Our Native “Huckleberry” for Bonsai
Development of a native huckleberry.
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Horticulture
Winged Elm Development
A blog post about my obsession with winged elms 😀
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Portulacaria afra Repot and New Front
This little port is a familiar tree in many of my past Facebook posts. Yet, in such a short time, I was able to develop this tree’s branch structure within two years and move straight into refinement.
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Hanging out with the Austin Bonsai Society
I had the pleasure of giving a demonstration and workshop in Austin, Texas, this past week. I was invited out to their beautiful meeting space at Zilker Botanical Garden. We share a lot native elm trees with central Texas but one in the particular that I’ve always have wanted to work with is the cedar
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The Notorious Live Oak Question
Here’s a species I’ve gotten dozens of questions about. Quercus virginiana, more commonly known as southern live oak, a hallmark species of the southeast United States and it always comes up in conversation at the nursery. It’s usually brought up after bringing someone’s attention that almost any species of tree can be a good bonsai.
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Slight Revamp
After an unnecessary hiatus from my blog posts, I am back at it again. For anyone who has visited our homepage in the past knows there has been some changes made to the overall layout. Now everything as been streamlined so content can be accessed a little easier and the webstore is clearly a separate
“Stinky” The Musk Maple
Here’s a tree I’ve been anticipating to work on, a premna japonica or commonly known as musk maple. There are a couple of different varieties in the premna used for bonsai. There is the much more tender and tropical premna mircophylla that gets confused for this species. P. mirophylla has a small and ovate leaf
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Spring Time Chaos, Part 1
For those who do not know, spring time is the most chaotic time of the year for those who work with bonsai. Especially on a higher level and I’m talking about trees that have been shown at Nationals or are destined to go one day in the future. When I was presented with the opportunity
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Air Layering and a Twisty Ugly Tree
There’s a saying out there that says every dog gets it’s day and today just might be this tree’s dog day. You see, my tree is just plain too ugly to really be made into something desirable. It has a lot of character flaws when it comes to aesthetics. For one, the root flare is
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