12Jun2009
Heather Hartman
A Closer Look: Bonsai Pests – Part 1 – Aphids Thumbnail

A Closer Look: Bonsai Pests – Part 1 – Aphids

Aphids are a ubiquitous garden variety pest in temperate regions, as irritating on our tomatoes as they are on our bonsai. Also called plant lice and greenflies, Aphids are part of the insect superfamily of Aphidoidea (which pretty much covers all of the types of aphids but two), with over four thousand species known (over two hundred considered pests to horticulturalists), ranging in size

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01Jun2009
Robert Kempinski
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Robert Kempinski
Category
Shohin
The Willow Leaf Ficus – The Best Ficus for Shohin Bonsai Thumbnail

The Willow Leaf Ficus – The Best Ficus for Shohin Bonsai

Introduction The Willow Leaf Ficus has grown into one of the most popular and perhaps best ficus trees for creating a shohin bonsai specimen. It’s a tropical tree easy to care for, versatile to style, not fussy about water or light that can thrive in either outdoor summer conditions or in indoor culture. The small leaves look good in shohin size pots and it can develop fine ramification in

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