by Scott Vanderlinde As the number of tropical trees that I have has grown, I have run out of south facing window space in my house so I use this greenhouse for some of my tropical trees during the winter. It is approximately 4 feet wide by 5 feet long by 7 feet high. It…
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By Sue Krueger, President There is an old-fashioned phrase that resonates with me when I think of our bonsai trees. “Having the care of it”, may not be fashionable, but the meaning is very clear. Many of these trees have lived for hundreds of years in the wild, surviving all kinds of weather and natural disasters. After…
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By Chris Pogliano Raffia and wire This is a standard procedure found in just about every method of major bending of branches. Wrapping the raffia in one direction and the wire in the opposite direction creates a mesh-like pattern around the branch, preventing separation….
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By Terry Davis It is said that trident maples don’t get denser by bud-pinching. Now really, the effect on the elongating shoot may not be big, but the release of the oppressed buds back along the branch is pretty clearly operative. And in my experience, it does restrain shoot elongation….
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September 1-2, 2017 Guest Judge: Matt Reel 2019 Judge’s Choice Tree: Ginkgo…
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