My Bonsai Obsession

I've been very slack with updating my progress on my trees over the last few years, and especially since Covid arrived on the scene. For...

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...

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

Ginseng Ficus have a really bad name in the world of bonsai and let's face it, a lot of them are really ugly, with huge roots growing in...

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...

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...

At some stages in a tree's development it's best to do nothing other than leave it to grow. Such was the situation with the Trident ...

In October 2015 I wrote about a newly acquired Stinkwood tree which was drowning in Maple seedlings . Weeds and seedlings - October 2015...

I don’t often talk about my Ginseng Ficus because they’re frowned upon by most serious bonsai artists. That was one of the first things I le...