Winter pictures of crepe myrtle
Winter pictures of Bonsai
Crepe Myrtle #2
Azalea bonsai
Yuri Hime Japanese Maple
I've been trying to let it grow, and that's why the long wild hairs. I'll do some pruning in early spring.
happytail; thank you for sharing your bonsai specimens during the winter. All of the above are winter-hardy in our zones, as I understand them. In fact, I've an Azalea bonsai that I keep outdoor. Care to share how are yours being treated during the winter?
I'm relatively new to bonsais indoor/outdoor. Any shared info. is greatly appreciated.
Kim
I can almost visualize how the above Maple going to be a spectacular specimen! Wow!
Beni Hime Japanese maple with moss
All of mine are outside except for 2 ficus and a florist azalea. I bring them into my sun porch for the winter. They are all in full sun now, but during the summer, the river birch shades our deck and they get a good bit of shade. I don't really do anything different in the winter, except less water. Its easier to do any trimming of dead branches in the winter, and I do repot during this season, if needed. I love the azaleas. They will be so covered with blooms, you won't be able to see the leaves. We have a wonderful Bonsai teacher here locally, and he is fantastic. Guy Guidry. I've really learned a lot from him. He is the owner of Northshore Bonsai, and is a national teacher. His work is incredible.
I've got a really large Red Dragon Japanese Maple that I'm trying to find a good place to photograph. But it's too large for me to move myself, and where it is now, when I take a picture, you don't really see the shape of it. I'm hoping to post that soon.
Thank you for your reply. It's a source of inspiration! I made several posts, not many active participants here. Hopefully that will change in the near future.
I'll be watching your posts. Great job!
Thanks, and I did notice there weren't a great deal of posts here. I'm surprised, since I would think that bonsai would be very discussion-provoking. This is a Ficus "Too Little", which was almost too big to get in the picture.
Hopefully, we'll gather some more interest out there. Perhaps, everyone is shy about the topic of the art. I'm not shy about it. I'm intrigued by it. That looks like a banyan, is it?
It is a Ficus, but I'd love to have a Banyan. Someone posted pictures of a California show they'd been to, and there were some unbelievable bonsai there. Braided trunks and everything. I don't know how a banyan would do here. We say them all over the place in Hawaii. It may get to cold here for them to grow naturally, but the sunporch only gets to about 50 degrees. My Night Blooming Cirrus does ok, and it's about the most tender thing I have.
I got the Brussel's Bonsai 2008 Rendezvous paperwork Saturday, and I'm drooling. Memphis isn't that far away, and I just might have to put that on my calendar. I've been to their facility, and it's amazing. They have a great listing of classes, and I do need to treat myself every once and a while. The classes are very small, though. I'm not sure how quickly they fill. Even if you just go to look around, it would be worth it, I think.
www.brusselsbonsai.com
Happytail;
Watch out for the moss on the trunk! (beni hime) it will rot the bark, girdling the tree and kill it.
Take 1 part clorine bleach, 10 parts water and mix. Dip an old tooth brush in and scrub (gently) the moss off the trunk. As soon as possible. Keep that tooth brush handy, because you will need it again.
Moss is usually only for show times, although alot of people leave it on the surrounding ground all year round. That's fine to do but you really must keep it off the bark, and any exposed surface roots you may be developing. I know it prevents erosion, but you can place a layer of wet sphagnum moss over the soil and it will accomplish the same. Same goes for gravel. Heats up the soil too much.
Wally
Thanks, Wally.
I do usually keep that off the trunk, I'm just lax lately. That's really the only tree I've got moss on. I've been trying to get it to grow in some of my other pots, but don't seem to be having any luck.
Where is Flowery Branch?