Hi Infrasonic,

You have bought a Juniper all right! But it's a Christmas tree juniper or call Cedar botanical name Juniperous virginiana.
I give your a suggestion on this tree you have bought - repot it in a bigger tall pot, tight the branches inward to form a good cone shape. The N15 P15 K15 is perfect for this kind of species but never over apply or the needle leaves of the tree will drop.
Never cut the needle leaves with scissor, you can only plug the needle leaves. Cutting with scissor will result the needle leaves tip turn black color.
Let the Christmas tree grows as big as can, read the article on Bonsai4me by Harris Harrington on how to turn a cedar into bonsai.
I guess, you might got to let it grows in the biggest pot you can find in 5 years before doing anything to it.

This is what I'm having after growing for 4 years in that big pot.

the stump of this tree is about 4ins in diameter, hope it will grow to 6 ins before starting the first shaping.

I suggest you buy again a wrighthia "shui mui" or a Buddha pine, I believe that can be commonly found in many nursery.

Hi Zebal,

Very good for a 2 month bonsai novice.
I bet you wouldn't stop, you have started to BEGIN.

so the only way is to make it look like a christmas tree? damn it..shouldn't have bought it xD

haha, i've saw many saplings there but i'm not sure which one is buddha pine..can u post a picture of the exact look of buddha pine? don wanna end up buying the wrong tree again xD

Infrasonic,

What bonsailelong means is that you need it grow for 5 more years then shaping it since yours is still young.

cedars can be great bonsai, and the difficult one to master...




this are the bonsai of cedars.


Below is the buddha pine, here we call it lo han siong... if i'm not wrong... or fatt chai tree...lol


the photo of the leave type...

Hi Infrasonic,

Don't get frustrated, Zebal is very correct. when you come to a time you will want to put your hand on a cedar and transform it into something awesome.
So it's a very good start. When 5 years down the line you will find that this is one material that you are looking for.

haha kk, hopefully in 5 years time you guys can see me here asking questions about how to style cedar bonsai

i'll go look for it next week if got time..actually i saw a lot with that type of leaves in the nursery i bought the cedar tree just now..all of the pine trees look the same to me xD
what type of fertilizer should i use for the buddhist pine?

wait wait wait..i got something to ask, when you guys start a bonsai, you guys start with the big tree (the 4 years old tree bonsailelong showed me) or just the small tree de? coz i think the buddhist pine there also sell small tree only, highest height also almost the same as my cedar tree. what more to say, the cedar tree already cost me rm25

I started by buying Shui Mei's. RM10 material. Small ones about 15-20cm
then off to buy something near 70-80% bonsai because cannot wait 5 years for my material to become one...lol then and then and then....suddenly so many pot already.... wife bising why buy so many "lalang" come home....

BONSAI MATERIALS - Final part (most boring part)

This whole area is planted with Premna 2 years ago. Now.. goodness !



No wander biawak (monitor lizard) entered my house and got my wife jumping on to the chair and yelling like hell!

After some hard works..
some "real thing" appeared

..messy ...





Probably another 2 years I can have some real good Premna materials to start off my Premna Project.

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This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Jan 21 2013, 08:32 AM

so meaning if I buy the Buddhist pine I also have to wait for 5 years before I can put it in a bonsai pot?

yes and no, depends on how old or what you wan actually.
You may get the buddhist pine from the nursery maybe already 10 years already. then you may pot it and preshape it within 1month. Or if you get prebonsai material then can straight prune and shape after a few weeks.
but old timer like Bonsailelong knew how old they want their tree to be before potting. As for me( a great beginner), once the tree is healthy, i'll go potting and shaping.

The bonsai materials u grow outside ur house, do you water them all the time too?

God water for me.
Amen.

what is the chinese name for Premna bonsai???

Soong nian ze - longlife lady..

Premna Microphylla or Malay name Warung Laut.
Commonly found along the coastal area of Kelantan and Trengganu of Peninsular Malaysia together with Cucur Attap.
The natural wild trees usually got large pieces of dead wood attached and so make it become a superb bonsai material.
Because of the existence of Premna and Cucur Attap, plus the artistic nature of the Kelantan and Trengganu people, many people of these 2 states become good bonsai sifu.
Go to the block " Mat Yiet Garden" you can see the talent of Abang Yiet and his works.

what if the buddhist pine i got from the nursery also very young de? do i still need to plant it for 5 years? XD

then, terus buy ready made bonsai and the young buddhist pine lor...
XD

Well Bro,

What I can say is... get a young Buddha Pine about 10" high, I'll try to show something what you can do to with it this weekend
Or alternatively, get a ficus. Ficus got natural bonsai shape which I think should be much easier for you.

Ficus grown from branch cutting like this costs about rm 8 over here. Just cut short the branches and keep the overall image in a cone shape,
when the leaves grow back you can re pot it in a rectangular flat bonsai pot. (Bonsai in less than one month)

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Jan 21 2013, 10:46 PM

Seems hard to find quality Huang yang bonsai photos on Google. The boxwood search are different kind of tree. Here the Huang yang got nice old wood stems n the one on the net seems like sui mei's stem.