As the Alien Abductee suggests you could make a bonsai of your maple now but it will not look very impressive with a trunk like a pencil, so let...
Hi, Sorry, yes it is tortured not totured which was a spelling mistake,and I twisted the trunk round an iron bar as it grew as they are easily...
Hi, my tortured willow is a salix matsudane sometimes called the totured willow and sometimes called the chinese dragon tree. best of luck with...
Hi, a BIG mistake by most people is putting there bonsai indoors as only plants from tropical countries really want to be indoors in our climate,...
Hi, You can grow all your acers in containers if you wish ,I grow most of mine in extra large pots, that way you can move them around your garden...
Hi, You could be watering it too much, regulate your watering to only watering when the compost is nearly dry. George.
Hi Clarence , You can take a look at some of my trees and shrubs that I have trained over the years on my website you will also find some hints...
Re: Help with furture Japanese garden Hi Sam, Who ME! I am allways changing my mind that's why a lot of my shrubs and acers are in BIG pots so...
Re: Help with furture Japanese garden Hi Shayne, Great to see you have made a start. George.
Hi, OR take a shrub or small tree or conifer out of the ground and put it in a pot trim the branches a little and trim the roots a little to fit...
Re: Help with furture Japanese garden Hi, Well done Shayne I am pleased that you have started on your Japanese garden. George
Hi, I'll also go with ficus. George.
Hi, As whis4ey (I know that name) as stated ereacacious compost is for acid loving plants ie azaleas, rhododendrons,pieris and the like which are...
Hi, That is why I recomend pea gravel because it gives good drainage, sand like dust is far to fine and no good whatsoever because it is no good...
Hi, I use aprox 60%potting compost and 40%pea gravel ,I also use this mix for most of my bonsai. George.
