We were recently featured on Redfin in an article about displaying plants in your home. Designing and displaying your plants …
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I’ve continued to use sawdust as a tool to nurse unhealthy trees back to health, and to save trees that …
Transplanting a tree can involve a process as simple as moving a tree sapling, or can be as difficult as …
Once again, I know there weren’t any formal awards, but I enjoy adding my own even. The categories are as …
Why Do Fabric Pots Grow Better Trees? Fabric pots, along with many other root pruning containers, prevent circling roots in …
The Winter Silhouette Show put on by the Baiko-En Bonsai Kenkyukai Society every January spectacular. I spent the whole Saturday …
Baiko-en Bonsai Kenkyukai Winter Silhouette Show 2022 Read More
Pruning roses is something that paralyzes some gardeners. The information on how to prune roses can be overwhelming and cause …
What Are Borers? Borers are wood-boring insects that are typically larvae of certain moths and beetles. These borers will feed …
High Desert Pests, Diseases, and Common Problems – Borers Read More
As someone who enjoys collecting yamadori, I am always looking for ways that people have success and love experimenting with …
Planting a bare root tree can be intimidating, but it is the best method of planting when considering the tree’s …
If you’re thinking about planting a tree, you’re usually thinking “I wish I would’ve planted this years ago!” or “It …
Movement: This ginkgo biloba has little to no movement in the trunk and branches when compared to other high caliper …
Why Plant A Palo Verde? Palo verde trees are very well adapted to the Mojave desert. Not only are they …
Drought tolerance has become high on the list of requirements when plant shopping these days. However, this does not mean …
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A privacy screen or windbreak is something everyone can see a need for in their yard. Planting your own can …
I recently went on a family trip the to San Diego Wild Animal Park, and was pleasantly surprised when I …
This is one of my favorite cheap ways to occupy beginners insatiable need to constantly get more trees and work …
Ideal pH vs Tolerable pH A lot of sites will list the ideal pH of a tree species. This is …
Chinese elm trees are one of the great landscaping trees that we have available in North America. They are tough …
Here are photos from this year’s virtual silhouette show, as we couldn’t have it in person. Enjoy!
I’ve been excited about this lot of Chinese pistache trees that I’ve been nursing for 2 years. They began as …
Display of Trees: The trees flow well from the main tree to the sides by placing both the Elm and …
This year we had a virtual Winter Silhouette Show put on by the Baikoen Bonsai Kenkyukai Society. While I wasn’t …
Many people want to immediately put a plant in a bonsai pot. Lets face it, who wouldn’t? It looks really …
Japanese Maples are one of the most popular bonsai specimen with good reason. Here is one of my favorite Japanese …
Bonsai Design and Display Critique – #3 Japanese Maple Read More