1: it is a seedling in a bonsai pot. That takes time to grow. Deal with it or plant in the ground outdoors for faster development. 2: if you like it, it is good. What you like is all that matters. 3: outdoors is the best if the species is hardy to your area. If you st...
Oh well, it was free, and I picked out saplings small enough that my husband can work his Bonsai magic on them. I was the only person standing around that had any idea what I was getting with the gooseberry. I’m more familiar with the yellow kind from the more arid side of the S...
As we walk along our lives we collect and grow them, we treasure and share them, but when decay sets in with old age, they are like the falling leaves of Autumn, we drop them slowly one by one on still days, or many at once when a storm hits…. I am so GLAD that my own ‘t...
Here’s another one of those woody-stemmed plants with regular-looking leaves that doesn’t really appear to be a succulent. It definitely is one, though! If you’re into growing bonsai trees, or if your grandma used to like collecting houseplants, you’re probably familiar with it: Adenium...
Yay! Now the tree is all nice and neat, like a pretty little bonsai. Then your heir discovers he prefers other men, your daughter-in-law takes to religion in a hardcore way, and your sole grandkid dies of the plague. Whoops!