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• Sunday, March 15th, 2009
So the Flower and Garden Festival starts this Wednesday and I am rushing to get my tree at its best for display.  Mother Nature hasn’t been too cooperative and we had a very cold winter.  However my tree has produced tons of flowers, but it is taking a while to put out the leaves as well. I placed the tree outside my screen patio to get additional sunlight to get the leaves to fill in.
Bouganvillea REady for Epcot

Bouganvillea Ready for Epcot

However with that issue taken care of, The Bonsai Societies of Florida Convention starts Thursday and I am to display two trees there.  The problem again are the leaves.  In this case, there aren’t really any to speak of.

Waiting for leaves to appear

Waiting for leaves to appear

I hope this peek of Spring helps many of you to get inspired to start working on your trees.  This is certainly one of my favorite times of the year.


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• Monday, April 21st, 2008


Repotted into a blue glazed pot. It really makes this tree’s colors really stand out. It needs a new coat of lime sulfur, but it has come a long way. Apr 2008


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• Wednesday, March 21st, 2007


Not many changes to report over the past 6 months. I want to focus on leaf reduction this year and get the canopy much healthier and compact. We’ll see. Mar 2007


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• Thursday, September 21st, 2006


There are times when things just come together, and this is one of them. By rewiring this tree, and repotting it the tree now looks stable and balanced. I still need to develop side branches near the top but that won’t take long. Next step is to begin leaf reduction next spring and then this tree will really be something to see. Sept 2006


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