Category: Bonsai
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Boxwood can be one of my favorite trees to work on. I enjoy the leaves, bark and trucks. They are also a tree I caution…
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In February, at an auction in Oakland, CA I bid on a tree near the end of the auction. It was not that interesting of…
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Temperatures and sun exposure this year is just weird. You may have that feeling too. Weather patterns are not at normal and some of us…
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I am often asked if I ever wire a tropical tree in my collection and I say, certainly. I do all my wiring on these…
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Re potting and refining trees has been the theme this Spring. Many were already done but there is always refinement and assessments required. Today I…
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Normally, I wait a few more months to tackle major olive work. I wait until evening temperatures are steady above 50 degrees. This year’s weather…
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Weather in northern California has been inordinately wet this year. Temperatures were unstable for a bit in February and had halted a great deal of…
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Distribution Pinus nigra is a tree of the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome. The majority of the range is in Turkey. It is found…
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Checking on trees is a year round task. We recently went down into lower 30s requiring some plants to come indoors. Now we are back…
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I have been fussing with this Chinese Quince for about 5 years now already and I have fixed many problems with its base and now…