island”. You missed the good parts though, I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Advanced basics, Horticulture and growing, rare finds, redesign, styling bonsai, wiring
Tagged Adam Lavigne, auxin, bonsai, cytokinins, ficus, ficus microcarpa, fig, Green island ficus, plant hormones, trees, trunk chop
9 Comments
What a Tangled Web of Roots We Weave
Here’s a challenge: Ficus microcarpa. A seedling grown one, looks like it, or what the trade calls, a “ginseng” ficus. Which isn’t a variety, but just a marketing thing. Like calling American style Chinese food “Chinese Food”. I got the tree from … Continue reading
Posted in Advanced basics, branch placement, rare finds, roots
Tagged bonsai, ficus, ficus microcarpa, Ginseng ficus, trees
6 Comments
Parking Lot Bonsai, or, the sum of my choices
In the afternoons, on schooldays, I get to sit and wait for my children to get out of class and then I chauffeur them home. As I wait for them, I sometimes use this time away from the nursery to work on … Continue reading