Before I got this plant from a nursery sale for $10.00 USD, before my knowledge of this contest. However, It was purchased because of it’s numerous branches and thick, tapered trunk. Due to the tree’s symmetry, browning foliage and bound root [...]
Before This tree was purchased as nursery stock. It travelled 1460km’s from my hometown of Pietermaritzburg in Natal to the City that I currently reside in. The tree was extremely sparse when purchased, so I have done nothing to the tree except feed [...]
Before This is a Creeping Juniper purchased from a local nursery. It has lovely foliage and an interesting trunkline. My initial plan for the tree was to do a cascade, but after closer inspection of the trunk, I decided to take a chance and remove 60 [...]
Before This is a syzygium that I purchased from a commercial plant nursery this year. I have done some initial branch selection and toyed with the idea of two or three different fronts. It has very attractive mature bark for such a small specimen as well [...]
Before I was searching Craig’s List for material when I came across the following listing, “I have a bunch of s**t you want”. So of course I looked and BOOM! Some kid was helping his grandfather sell off his Bonsai collection (no mention [...]
