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How to Identify a Tree
Identifying a tree is a skill envied by many. While simplistic in the ruling out process, the knowledge of all …
High Desert Pests, Diseases, and Common Problems – Scale
What Is Scale? Scale insects are small insects that have a waxy covering to protect themselves. Scale insects weaken trees, …
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High Desert Pests, Diseases, and Common Problems – Spider Mites
What are Spider Mites? Spider mites are small arachnids that infest common garden plants. Some mites form webs on the …
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How to Identify Nutrient Deficiencies in Plants
Nutrients Plants need nutrients to live, grow and reproduce. The nutrients that are needed fall into two major categories: macronutrients …
High Desert Pests, Diseases, and Common Problems – Powdery Mildew
What is Powdery Mildew? Powdery mildew is a common disease for many plants found in the high desert. There are …
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High Desert Pests, Diseases, and Common Problems – Anthracnose
What is Anthracnose? Anthracnose, also known as twig, leaf or shoot blight, is a term used to describe a group …
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Tree Root Health
When it comes to the health of our trees the health of the roots is of most importance. Frequently we …
How Do Tree Roots Grow?
To learn about how tree roots grow, stay healthy, and where they exist we’re going to reference a few articles …
Repotting California Juniper #1
It became apparent that this tree needed a new home after surviving the emergency repot. Needles had hardened off, I …
Design and Critique #10 – Larch
Masculine vs Feminine: I feel this is a masculine tree due to the thick flakey bark and dead wood at …
California Juniper Yamadori Stages
California Junipers are hard to collect. Unless you find one on top of a rock pocket in the mountains, you’d …
Hardwood Cuttings Waking Up
The success rate of these cuttings is over 90%. The Zelkova Serrata also known as Japanese Elm or Sawleaf Zelkova …
Bonsai-A-Thon 2020
Here are a few of the trees shown in the dedicated area for Bonsai-A-Thon. One of my favorite parts was …
Winter Silhouette Show 2020
Once again the Winter Silhouette Show put on by the Baiko-En Bonsai Kenkyukai Society every January was great. I love …
Hardwood Cutting Propagation
Winter isn’t every gardener’s favorite time. Things die, gardens don’t look as good, and the fall color is gone. All …
Winter Silhouette 2020 – Awards and Critique
Once again, I know there weren’t any formal awards, but I enjoy adding my own even. The categories are as …
California Juniper Yamadori Trip – Collection
This was a great trip overall. We had more rain in the past month than we had in years for …
Siberian Elm Structural Wiring
This Siberian elm that I dug last winter is really coming into its own. It needed a first full structural …
Siberian Elm Fall Update
This is what the midsummer pruning left me with after collection this last winter. I’m really growing to love this …
Portulacaria Afra Styling
This little guy had a good amount of time to get set in the pot after the repotting session where …
Corkbark Portulacaria Afra #1
Corkbark Portulacaria Afra #1 Previous Posts: Progression Photos: I found this guy abandoned at a wholesale nursery in a 1 …
Siberian Elm Bonsai Summer Pruning
This is the progression of the Siberian Elm bonsai that I collected earlier that you can see here. I’ve been …
Emergency Repot
I recently watched a Bonsai Mirai video about post collection care with world renowned collector Randy Knight. He spoke frequently …
Pomegranate Plans
If you refer to my Pomegranate Splitting post you’ll see where this little guy came from. Initially I planned to do a …