Hey everyone, I have a beautiful Chinese sweet plum that has settled into my home nicely. I was worried after buying it that my home would be too dry, but it’s been producing new shoots pretty readily so I know it’s happy.

I think the trunk is where I want it now (I do want the nebari to thicken and fix a little inverse taper), all I need to do is foliage and root development, so I am eager to get this into a nicer pot.

With this being a tropical indoor plant, does anyone have any opinions on reducing root mass and repotting in winter? To me it shouldn’t matter. I live in Salt Lake City, Utah so with our hot dry summers I don’t think I will even keep it outside during the warm season. And does anyone have experience with these trees? To me it seems they dry out quickly, so I want to be extra cautious if I remove some roots. Thanks!!

Hello All, I really need guidance on what my first steps should be with these trees, if any. The first one is a Golden Mop False Cypress, and the second one is a Steed Holly. All feedback or comments are welcome. Thank you all.

I trimmed back a large green island fig and propagated the cuttings. I didn’t expect 100% success rate. I’ve given a few away, but feel certain there is something I can do to experiment since I have so many. What would you do if you had all these cuttings?

Finally took the plunge and ordered an XL giant sequoia seedling and two medium coastal redwoods. Sadly don’t have open ground so just going to let him grow as best as I can in pond baskets. Here’s hoping I don’t kill the little fella.

Wish us both luck!

I know how to grow out a tree's trunk, but I've never seen anywhere talk about when it's ready. For example I want more shohin size trees, but when is the trunk too thin or thick to look good?

My bonsai for work this week is this little Scotts pine that I call my charlie brown Christmas tree because I always decorate it for Christmas. But I moved this year and I haven't yet found the box with the mini ornaments in it. So it is still undecorated. It's in a nanban pot that I made.

Posting to show off this beauty and to seek advice.

So my neighbour gave me this big jade plant after he ran out of room for it and was leaving it outside for the winter ❄️. Im so happy to have it and I want to make sure I don’t shock it or kill it! its dropping some leaves but overall looks very healthy for having been outside in the frost.

I’m looking for styling ideas, trimming it back, and tips for transitioning it from outside in the cold to inside, Thanks!

I bought a ginseng ficus from a nursery about a year ago, and the roots looked like legs, so I've been slowly transforming it into an Ent. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that all that legwork is developing some nice glutes.

I’m keeping it inside until it gets above 60 F, going to repot it into the white shallow pot early next spring. I’m new to this so any advice is welcome!

Wired up! I’m really beginning to love these plastic bonsai pots because it’s easy to drill holes in the rim for guy wires. 😉