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• Friday, May 28th, 2010

The annual Bonsai Societies of Florida convention is taking place all week end. The exhibit opened today and I have my very own crape myrtle on display.

If you get a chance stop by to check it out. You will not be disappointed. It is at the Ramada near I-4 and Rt192 in Kissimmee


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• Thursday, February 18th, 2010

This year’s winter in Florida has been the coldest one that I can remember.  However one good thing is that it gave me a long time to do some major pruning, repotting, and even taking some photos.  Here are just a couple of shots that I took recently.

Crape Myrtle - defoliated

Crape Myrtle - defoliated

I can’t believe that it has been 5 years since the dwarf crape myrtle branches were grafted onto this wonderful crape myrtle trunk.  However the development continues to improve. It has a great shape and balance.  This year it should be the year for this tree to shine.  In on a few weeks the tree will begin to leaf out and the canopy should be very full and complete.   Who knows how much better this tree will be in 5 more years?

Black Pine repotted

Black Pine repotted

I took advantage of the cold weather to repot this pine.  I didn’t really remove much of the root mass, but it is a much more expensive pot.  I still have a lot of branch development to do on this tree, but it already has developed very well already.  Next year we’ll try a smaller pot to show off this large base of this tree.