It's another bonsai weekend indeed.
Did some maintenance to my buxus harlandii.



After 3 hours of careful defoliation and branches thinning..

...heading for improvement.

And this one, under training to become Buxus -on the - Rock ...



Is time to transfer to a shallower pot to expose the rock and roots.



...... mature Buxus-on the-rock in 2-3 year's time .

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Mar 25 2013, 08:12 AM

I'm using 4mm for the trunk and 2mm for the branches. FOr juniper normally need fatter wires cause they are more hard and be very careful when wiring them, don't wan to hurt the tree... do slowly, you should be able to do it. Realized that Bonsailelong always mentioned about the time he took for trimming and wiring? 3 hours of careful work... if not 3 min siap d.. "careful work" bro...

Super cool on the Buxus sitting on the rock!!! may come you place to visit it one day and have chinese tea with you and fingercross not to rain...lol

Well.... bought 2 more asam jawa and a Premna stump... tomorrow got time will post it here!!!!

3 hours work for an experienced bonsai-er now i know why my 2 hours work looks so shitty...

btw, here's what i meant. when i'm doing the wiring of A to B, it scrapes off some wood on the 1 part..
or maybe my juniper's trunk isn't very healthy, i can see scrapes peeling of it eventho i didn't do anything to it

maybe the juniper is still young? peeling a little it's ok i guess

Hi guys,

Here's another Tamarind tree that i have just bought last sunday.

Here 's the initial trunk bend with a 4.5 wire.


then the smaller branches , i will be using the 2 & 2.5



After wiring , shaping it to a scalene triangle. Really need to look at more bonsai shape to have inspiration when shaping it...



The final shape for now...

Looks like you getting better and better in training bonsai...

Shohin Wrighthia re potted



Into a new bonsai pot.



This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Mar 30 2013, 09:49 PM

HI
Pine species bonsai can be found in the city but not commomly. Some imported form Japan. Local pines are not beautifull because of long leaves.
I also imported 100 small black pines two years ago. They grow well in the city.

one of my first blackpine


This post has been edited by proton-wira: Mar 30 2013, 10:13 PM

My triphasia trifolia



This post has been edited by proton-wira: Apr 2 2013, 07:20 AM

HI Zabel
Is premna popular in your bonsai community?

Hi there , Is there anyone knows the bonsai exhibition agenda in Maylaisia?
If yes please let me know in advance. I love to go there to visit.
Here is the picture of Micheal Siow and me with my water jasmine.
I lost his contact long time ago. Is there anyone got his contact?
Brgds/Qui

Hi proton-wira/Qui,

According to information I got, there won't be any Bonsai Exhibition in Malaysia only after the General Election.

Beautiful triphasia trifolata you have!
Importing a hundred J black pines, are you a bonsai trader?

Well well. I am an amateur. Not a pro trader. I bought young JBP in order to train them in local weather. There is not winter. The kind of tree that i like very much. I d never thought that so easy to grow but still learn how to decandle how to defoliage at the right time indeed.
How is popular JBP in your country?

Ok whenever you got the agenda please let me know soon
Tks

Yup Proton wira, Premna is popular here

Hi bonsailelong
I got some buxus harlandii
Pitctures below showing the two mother trees look very bad.
The two young trees got from airlayer look OK.
I still do not know why the mother trees got seriouly bad young and old leaves aswell.
The media a used is the mix of fine sand+ volcanic sand + some burnt clay
Do you have any comment about that ?
Tks

Hi Proton-wira,

Concerning about your boxwood, firstly I would like to say is I don't know much about the climate up there in your region.
All I can tell you about boxwood is growing in the hot wet climate in my country only.
Boxwood is a fiber root plant and grow well in loose soil with higher humus content but not water logged. During the dry season it got to be well watered.
I found that it grows better in a shallow wide pot rather than in deep big pot. Boxwood is absolutely an outdoor plant but can't be exposed to the hot blazing sun full day.
My boxwood are placed in between 2 palm trees and the hot afternoon sun is sheltered off. They only expose to the morning and evening sunshine.
As for application of fertilizer, I use urea-N46. dissolving 2 table spoon full of the N46 in 3 liter of water and apply once every 2 weeks. urea N46 give extra nitrogen
to all the plants and make the foliage greener, look fresh and healthy.
By looking at the photos of your boxwood, I suggest you look into the roots of your plant. As boxwood is fiber root plant, it can get root diseases easily. If so, you will
have to re pot and change all the soil. Or ... could it be over application of fertilizer? On the whole, I suggest you re pot your boxwood but try not to cut away much of their roots.
unless they are infested, and cut away all the dry branches and let them grow again.

Good luck to Buxus harlandii !