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My newest bonsai-Chinese elm-being trained for a weeping look-birthday present from my wife.

Thank you. I've had it many years.

I included some other pictures in my previous post.

Quite addicting. You might want to start with ginseng ficus. Hardy and become astounding as they age. Chinese Umbrella Tree Japanese Juniper

From yahoo images. Privet bonsai-Look right????

The tree looks good and healthy. I would not repot this tree or add soil. If you haven't, the tree should be fertilized. I use Miracle grow but at half strength or weaker depending on the specie. For this tree, half strength. There are commercial fertilizers for bonsai available. There are...

The tree does not appear too large for the pot. I am unsure of the specie. Do you know what kind it is? How long have you had this tree? It is quite old. It reminds me of a privet.

If you can post a picture showing the whole tree. That would show me whether the tree needs a new pot and what kind of soil to use.

Sounds good. What kind of tree?

Spring will soon be here. Our weather is unusually warm and I may have to start putting the bonsai outside from the garage. How are your bonsai doing?

Pina Colada. This bonsai has not been shaped. My wife found this being sold as an annual for window box plantings. It's a perrenial shrub that has blooms and a wonderful smell. Plants for bonsai can be found in many places.

Seeing the actual tree is much more cool. Somehow a picture just does not show these trees the way they really are.

Chinese Umbrella Trees. A good beginners bonsai.

BEFORE AFTER BEING PRUNED-Trimming off extra branches makes it easier for the roots that are damaged to support the branches that are left .

Kimmi tells me that our Walmarts are Super Walmarts and that only Super Walmarts have the garden center. Regular Walmarts, she says, do not have the garden center. Good luck with the seeds. Take the time to research how to germinate them. Many seeds have special requirements in order to sprout.

The cere is in shadow, but it does appear to be a male. The ceres on males are either, most common, bright blue or pink, not as common. Hens are whitish blue or tan/brown depending on age and condition. Every Walmart I have been to, and that's a lot, have a gardening center and sell bonsai...

Not laying eggs does not mean it is a male. Parakeets/budgies nest in wooden boxes or something similar. People have given my older parakeets they thought were males because they had not laid eggs. In the right environment they soon nested and raised young; one was ten years old when she laid...

Your parakeet are very pretty. Are you positive they are both male. The top picture is a male, but the bottom one I can not see its cere. What do you think of this plant/bonsai. BLUE JUNIPER. It has a very interesting twisted trunk, but in the picture it does not show up.

As long as the wire is not wrapped tight you can leave it on. Often I do leave it on over the winter; depending on the specie. Fast growing species can have the wire taken off fairly soon. Slow growers need to stay wired longer. How's your oak tree? Any luck with the budgie picture?

Not long. Ten or fifteen minutes to do the wiring. In about two months the wire comes off and the branches will retain that shape.