Orchids
14 Tips for Field Growing Bonsai
Over the last 17 odd years of field growing I have learnt a lot, and continue to do so. Read t...
Grafting Hackberry, method 2
Cleft grafting, commonly used in grafting of fruit trees, is a technique which Taiwanese Hackberr...
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Two methods for Grafting Hackberry
Learn how to successfully graft Hackberry (Celtis) bonsai using these two methods. Terry Erasmus ...
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Layering a Hackberry, Part 3
The story of this Hackberry broom-in-the-making continues in this 3rd part where it is removed fr...
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Some comments on bonsai tree root work
With the repotting season just starting, with some early risers; an Elm and a Hackberry I thought...
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Seasonal Work on an Upright Hackberry
At the end of each growing season deciduous trees need to be worked on. The tasks which need to b...
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Layering a Hackberry, Part 2
Last spring I began to layer an ugly Hackberry (Celtis sinensis) which had a terrible root bas...
Field growing Hackberry Part 2
In this second part of a 2 part series on field growing Celtis si...
Two Chinese Hackberry Bonsai get an Autumn Cut
Last work of the season on these two Chinese Hackberry originally field grown by Terry Erasmus...
Dealing with large scars which won't disappear
What do you do if you have a cut which has never healed over, for...
Field growing bonsai trees
Field growing is one of the techniques by which you can rapidly attain thick, tapering t...
Layering of a Hackberry, Part 1
In this blog post I will ground layer a Hackberry which is destined to become a broom style bo...