Originally posted on hbhatnagar:
hbhatnagar View original post Continue reading At the foot of a bonsai ficus

Originally posted on hbhatnagar:
Mosses and weeds at the foot of a bonsai Ficus. Continue reading Nature in miniature

Originally posted on Dave Creech:
While sugar maple enjoys a sizeable market in the U.S and many cultivars are available, the Mexico mountain sugar maple or skutch maple, Acer saccharum ssp. skutchii, remains relatively unknown. This disjunct wing of sugar maple has endured over 9000 years of divergent evolution apart from relatives in eastern North America (4).  The tree is similar in many respects to… Continue reading Acer skutchii – the Rare Mexico Mountain Sugar Maple

Originally posted on Dave Creech:
We’ve been growing Japanese maples at SFA Gardens since the mid-1980s and now have over 350 varieties scattered over 16 acres of part shade garden. In 1988, the Arboretum was a small patch of ground next to the Agriculture building.  It wasn’t long before a six-acre bottomland thicket next to LaNana creek was added.  The opportunity to evaluate plants exploded. The… Continue reading Acer palmatum – The Aristocrat of Small Trees

Originally posted on Dave Creech:
TABGA CONFERENCE, GRAPEVINE BOTANICAL GARDENS, GRAPEVINE, TEXAS – FEB 23-24, 2017 In an attempt to organize all the Botanical Gardens, Arboreta and Public Gardens and Parks under a single umbrella – the Texas Association of Botanical Gardens was created in 1991. The individuals behind the formation of the organization were Paul Cox (retired from the San Antonio Botanical Garden), Henry… Continue reading TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BOTANICAL GARDENS AND ARBORETA – TABGA

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Originally posted on Bonsai Workshop:
The seeds I planted late winter had a really good sprouting rate, therefore, I have 30+ seedlings to be made into seedling cuttings. I proceeded to make the seedling in batches. The first batch was done three weeks ago, last week was the second batch, and today, I did the final batch. I did it in batches because some seed… Continue reading Final Batches of Japanese Black Pine Seedling Cuttings

Originally posted on Bonsai Workshop:
Since I trunk chopped the Japanese Maple late winter, the tree has filled in nicely. I noticed the leaves are much larger than last year’s. It could be due the heavy fertilizing. I can also see many of the branches extending quickly. There were so much foliage, little to no light were reaching the inner parts of the tree. In… Continue reading Defoliate The Japanese Maple

Originally posted on Bonsai Workshop:
Over Spring time, I have been pinching out new growth on this Japanese Maple in hopes to shorten the internodes, and hopefully even promote some back budding. There were a few buds that formed, but there were still some very long internodes formed. Fortunately, at the same nodes for which the long internodes extended from, there were often other buds… Continue reading Defoliation of Japanese Maple