My Bonsai Obsession

The tree as it looks today (front view) Everything was going so well with the  Fusion Project  which I've been developing from a bu...

Yesterday's post was all about the first of my two neglected ficuses, a tree which had benefited greatly from the development of a vigo...

I hate to admit that the last time I worked on my two neglected ficuses was when I repotted them in November 2015. Because of time constrain...

The first tree to appear in my blog was this Ficus Natalensis which I grew from a cutting in 2007. Ficus Natalensis - September 2015 ...

A member of Reddit's bonsai group  recently asked me this question: "What's the thickest you've ever got a tiny cutting ...

In August 2015 I decided to fuse some of my long, straight Ficus Natalensis cuttings together to create one larger tree. In order to plant...

I thought I had my clip and grow Ficus Natalensis all sorted out. It's been hard work getting it to where it is without ever using wire...

When I joined my club in late 2007 I got rather bogged down by the rules for branch placement and for a while it seemed that I was trying t...

Spring is my favourite time of the year. I loving seeing my trees coming out of dormancy and being transformed into a sea of green, with lot...

After my last post about my Clip and Grow Ficus  I thought I was done for the season. After six months of solid growth and minimal pruning i...

This little Ficus Natalensis has far exceeded my expectations in terms of the progress it made this summer. When I wrote about its second ch...