My bonsai collection

littleart-fx wrote:Hi" do you have an outside place to grow these?

grtzz,..m

littleart-fx wrote:That is good! trees like to be kept outside!

My humble opinion, Blue Star Juniper for sure looks like a nuke cloud to me, and comes out of its potty.
It sits up way to high. (Did you repot this?)
Have you considered air layering it and wire it?

The bogy,...... serissa ever thought of taking out the s form and start al over?
The trunk doesn't show any tapper, be convinced you can create this!
For sure in such a climate you have,.....!

Ever thought of buying just cheap material and start cutting,.....for me bonsai is just that!
Lost in 6 years just 3 trees, but i've learned a whole lot!

grtzz, from the Netherlands where bugs are starting to fly around again, GOOD THING (spring is in the air)

Joe Hatfield wrote:Would an air layer work on this Serissa? It might make 2 good trees for him.

sitarbonsai wrote:
Bougainvillea Bonsai
I purchased this as my first bonsai, when I got it all the leaves were wilting and it didn't help that I had to ride my bike back 4 miles to get home
but, I was so enthusiastic about bonsai and overly excited to see this sitting next to the cash register on my way out, and after spending an hour looking at home depot's "pseudo bonsai" this bonsai looked amazing!
now it's doing great, has healthy green growth, and a bunch of new luscious bracts


Juniperus squamata
Juniper, that I was originally told was a cypress at the nursery
didn't look anything like this when I got it, mistakenly trimmed in winter, but I thought it came out resembling a nice little tree, I see a lot of trees in Florida that have this shape
it has browned a bit recently do to the cold conditions (in Florida?!), it's been the coldest here since I moved here, but it's warming up back to normal, hopefully, because my bonsai don't seem to like the cold!


cascading juniper
I got this at my local home depot
when I got it, it was a very prickly and overgrown shrub, that grew out a few inches in every direction
I trimmed it back to give it a more refined look, resembling that of a mountain juniper
it's fault is that it has a few pruning scars because so much had to be trimmed
if you have seen a juniper shrub at home depot you can imagine, but when I saw it I thought it had a decently thick trunk and potential as a bonsai
it still needs to be re-potted
my dad liked the result of this a lot and it's on display now in front of my house as you enter


Eugenia myrtifolia or "Cherry Brush"
this is the one that was a bit shocked from being re potted in winter at the nursery, having a new environment, and the cold weather
I'm just letting this rest in front of my house to bask in the sun and recover

In my area (south Florida) there are no bonsai nurseries within an hour's drive, and the fact that I don't drive doesn't help. The one time I was lucky enough to get to a nursery was on the way home from picking up my dad's car, but I make the most of what I have, frequently checking my local home depot for anything with any potential
I consider myself lucky though, because I appreciate bonsai more this way
and when I make it to a nursery like the ones I've seen around America online it will truly be exciting!
this is kind of the way I try to look at mostly everything in life, half full, not half empty
it makes perfect sense to me, be happy and let all the beautiful small things in life add up to a big celebration of life everyday
of course, that's easier said than done, but, like bonsai it's a process
and like bonsai you can sound like a master on how to trim a tree
but, the real masters can actually trim the tree


Please feel free to give any tips, constructive criticism, or pointers!
Thanks!

Justin

Edward Scissorhand wrote:
So you basically grow with the tree.

Cheers Eddie